Linux Kernel 4.18 Reached End of Life, Users Urged to Upgrade to Linux 4.19

Renowned Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman announced the end of life of the Linux 4.18 kernel series, urging users to upgrade their distributions to a newer kernel as soon as possible.

Released on August 12, 2018, by Linus Torvalds, the Linux 4.18 kernel series introduced Spectre Variant 1 and Spectre Variant 2 mitigations for 32-bit ARM architectures, Spectre Variant 4 mitigations for the ARM64 (AArch64) and ARMv8 architectures, and initial support for the Radeon Vega 20 GPUs.

It also brought a just-in-time compiler for eBPF programs on 32-bit (x86) architectures, better discard support for F2FS (Flash-Friendly File System), improved USB Type-C and USB 3.2 support, as well as official support for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 ARM mobile processor.

“I’m announcing the release of the 4.18.20 kernel. All users of the 4.18 kernel series must upgrade,” said Greg Kroah-Hartman in a mailing li… (read more)

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