The following example shows that the old kernel is still active: ~]$ uname -rħ. Verify the installed kernels from the RPM database: ~]$ rpm -qa |grep kernel Note the line that shows that the state has changed from available to enabled: 49 kernel-5.4=latest enabled ĥ. After the installation completes, verify that the state has changed in amazon-linux-extras: ~]$ sudo amazon-linux-extras |grep kernel Use the amazon-linux-extras tool to install the kernel 5.4: sudo amazon-linux-extras install kernel-5.4 -yĤ. This output lists the three kernel options available from the Amazon Linux Extra repository:ģ. Verify what kernel versions are offered by the amazon-linux-extras repository: ~]$ sudo amazon-linux-extras |grep kernel

In the following example, the current kernel version running on the system is 4.14.268-205.500. Review the current active kernel version.

Resolution Upgrade the Amazon Linux 2 default kernel from 4.14.x to Amazon Linux Extras kernel 5.4.xġ. Note: You can upgrade directly from Amazon Linux 2 kernel version 4.14.x to 5.10.x without having to upgrade to 5.4.x first.

Or, if you have kernel version 5.4.x installed, you can upgrade to version 5.10.x. You can upgrade the default kernel to an Amazon Linux Extras kernel version 5.4.x. The default kernel installed on Amazon Linux 2 instances is 4.14.x.

Latest kernel version for rhel 7