From fc693b82d48c42b67bcd666beeef2f4c553e9993 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aman Maharjan <38400817+mhrznamn068@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:58:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: deb kernel meta-packages bypass series check causing
 false HWE updates

---
 hosts/models.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hosts/models.py b/hosts/models.py
index 37e67779..b682d301 100644
--- a/hosts/models.py
+++ b/hosts/models.py
@@ -579,8 +579,13 @@ def find_deb_kernel_updates(self, kernel_packages, repo_packages, hostrepos):
             processed_prefixes.add(prefix)
 
             # extract kernel series (e.g. '6.8') to avoid cross-track
-            # comparisons (GA 6.8 vs HWE 6.17 in the same repo)
+            # comparisons (GA vs HWE); meta-packages like linux-image-generic
+            # yield None, so fall back to the running kernel's series
             installed_series = self.get_deb_kernel_series(pkg_name)
+            if installed_series is None and self.kernel:
+                m = re.match(r'(\d+\.\d+)', self.kernel)
+                if m:
+                    installed_series = m.group(1)
 
             # build endswith filter for flavoured kernels
             name_filter = Q(