How to install Kernel 4.7.10 Released is End-of-Life on Ubuntu and derivative systems

Linux kernel is the essential part of any Linux operating system. It is responsible for resource allocation, low-level hardware interfaces, security, simple communications, basic file system management, and more. Written from scratch by Linus Torvalds.

Linux Kernel 4.7.10 Hightlights

• cfq: fix starvation of asynchronous writes
• cachefiles: Fix attempt to read i_blocks after deleting file [ver #2]
• vfs: move permission checking into notify_change() for utimes(NULL)
• dlm: free workqueues after the connections
• crypto: vmx - Fix memory corruption caused by p8_ghash
• crypto: ghash-generic - move common definitions to a new header file
• ext4: unmap metadata when zeroing blocks
• ext4: release bh in make_indexed_dir
• ext4: allow DAX writeback for hole punch
• ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_insert_range()
• ext4: bugfix for mmaped pages in mpage_release_unused_pages()
• ext4: reinforce check of i_dtime when clearing high fields of uid and gid
• ext4: enforce online defrag restriction for encrypted files
• vfs,mm: fix a dead loop in truncate_inode_pages_range()
• scsi: ibmvfc: Fix I/O hang when port is not mapped
• scsi: arcmsr: Simplify user_len checking
• scsi: arcmsr: Buffer overflow in arcmsr_iop_message_xfer()
• async_pq_val: fix DMA memory leak
• reiserfs: Unlock superblock before calling reiserfs_quota_on_mount()
• ASoC: Intel: Atom: add a missing star in a memcpy call
• brcmfmac: use correct skb freeing helper when deleting flowring
• brcmfmac: fix memory leak in brcmf_fill_bss_param
• See announcement for full details 

 Installation instructions:

Because it is very difficult to compile a Linux kernel, Canonical has packed all the kernel releases as deb packages and made them available for everybody that uses Ubuntu or Ubuntu-based systems, via its kernel.ubuntu.com repository.

How to install Kernel 4.7.10 [EOL] on 32 bit Ubuntu and derivative systems:

Download the needed packages:

$ cd /tmp $ wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.7.10/linux-headers-4.7.10-040710_4.7.10-040710.201610220847_all.deb $ wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.7.10/linux-headers-4.7.10-040710-generic_4.7.10-040710.201610220847_i386.deb $ wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.7.10/linux-image-4.7.10-040710-generic_4.7.10-040710.201610220847_i386.deb

Install the Kernel:

$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.7*.deb linux-image-4.7*.deb $ sudo reboot

How to install Kernel 4.7.10 [EOL] on 64 bit Ubuntu and derivative systems:
Download the needed packages:


Download the needed packages:

$ cd /tmp $ wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.7.10/linux-headers-4.7.10-040710_4.7.10-040710.201610220847_all.deb $ wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.7.10/linux-headers-4.7.10-040710-generic_4.7.10-040710.201610220847_amd64.deb $ wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.7.10/linux-image-4.7.10-040710-generic_4.7.10-040710.201610220847_amd64.deb

Install the Kernel:

$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.7*.deb linux-image-4.7*.deb $ sudo reboot

Check Kernel version:

$ uname -r

Optional, remove the kernel:

$ sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.7* linux-image-4.7*