0006949: uname command return a false string in kali vm image

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0006949	Kali Linux	General Bug	public	2020-12-26 02:07	2025-07-14 09:16

Reporter	dahai331	Assigned To	steev
Priority	normal	Severity	major	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	no change required
Product Version	2020.4

Summary	0006949: uname command return a false string in kali vm image
Description	uname -r will return 5.9.0-kali1-amd64 as result but it should be 5.9.0-kali5-amd64 most of time since majority building tools has been moved to such place.
Steps To Reproduce	uname -r

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2020-12-26 02:07	dahai331	New Issue
2020-12-26 02:15	steev	Note Added: 0014000
2021-06-22 19:44	steev	Assigned To	=> steev
2021-06-22 19:44	steev	Status	new => closed
2021-06-22 19:44	steev	Resolution	open => no change required
2025-07-14 09:16	g0tmi1k	Priority	urgent => normal

steev 2020-12-26 02:15 reporter ~0014000	Did you run apt-get update && apt-get full-upgrade and then reboot? Pretty sure kali1 was the release kernel, since it's mentioned in the release notes that we upgraded to the 5.9 kernel.