Important CentOS 7 Linux Kernel Security Update Addresses Five Vulnerabilities

As CentOS is based on the freely distributed sources of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system, it also inherits its security updates, and the latest one patches five vulnerabilities discovered recently in the kernel packages of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, affecting CentOS 7 users too. CentOS 7 users are urged to update their installations to kernel-3.10.0-514.21.1.el7 as soon as possible. To perform a full system update, type the “su -c ‘yum update'” command in your favorite terminal emulator or virtual console. After a kernel update, make sure that you reboot your computer for the new version to take effect.