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RHEL and CentOS 7 are using kernel 3.10.x even in 7.9 OS versions. That is, that's the nominal version that's distributed by the system and has all sorts of bac
by cestith 6y ago
RHEL and CentOS 7 are using kernel 3.10.x even in 7.9 OS versions. That is, that's the nominal version that's distributed by the system and has all sorts of backported patches, especially but not exclusively for bugs with CVEs. For example, 3.10.0-1160.11.1.el7 is relatively recent, being updated 30 November 2020.
Yeah, it's possible to download any version of the kernel sources and build it, but the chances of having a system that boots into a 5.x.x kernel under RHEL or CentOS is pretty small.