All users are urged to update their systems immediately

Apr 27, 2017 21:02 GMT  ·  By

Greg Kroah-Hartman announced today, April 27, 2017, the immediate availability of new maintenance updates to the long-term supported Linux 4.9 and 4.4 kernels series, as well as Linux 4.10.

Linux kernels 4.10.13, 4.9.25 LTS, and 4.4.64 LTS are out, and they're here one week after the release of the previous maintenance updates, namely Linux kernel 4.10.12, Linux kernel 4.9.24 LTS, and Linux kernel 4.4.63 LTS. However, the Linux 4.10.13 kernel changes 26 files, with 195 insertions and 99 deletions, Linux kernel 4.9.25 LTS changes 24 files, with 178 insertions and 90 deletions, and Linux kernel 4.4.64 LTS changes 27 files, with 282 insertions and 128 deletions.

"I'm announcing the release of the 4.10.13 [4.9.25 and 4.4.64] kernel. All users of the 4.10 [4.9 and 4.4] kernel series must upgrade. The updated 4.10.y [4.9.y and 4.4.y] git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.10.y, git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.9.y, and git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.4.y," said Greg Kroah-Hartman.

CIFS and x86 improvements, updated drivers

As you can see here, here and here, the changes implemented in the Linux 4.10.13, 4.9.25 LTS and 4.4.64 LTS kernels are quite small and include various improvements to the x86, s390, ARM, and PowerPC (PPC) hardware architectures, as well as to the CIFS and UBIFS filesystems, a bunch of security fixes and the usual core kernel and mm changes, along with several updated drivers for ACPI, DAX, HID, input, MMC, MTD, and HV.

If you're running a GNU/Linux distribution powered by a kernel from either the long-term supported Linux 4.9 or 4.4 series, or from the Linux 4.10 branch, you are urged to update as soon as possible to versions  4.10.13, 4.9.25 and 4.4.64. The source tarballs of the Linux kernels 4.9.25 LTS and 4.4.64 LTS, as well as of Linux kernel 4.10.13 are available for download right now from kernel.org or via our website. Please remember to reboot your PC after installing the new kernel.