Linux kernel 6.9 reaches end of life; users urged to upgrade to 6.10 for new features

Linux kernel 6.9 has officially reached its end of life (EOL), prompting users to upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.10. Kernel 6.9, released on May 12th, introduced features such as Rust support on AArch64 architectures, Intel FRED for better event delivery, and support for AMD SNP guests. However, as a non-LTS branch, it had a brief support period and is now marked EOL on kernel.org.

Linux Kernel 6.10, released on July 14th, is already integrated into stable repositories of popular distributions like Arch Linux and openSUSE Tumbleweed. This new version includes features like the mseal() system call for memory sealing, shadow stack support for the x32 subarchitecture, and TPM bus encryption and integrity protection.

The final update for the 6.9 series, version 6.9.12, was recently added to Fedora Linux 40's stable repositories. Rolling-release distributions like Arch Linux and openSUSE Tumbleweed have adopted the 6.10 kernel series, with other distributions such as Fedora Linux, Ubuntu, and Linux Lite expected to follow soon. Users of other GNU/Linux distributions should check with their maintainers for the availability of Linux 6.10.