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Linux Kernel 6.2 Reaches End of Life, Users Urged to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.3

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9to5linux.com; By Marius Nestor
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The time has come to say goodbye to the Linux 6.2 kernel series as it’s now marked as EOL (End of Life) on the kernel.org website, which means that it will no longer be supported with bug and security fixes.

Linux kernel 6.2 arrived less than three months ago on February 19th, 2023, and it introduced new features like protective load balancing (PLB) for the IPv6 stack, a new FineIBT control-flow integrity mechanism for x86, support for the Intel “asynchronous exit notification” mechanism, and more Rust infrastructure.

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