Linux kernel version history
This article documents the version history of the Linux kernel. The Linux kernel is a free and open-source, monolithic, Unix-like operating system kernel. It was conceived and created in 1991 by Linus Torvalds.[1]
Linux kernels have different support levels depending on the version. The oldest currently-supported version, 4.4, released in January 2016, was declared to have six years of Long-Term Support (LTS), followed by Super Long Term Support (SLTS), i.e. Civil Infrastructure Platform will provide support (for 32-bit ARM and x86-64 only) until at least 2026, possibly until 2036.[2]
Releases 5.x.y[edit]
Version | Original release date | Current version | Maintainer | EOL | Notes |
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5.0 | 3 March 2019[3] | 5.0.21[4] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | June 2019[4] | |
5.1 | 5 May 2019[5] | 5.1.21[6] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | July 2019[6] | |
5.2 | 7 July 2019[7] | 5.2.20[8] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | October 2019[8] | 5.2-rc2 is named Golden Lions[9][10] 5.2 is named Bobtail Squid[11] |
5.3 | 15 September 2019[12] | 5.3.18[13] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | December 2019[13] | |
5.4 | 24 November 2019[14] | 5.4.196[15] | Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin[16] | December 2025[16] | 20th LTS release, used in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4-rc2 is named Nesting Opossum[17] 5.4-rc5 is named Kleptomaniac Octopus[18] |
5.5 | 26 January 2020[19] | 5.5.19[20] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | April 2020[20] | |
5.6 | 29 March 2020[21] | 5.6.19[22] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | June 2020[22] | |
5.7 | 31 May 2020[23] | 5.7.19[24] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | August 2020[24] | |
5.8 | 2 August 2020[25] | 5.8.18[26] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | November 2020[26] | |
5.9 | 11 October 2020[27] | 5.9.16[28] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | December 2020[28] | |
5.10 | 13 December 2020[29] | 5.10.118[15] | Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin[16] | December 2026[16][30] | 21st LTS release; used in Debian 11 "Bullseye"[31]
3rd SLTS release;[32] 5.10.19 is named Dare mighty things[33] |
5.11 | 14 February 2021[34] | 5.11.22[35] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | May 2021[35] | Named "💕 Valentine's Day Edition 💕"[36] |
5.12 | 25 April 2021[37] | 5.12.19[38] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | July 2021[38] | Named Frozen Wasteland[39][40] |
5.13 | 27 June 2021[41] | 5.13.19[42] | Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin | September 2021[42] | Named Opossums on Parade |
5.14 | 29 August 2021[43] | 5.14.21[44] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | November 2021[44] | Used in RHEL 9.x and derivatives[45] (Redhat ignores LTS-Kernel, own kernel-backports) |
5.15 | 31 October 2021[46] | 5.15.43[16] | Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin[16] | October 2023[16] | 22nd LTS release; used in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Slackware 15[47]
Named Trick or Treat[48] |
5.16 | 9 January 2022[49] | 5.16.20[50] | Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin[16] | April 2022[50] | |
5.17 | 20 March 2022[51] | 5.17.11[52] | Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin[16] | Named Superb Owl[53] | |
5.18 | 22 May 2022[54] | 5.18[55] ![]() |
Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin[16] | ||
5.18-rc7 | 16 May 2022 | 5.18-rc7[56] ![]() |
Linus Torvalds | ||
Legend: Old version Older version, still maintained Latest version Latest preview version |

Releases 4.x.y[edit]
Version | Original release date | Current version | Maintainer | EOL | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.0 | 12 April 2015[57] | 4.0.9[58] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | July 2015[59] | Named Hurr durr I'ma sheep[60] (Internet poll) |
4.1 | 22 June 2015[61] | 4.1.52[62] | Sasha Levin[16][63] (formerly Greg Kroah-Hartman)[64] | May 2018[62] | 15th LTS release. 4.1.1 was named Series 4800[65] |
4.2 | 30 August 2015[66] | 4.2.8[67] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | December 2015[67] | Canonical provided extended support until July 2016.[68][69] |
4.3 | 1 November 2015[70] | 4.3.6[71] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | February 2016[72] | Named Blurry Fish Butt[73][74] |
4.4 | 10 January 2016[75] | 4.4.302[76] | Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin[16] | February 2022[76] | 16th LTS release, used in Slackware 14.2.[77] Canonical will provide extended support until April 2021.[78] As the first kernel selected for Super Long Term Support (SLTS), the Civil Infrastructure Platform will provide support until at least 2026, possibly until 2036.[2] Used in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS |
4.5 | 13 March 2016[79] | 4.5.7[80] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | June 2016[81] | |
4.6 | 15 May 2016[82] | 4.6.7[83] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | August 2016[83] | Named Charred Weasel[84] |
4.7 | 24 July 2016[85] | 4.7.10[86] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | October 2016[86] | Named Psychotic Stoned Sheep[87] |
4.8 | 25 September 2016[88] | 4.8.17[89] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | January 2017[89] | |
4.9 | 11 December 2016[90] | 4.9.316[15] | Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin[16] | January 2023[16][91] | 17th LTS release. Used in Debian 9 "Stretch".[92] Named Roaring Lionus[93][94] |
4.10 | 19 February 2017[95] | 4.10.17[96] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | May 2017[96] | 4.10-rc5 was named Anniversary Edition[97] |
4.11 | 30 April 2017[99] | 4.11.12[100] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | July 2017[100] | |
4.12 | 2 July 2017[101] | 4.12.14[102] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | September 2017[102] | |
4.13 | 3 September 2017[103] | 4.13.16[104] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | November 2017[104] | |
4.14 | 12 November 2017[105] | 4.14.281[15] | Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin[16] | January 2024[16][106] | 18th LTS release
4.14.1 is named Petit Gorille[107] |
4.15 | 28 January 2018[108] | 4.15.18[109] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | April 2018[109] | Used in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS |
4.16 | 1 April 2018[110] | 4.16.18[111] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | June 2018[111] | |
4.17 | 3 June 2018[112] | 4.17.19[113] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | August 2018[113] | Named Merciless Moray[114] |
4.18 | 12 August 2018[115] | 4.18.20[116] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | November 2018[116] | RHEL 8.x (Redhat ignores LTS-Kernel, own kernel-backports) |
4.19 | 22 October 2018[117] | 4.19.245[15] | Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin[16] | December 2024[16][118] | 19th LTS release. Used in Debian 10 "Buster".[119] Second SLTS release, and first with ARM64 support.[120] Named "People's Front"[121] |
4.20 | 23 December 2018[122] | 4.20.17[123] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | March 2019[123] | Named Shy Crocodile[124] |
Legend: Old version Older version, still maintained |

Releases 3.x.y[edit]
The jump from 2.6.x to 3.x wasn't because of a breaking update, but rather the first release of a new versioning scheme introduced as a more convenient system.[125]
Version | Original release date | Current version | Maintainer | EOL | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.0 | 21 July 2011[125] | 3.0.101[126] | Greg Kroah-Hartman[127] | October 2013[126][127] | 7th LTS release Named Sneaky Weasel[128][129] |
3.1 | 24 October 2011[130] | 3.1.10[131] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | January 2012[131] | provided the base for real-time tree 3.1-rc2 was named Wet Seal 3.1 was named Divemaster Edition[132] (Linus' diving activities) |
3.2 | 4 January 2012[133] | 3.2.102[134] | Ben Hutchings[16][135] | May 2018[136] | 8th LTS release, used in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS[137] and optionally in 12.04 ESM,[138] Debian 7 "Wheezy" and Slackware 14.0.[16][135] Canonical promised to (at least) provide long-term support until April 2017;[68] Support has continued for months after. |
3.3 | 18 March 2012[140] | 3.3.8[141] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | June 2012[141] | |
3.4 | 20 May 2012[142][143] | 3.4.113[144] | Li Zefan[16][145] (formerly Greg Kroah-Hartman) | October 2016[146] | 9th LTS release |
3.5 | 21 July 2012[147] | 3.5.7[148] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | October 2012[148] | Canonical provided extended support until April 2014.[68][149] |
3.6 | 30 September 2012[150] | 3.6.11[151] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | December 2012[151] | Named Terrified Chipmunk[152][153] |
3.7 | 10 December 2012[154] | 3.7.10[155] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | March 2013[155][156] | |
3.8 | 18 February 2013[157] | 3.8.13[158] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | May 2013[158] | Canonical provided extended support until August 2014.[68][159] Named Unicycling Gorilla[160][161] |
3.9 | 28 April 2013[163] | 3.9.11[164] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | July 2013[164] | 3.9.6 was named Black Squirrel Wakeup Call[165] |
3.10 | 30 June 2013[166] | 3.10.108[167] | Willy Tarreau[16][168] (formerly Greg Kroah-Hartman) | November 2017[167] | 10th LTS release, 3.10.6 was named TOSSUG Baby Fish[169][170][171][172] used in Slackware 14.1 [173] RHEL 7.x |
3.11 | 2 September 2013[174] | 3.11.10[175] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | November 2013[175] | Canonical provided extended support until August 2014.[68] Named Linux for Workgroups after the 20 years of Windows 3.11[176] |
3.12 | 3 November 2013[177] | 3.12.74[178] | Jiří Slabý[16][179] (formerly Greg Kroah-Hartman) | May 2017[179][178] | 11th LTS release, named Suicidal Squirrel[180] |
3.13 | 19 January 2014[181] | 3.13.11[182] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | April 2014[182] | Canonical provided extended support until April 2016.[68][183] Named One Giant Leap for Frogkind[184] (NASA LADEE launch photo)[185] Used in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS |
3.14 | 30 March 2014[186] | 3.14.79[187] | Greg Kroah-Hartman[16] | August 2016[187] | 12th LTS release, named Shuffling Zombie Juror[188] |
3.15 | 8 June 2014[189] | 3.15.10[190] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | August 2014[190] | |
3.16 | 3 August 2014[191] | 3.16.85[192] | Ben Hutchings[16][193] (formerly Greg Kroah-Hartman) | Maintained until October 2014, then May 2016 to June 2020[192][16][194] | 13th LTS release. Was used in Debian 8 "Jessie".[195] Canonical provided extended support until April 2016.[68][196]
3.16.1 was named Museum of Fishiegoodies[197] |
3.17 | 5 October 2014[198] | 3.17.8[199] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | January 2015[199] | |
3.18 | 7 December 2014[200] | 3.18.140[201] | Greg Kroah-Hartman[202] (formerly Sasha Levin[203]) (formerly Greg Kroah-Hartman) | January 2017[204] | 14th LTS release, named Diseased Newt[205] Hartman stated that he will release irregular updates to the 3.18 tree.[206] Starting with 3.18.140, this version will no longer be maintained on kernel.org, but on AOSP |
3.19 | 8 February 2015[207] | 3.19.8[208] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | May 2015[208] | Canonical provided extended support until July 2016.[68][209] |
Legend: Old version |

Releases 2.6.x.y[edit]
Versions 2.6.16 and 2.6.27 of the Linux kernel were unofficially supported in a long-term support (LTS) fashion,[210] before a 2011 working group in the Linux Foundation started a formal long-term support initiative.[211][212]
Version | Original release date | Current version | Maintainer | EOL | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2.6 | 17 December 2003[213] | 2.6.10[214] | Linus Torvalds | December 2004[214] | 2.6.2–2.6.4 was named Feisty Dunnart[215] 2.6.5–2.6.9 was named Zonked Quokka[216] 2.6.9: RHEL 4.x |
2.6.11 | 2 March 2005[217] | 2.6.11.12[218] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | June 2005[218] | Named Woozy Numbat[219][220] |
2.6.12 | 18 June 2005[221] | 2.6.12.6[222][223] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | August 2005[222] | |
2.6.13 | 28 August 2005[224] | 2.6.13.5[225] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | December 2005[225] | |
2.6.14 | 27 October 2005[226] | 2.6.14.7[227] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | January 2006[227] | Named Affluent Albatross[228] |
2.6.15 | 2 January 2006[229] | 2.6.15.7[230] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | May 2006[230] | Named Sliding Snow Leopard[231] |
2.6.16 | 20 March 2006[232] | 2.6.16.62[233] | Adrian Bunk[234] (formerly Greg Kroah-Hartman)[235] | July 2008[236][233] | 1st LTS release 2.6.16.28-rc2 was named Stable Penguin |
2.6.17 | 17 June 2006[237] | 2.6.17.14[238] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | October 2006[238] | 2.6.17-rc5 was named Lordi Rules[239] (Eurovision 2006 winners)[240] 2.6.17-rc6–2.6.17 was named Crazed Snow-Weasel[241] |
2.6.18 | 20 September 2006[242] | 2.6.18.8[243] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | February 2007[243] | Named Avast! A bilge rat! (TLAPD 2006)[244]
2.6.18: RHEL 5.x |
2.6.19 | 29 November 2006[245] | 2.6.19.7[246] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | March 2007[246] | |
2.6.20 | 4 February 2007[247] | 2.6.20.21[248] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | October 2007[248] | Named Homicidal Dwarf Hamster[249][250] |
2.6.21 | 25 April 2007[251] | 2.6.21.7[252] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | August 2007[252] | Named Nocturnal Monster Puppy[253] |
2.6.22 | 8 July 2007[254] | 2.6.22.19[255] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | February 2008[255] | 2.6.22-rc3–2.6.22-rc4 was named Jeff Thinks I Should Change This, But To What? 2.6.22-rc5–2.6.22 was named Holy Dancing Manatees, Batman![256] |
2.6.23 | 9 October 2007[257] | 2.6.23.17[258] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | February 2008[258] | 2.6.23-rc4–2.6.23-rc6 was named Pink Farting Weasel[259] 2.6.23-rc7–2.6.23–2.6.24 was named Arr Matey! A Hairy Bilge Rat![260] (TLAPD 2007) |
2.6.24 | 24 January 2008[262] | 2.6.24.7[263] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | May 2008[263] | |
2.6.25 | 16 April 2008[264] | 2.6.25.20[265] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | November 2008[265] | Named Funky Weasel is Jiggy wit it[266] |
2.6.26 | 13 July 2008[267] | 2.6.26.8[268] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | November 2008[268] | 2.6.26–2.6.27 was named Rotary Wombat[269] |
2.6.27 | 9 October 2008[270] | 2.6.27.62[271] | Willy Tarreau[272] (formerly Adrian Bunk,[273] and formerly Greg Kroah-Hartman) | March 2012[273] | 2nd LTS release 2.6.27.3 was named Trembling Tortoise[274] |
2.6.28 | 24 December 2008[275] | 2.6.28.10[276] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | May 2009[276] | 2.6.28-rc1–2.6.28-rc6 was named Killer Bat of Doom[277][278] |
2.6.29 | 23 March 2009[280] | 2.6.29.6[281] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | July 2009[281] | Named Temporary Tasmanian Devil[282][283] |
2.6.30 | 9 June 2009[284] | 2.6.30.9[285] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | October 2009[285] | 2.6.30-rc4–2.6.30-rc6 was named
Vindictive Armadillo[286][287] |
2.6.31 | 9 September 2009[289] | 2.6.31.14[290] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | July 2010[290] | |
2.6.32 | 2 December 2009[291] | 2.6.32.71[292] | Willy Tarreau[16][293] (formerly Greg Kroah-Hartman)[235][294] | March 2016[16] | 3rd LTS release, used in Debian 6 Squeeze.[295] Canonical also provided support until April 2015.[68]
RHEL 6.x |
2.6.33 | 24 February 2010[296] | 2.6.33.20[297] | Greg Kroah-Hartman[298] | November 2011[297] | 4th LTS release. It was the base for real-time-tree, replaced by 3.0.x.[298] |
2.6.34 | 16 May 2010[299] | 2.6.34.15[300] | Paul Gortmaker[301] | February 2014[300][301] | 5th LTS release It was named Sheep on Meth[302][303] |
2.6.35 | 1 August 2010[304] | 2.6.35.14[305] | Andi Kleen[306] | March 2012[306] | 6th LTS release 2.6.35.7 was named Yokohama |
2.6.36 | 20 October 2010[307] | 2.6.36.4[308] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | February 2011[308] | named Flesh-Eating Bats with Fangs[309] |
2.6.37 | 4 January 2011[310] | 2.6.37.6[311] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | March 2011[311] | |
2.6.38 | 14 March 2011[312] | 2.6.38.8[313] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | June 2011[313] | |
2.6.39 | 18 May 2011[314] | 2.6.39.4[315] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | August 2011[315] | last stable release of the 2.6 kernel series |
Legend: Old version |

Releases before 2.6.0[edit]
Version | Original release date | Current version | Maintainer | EOL | Notes |
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0.01 | 17 September 1991 | 0.03 | Linus Torvalds | EOL | |
0.02 | 5 October 1991 | Linus Torvalds | EOL | first "usable"; for wider distribution[316] | |
0.10 | November 1991 | 0.12 | Linus Torvalds | EOL | |
0.95 | 8 March 1992 | 0.95c+[317] | Linus Torvalds | EOL | |
0.96 | 22 May 1992 | 0.96c.2[318] | Linus Torvalds | EOL | |
0.97 | 1 August 1992 | 0.97.6[319] | Linus Torvalds | EOL | |
0.98 | 29 September 1992 | 0.98.6[320] | Linus Torvalds | EOL | |
0.99 | 13 December 1992 | 0.99.15j[321] | Linus Torvalds | EOL | The Linux 0.99 tar.bz2 archive grew from 426 kB to 1009 kB on the way to 1.0. |
1.0 | 14 March 1994 | 1.0.9 | Linus Torvalds | EOL | |
1.1 | 6 April 1994 | 1.1.95 | Linus Torvalds | EOL | |
1.2 | 7 March 1995 | 1.2.13 | Linus Torvalds | EOL | Linux '95[322] |
1.3 | 12 June 1995 | 1.3.100[323] | Linus Torvalds | EOL | Greased Weasel[324] |
pre2.0 | 12 May 1996 | pre2.0.14 | Linus Torvalds | EOL | |
2.0 | 9 June 1996[325] | 2.0.40[326] | David Weinehall | officially made obsolete with the kernel 2.2.0 release[327] | Larry Ewing created the Tux mascot ![]() |
2.2 | 26 January 1999[328] | 2.2.26[329] | Marc-Christian Petersen (formerly Alan Cox) | Made unofficially obsolete with the 2.2.27-rc2[330][331][332] | Named Brown Paper Bag[333] |
2.4 | 4 January 2001[334] | 2.4.37.11[335] | Willy Tarreau (formerly Marcelo Tosatti) | December 2011[335] | Named Greased Turkey[336] last stable release of the 2.4 kernel series. 2.4.9: RHEL 2.1 2.4.21: RHEL 3.x |
Legend: Old version |

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External links[edit]
- Official Linux kernel website
- Active kernel releases on the official Linux kernel website
- Linux versions in Linux Kernel Newbies
- Linux Kernel Version History: Consolidated list