Linux Kernel 5 3 Reached End Of Life Users Urged To Move To Linux Kernel 5 4 Esm W900

The Linux 5.3 kernel series has reached end of life and it will no longer receive maintenance updates that fix critical security issues or bugs. Learn more:

Renowned Linux kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman announced last week the release of the 18th maintenance update to the Linux 5.3 kernel series, version 5.3.18, which changes a total of 59 files, with 369 insertions and 329 deletions. However, the developer also noted the fact that this will be the last update for the Linux kernel 5.3 series, which now reached end of life.

"I'm announcing the release of the 5.3.18 kernel. Note, this is the LAST 5.3.y kernel release. It is now end-of-life. Please move to 5.4.y now. All users of the 5.3 kernel series must upgrade," said Greg Kroah-Hartman in amailing list announcement. "The updated 5.3.y git tree can be found at kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree."

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