Linux Kernel 4.5.6 Arrives for Stable Distros with AArch64 and CIFS Improvements

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

After announcing the release of the first update of the Linux 4.6 kernel series, Greg Kroah-Hartman informed the community about the availability of the sixth maintenance build in the Linux 4.5 kernel branch.

Linux kernel 4.5.6 is now available for select GNU/Linux operating systems that have already adopted a kernel from the Linux 4.5 series, which many popular distributions have, including, but not limited to Arch Linux, openSUSE Tumbleweed, Gentoo Linux, Birds Linux, Webconverger, Sabayon, Fedora, Slackware, and Debian.

According to the diff from the previous maintenance release, version 4.5.5, it looks like Linux kernel 4.5.6 contains changes for a total of 97 files, with 1,179 inser… (read more)

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