14 DAY TRIAL // Immediately after announcing the release of Linux kernel 3.18.51, renowned Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman informed the community earlier today about the availability for download of Linux kernel 4.4.65 LTS.
Coming only three days after the previous patch, in this case Linux kernel 4.4.64 LTS, the Linux 4.4.65 LTS kernel release is a small maintenance update that changes a total of 26 files, with 304 insertions and 78 deletions. We're quite surprised to see it released alone, as until now it was launched along with new versions of the Linux 4.10 and 4.9 kernel series.
"I'm announcing the release of the 4.4.65 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.
TIPC changes, file system improvements, and updated drivers
Linux kernel 4.4.65 LTS is here to update the networking stack with a handful of TIPC (Transparent Inter-process Communication) improvements and bug fixes, as well as minor Netfilter and IPv4 changes. Moreover, it fixes an issue for the GFS2 (Global File System 2) file system, and updates various media (tuner-xc2028), networking (HostAP), staging (Android ION), TTY, and VFIO drivers.
We recommend studying the appended shortlog if you're curious to know what exactly was fixed in this new maintenance update of the long-term supported Linux 4.4 kernel series, and you're encouraged to update your GNU/Linux distributions powered by a kernel from the Linux 4.4 LTS branch as soon as possible. The source tarball of Linux kernel 4.4.65 LTS is available for download from kernel.org or via our website.