--- title: Four weekend stable kernel updates | daily.dev description: Four stable Linux kernel versions have been released over the weekend: 7.1.8, 6.18.44, 6.12.103, and 6.6.151. Each release contains a set of fixes typical of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/four-weekend-stable-kernel-updates-pfxl45dgz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Four weekend stable kernel updates | daily.dev og:description: Four stable Linux kernel versions have been released over the weekend: 7.1.8, 6.18.44, 6.12.103, and 6.6.151. Each release contains a set of fixes typical of... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/four-weekend-stable-kernel-updates-pfxl45dgz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/pFxL45DGz.png og:image:alt: Four weekend stable kernel updates og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Four weekend stable kernel updates **[LWN.net](https://daily.dev/sources/lwn)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Four stable Linux kernel versions have been released over the weekend: 7.1.8, 6.18.44, 6.12.103, and 6.6.151. Each release contains a set of fixes typical of stable kernel updates. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What are the latest stable Linux kernel versions released? Four stable kernel versions were released together: 7.1.8, 6.18.44, 6.12.103, and 6.6.151. Each contains a set of fixes typical of stable kernel maintenance updates. 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