
The new Linux kernel security update comes just three weeks after the previous one, which patched 11 flaws, to address three vulnerabilities affecting the Linux 3.10 kernel used in all supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and CentOS Linux 7 operating system series. rebootĪfter Reboot you can now verify your kernel version.A new important Linux kernel security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 and CentOS Linux 7 systems to address three security vulnerabilities and various other bugs. Linux Kernel 5.15 is now in our system to load it we need to reboot the machine. dnf -enablerepo="elrepo-kernel" install -y kernel-ml You can also install any other kernel-ml package according to your requirement. Install the kernel-ml package by using the following command. dnf -disablerepo="*" -enablerepo="elrepo-kernel" list available | grep kernel-ml Search the elrepo-kernel channel to list down the kernel-ml related packages. But the Main-Line kernel based on latest stable release of Linux Kernel 5.15 is available. Both of these Kernel packages are built from the sources available from Ĭurrently, there isn’t any Long Term Supported kernel is available in this channel. dnf makecacheĮLRepo repository contains elrepo-kernel channel that provides the Long Term Supported kernels ( kernel-lt) and Main-Line Stable Kernels ( kernel-ml) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux based distributions.

We will now build cache for newly installed Repositories. Import the GPG key of ELRepo repository into the system. Install ELRepo using the following command dnf install -y Latest version of Linux Kernel are available via ELRepo. Second, Check the kernel version of CentOS 8. In This Article we will upgrade Kernel for CentOS 8.įirst, Upgrade your existing software packages in CentOS machine. You need to upgrade the whole operating system to move to another major version of Linux Kernel if your current version is not the updated one.

But the shipped Kernel may not be the the latest one.

A linux kernel works as an interpreter or mediator between computer hardware and software processes.īasic tasks of a Linux Kernel are as follows:Įach Linux distribution is comes with a stable version of Linux Kernel and the supported software and drivers. Kernel is the most important component of any Linux OS.
