The current kernel on stable backports is 5.9.6: https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=linux%2Dimage%2Damd64 https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=

The current kernel on stable backports is 5.9.6: https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=linux%2Dimage%2Damd64 https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=linux%2Dimage%2D... Backports can be activated by adding one line to your sources. If I trust https://www.kernel.org/ https://www.kernel.org/, the last stable kernel version is 5.9.13, and according to https://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges https://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges, 5.9 has been released two months ago. There are plenty of reasons to criticize Debian, but that's not one of them.