How do I update the redhat kernel?
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Also see: the man page for dnf
$ sudo dnf update kernel Red Hat Update Infrastructure 3 Client Configur 2.3 kB/s | 2.6 kB 00:01 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - AppStre 38 MB/s | 14 MB 00:00 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - BaseOS 39 MB/s | 14 MB 00:00 Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: kernel x86_64 4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1 rhui-rhel-8-baseos-rhui-rpms 1.5 M Installing dependencies: linux-firmware noarch 20190516-94.git711d3297.el8 rhui-rhel-8-baseos-rhui-rpms 66 M kernel-core x86_64 4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1 rhui-rhel-8-baseos-rhui-rpms 25 M kernel-modules x86_64 4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1 rhui-rhel-8-baseos-rhui-rpms 22 M Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 4 Packages Total download size: 114 M Installed size: 406 M Is this ok [y/N]: y ... ... ... Installed: kernel-4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1.x86_64 linux-firmware-20190516-94.git711d3297.el8.noarch kernel-core-4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1.x86_64 kernel-modules-4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1.x86_64
This will check what you are running and what is installed.
# dnf check-update kernel Last metadata expiration check: 0:17:05 ago on Mon 02 Mar 2020 02:22:34 PM UTC. Security: kernel-core-4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1.x86_64 is an installed security update Security: kernel-core-4.18.0-80.4.2.el8_0.x86_64 is the currently running version
On the next reboot you can run the latest kernel running.
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