All users are urged to update as soon as possible

May 3, 2017 18:11 GMT  ·  By

Greg Kroah-Hartman announced a few moments ago the release of new maintenance updates for the Linux 4.10 and the long-term supported Linux 4.9 and 4.4 kernel series.

Linux kernels 4.10.14, 4.9.26 LTS, and 4.4.66 LTS are out now, and they come about one week after the release of the previous maintenance updates. According to their appended shortlogs (here, here and here), the Linux 4.10.14 kernel changes a total of 68 files, with 551 insertions and 263 deletions, Linux kernel 4.9.26 LTS changes 60 files, with 416 insertions and 226 deletions, and Linux kernel 4.4.66 LTS brings changes only to 48 files, with 377 insertions and 109 deletions.

"I'm announcing the release of the 4.10.14 [4.9.26 and 4.4.66] 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.

Networking and Arch improvements, updated drivers

As for the improvements implemented in the Linux 4.10.14, 4.9.26 LTS, and 4.4.66 LTS kernels, we can mention an updated networking stack with various IPv4, IPv6, L2TP, 9p, KCM, Open vSwitch, SCTP, and packet scheduler changes, an updated sound stack with some minor firewire and Intel boards fixes, a few enhancements to the MIPS, SPARC, x86, and ARC architectures, as well as the CIFS and NFS filesystems, and various updated Ethernet drivers for Mellanox MLX5 and Renesas.

Those of you using GNU/Linux distributions powered by a kernel from either the Linux 4.10, 4.9 or 4.4 series are urged to update as soon as possible to the Linux 4.10.14, 4.9.26 LTS, and 4.4.66 LTS kernel patches. We recommend OS vendors to download the Linux kernel 4.10.14, as well as Linux kernel 4.9.26 LTS and Linux kernel 4.4.66 LTS source tarballs right now from kernel.org or via our website if they want to install these new versions on their Linux-based operating systems.