Use APT pinning to avoid installing the #Debian #kernel which contains an #ext4 data corruption bug: https://blog.lorenzbausch.de/posts/2023-12-10_debian_kernel_ext4_data_corruption/
Debian 12.3: data corruption with ext4 and kernel 6.1.64-1
The rollout of Debian 12.3 has been paused due to a data corruption issue in the 6.1.64-1 kernel when using the ext4 filesystem: https://www.debian.org/News/2023/2023120902 For amd64, the affected package is linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 as it ships kernel 6.1.64-1. It can be prevented from being installed, by setting the Pin-Priority for this version to -1: $ cat /etc/apt/preferences.d/2023-12-10-kernel-ext4-bug # https://www.debian.org/News/2023/2023120902 Package: linux-image-amd64 Pin: version 6.1.64-1 Pin-Priority: -1 Package: linux-image-rt-amd64 Pin: version 6.1.64-1 Pin-Priority: -1 This can be verified using apt-cache policy: