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In a First, AlmaLinux Patches a Security Hole That Remains Unpatched in Upstream RHEL

Until last November’s release of AlmaLinux 9.3, you wouldn’t see AlmaLinux issuing a security patch to fix any hole that remains unpatched in RHEL, just as you would be unlikely to see Rocky Linux — another RHEL clone — issuing a patch for its distro until after Red Hat had fixed the same vulnerability in RHEL.

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