1. Release Notes for Oracle Linux 7.4
  2. Shipped Kernels

2 Shipped Kernels

WARNING:

Oracle Linux 7 is now in Extended Support. See Oracle Linux Extended Support and Oracle Open Source Support Policies for more information.

Migrate applications and data to Oracle Linux 8 or Oracle Linux 9 as soon as possible.

Oracle Linux 7 Update 4 ships with the following kernel packages:

kernel-3.10.0-693.el7

Red Hat Compatible Kernel (RHCK).

kernel-uek-4.1.12-94.3.9.el7uek

Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 4 update 4 (UEK R4u4), which is the default kernel.

This release of Oracle Linux is tested as a bundle as shipped on the installation media image. When installed from the installation media image, the minimum kernel version supported is the one included in the image. Downgrading kernel packages is not supported, unless recommended by Oracle Support.

The kernel source code for the shipped kernel is available after the initial release via a public git source code repository at https://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=linux-uek.git.