All users of the Linux 4.4 LTS series must upgrade

Jan 16, 2017 23:59 GMT  ·  By

There's no doubt that Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman is on a roll, as he announced yet another point release to the long-term supported Linux 4.4 kernel series.

The new version, Linux 4.4.43 LTS, comes only four days after the release of Linux kernel 4.4.42 LTS, but this time the patch is much smaller. According to the appended shortlog, it changes a total of 24 files, with 236 insertions and 89 deletions. We remind you that the Linux 4.4 LTS kernel series are currently used in many popular GNU/Linux distributions that want to provide their users with a long-term supported kernel, such as Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Alpine Linux, and even Arch Linux.

"I'm announcing the release of the 4.4.43 kernel. All users of the 4.4 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 4.4.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.4.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=summary," said Greg Kroah-Hartman.

Mostly networking changes, with both updated drivers and other fixes

As for the bug fixes implemented in the Linux 4.4.43 LTS kernel, we can notice several networking improvements, which include both updated drivers Mellanox and STMicroelectronics Ethernet adapters, as well as a few IPv4 and IPv6 patches that address some regressions from previous releases or improve the basic functionality. Other than that, there are some minor sound, mm, core kernel, and ARM, and PPC fixes.

Without any further ado, if you're using a GNU/Linux distribution powered by a kernel from the long-term supported Linux 4.4 series, you are urged to update as soon as possible to version 4.4.43, which should soon land in the stable software repositories of your operating system. OS vendors and power users can download the Linux kernel 4.4.43 LTS source archive right now from kernel.org or via our website.