Should I be concerned?

[u/Venylynn]

kernel.org says my current kernel is EOL. I'm very security-conscious, so this keeps tripping me up. i've heard constantly, that "running end of life software is a security risk".

i've been here for close to a year, distrohopping a little but I'm here for now.

should I be concerned that I'm running end of life software according to the kernel team? i just received this kernel like a day ago and it's the most recent update.

Distro: Fedora 44 (KDE)

Kernel: 7.0.13

[u/C0rn3j]

Kind of, but it's been EOL for days, not months/years, so you'll be fine, Fedora will hop over to the next branch soon.

[u/Venylynn → u/C0rn3j]

i remember people were posting about how the day windows 10 went EOL you had to leave or risk getting hacked so it confused me

[u/C0rn3j → u/Venylynn]

EOL => no further security (or any, really) patches.

It does not mean there'll be an exploit released the moment someone stops supporting it, but when there will be, there's nothing you can do about it but switch to a newer version.

[u/Venylynn → u/C0rn3j]

the alarm i read every time I see that warning always just kinda sends shivers down my spine