[CentOS-devel] Latest CentOS Stream 8 kernel package?

Fri Nov 25 14:03:35 UTC 2022
Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>

On 11/21/22 08:41, Bussi Andrea wrote:
> My CentOS Stream 8 machines have:
> 
>    kernel-4.18.0-408.el8.x86_64
> 
> as the most recent kernel package.
> 
> (Top of the changelog:
> 
> * Wed Jul 06 2022 Jarod Wilson <jarod at redhat.com> [4.18.0-408.el8]
> - powerpc/smp: Set numa node before updating mask (Diego Domingos) 
> [2103833]
> - iommu/vt-d: Fix potential memory leak in intel_setup_irq_remapping() 
> (Mohammed Gamal) [2088366]
> - irqdomain/treewide: Free firmware node after domain removal (Mohammed 
> Gamal) [2088366]
> - x86/kvmclock: Fix Hyper-V Isolated VM's boot issue when vCPUs > 64 
> (Mohammed Gamal) [2088366]
> - x86/kvm: Don't waste memory if kvmclock is disabled (Mohammed Gamal) 
> [2088366]
> - x86/pci: Create PCI/MSI irqdomain after x86_init.pci.arch_init() 
> (Mohammed Gamal) [2088366]
> )
> 
> But, being released in July, it's
> a bit old and surely missing some
> fixes and security patches.
> 
> I was wondering if that is the last
> released kernel package, or if there's
> something wrong with my machines.
> 
> I could not find a more recent kernel
> package, but maybe I'm not looking in
> the right places. I tried:
> 
>   https://composes.centos.org/
>   https://git.centos.org/rpms/kernel/commits/c8s
>   https://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/rpms/kernel/-/tree/c8s
>   https://koji.mbox.centos.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=866
> 
> For comparison, my AlmaLinux 8 machines
> have:
> 
>    kernel-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8
> 
> (Top of the changelog:
> 
> * Fri Sep 30 2022 Jarod Wilson <jarod at redhat.com> [4.18.0-425.3.1.el8]
> - iwlwifi: limit fw version for AC9560 to avoid fw crash 
> (<C3><8D><C3><B1>igo Huguet) [2129297]
> - sfc: fix null pointer dereference in efx_hard_start_xmit 
> (<C3><8D><C3><B1>igo Huguet) [2119638]
> - sfc: fix TX channel offset when using legacy interrupts 
> (<C3><8D><C3><B1>igo Huguet) [2119638]
> - netfilter: conntrack: reduce timeout when receiving out-of-window fin 
> or rst (Florian Westphal) [2047366]
> - netfilter: conntrack: remove unneeded indent level (Florian Westphal) 
> [2047366]
> - netfilter: conntrack: ignore overly delayed tcp packets (Florian 
> Westphal) [2047366]
> )
> 
> Thanks,
>    Andrea

That is the latest one in the git tree here:

https://git.centos.org/rpms/kernel/tree/c8s

I'll ask for a new one and see what happens.  I checked to make sure I 
didn't forget to build one.

Thanks,
Johnny Hughes