The release fixes two regressions from Linux 2.6.32.66

Jun 4, 2015 02:52 GMT  ·  By

Willy Tarreau, the maintainer of the 2.6 kernel series, has published earlier some details regarding the status of the LTS (Long Term Support) branch, informing users that it will reach end of life in the coming months.

The Linux kernel 2.6.32.67 LTS maintenance release has been made available today for all users of the 2.6 kernel series, and it promises to fix two regressions that have been introduced in the previous point release of the branch, Linux kernel 2.6.32.66 LTS.

One of the noteworthy regressions discovered by the kernel developers caused random crashes immediately after booting the respective Linux kernel-based operating system based on TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) traffic.

As such, all users of the long-term supported 2.6.32 kernel series are urged to skip the 2.6.32.66 maintenance release that was announced last week and upgrade directly to the 2.6.32.67 version that has been made available for download today.

Linux 2.6.32 LTS reaches end of life, please move to the 3.2 or 3.4 kernel series

With this announcement, Willy Tarreau has also informed all users of the 2.6.32 kernel series that the branch will reach end of life in a couple of months, which means that they will have to move to a different LTS (Long Term Supported) kernel branch, such as Linux kernel 3.2 or Linux kernel 3.4.

"I've just released Linux 2.6.32.67. As a reminder, 2.6.32's end of life is approaching in a few months, so users should start to consider switching to a more recent one (both 3.2 and 3.4 seem perfectly suited)," says Willy Tarreau in the mailing list announcement from June 3, 2015.

Linux kernel 2.6.32.67 LTS is now available for download from the kernel.org website or via Softpedia. All distribution vendors and system administrators are urged to upgrade their installations to the new version to fix the two regressions.