centOS 7 Kernal update states no package available

[mcspadden]

Hello,

I have recently spun up centOS 7 in Hyper-V and have attempted to update the kernal (Current Kernal: 3.10.0-693.11.1.el7.x86_64 x86_64) via the below command:

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yum -y update kernal

It states the below:

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No Match for argument: kernal
No package kernal available.
No packages marked for update

Idk if I am just doing something wrong or what, but I believe the latest kernal is 4+ so how do I get it updated?

[avij]

The proper spelling is "kernel", but 3.10.0-693.11.1.el7.x86_64 is indeed the latest kernel version released by CentOS. Security fixes get backported from newer upstream releases.

Unless you have a very specific need to use the mainline kernel, I would suggest staying with the kernel that CentOS provides.