This is your friendly reminder that the Linux 5.4 LTS kernel series has reached end of life after being maintained for more than six years, receiving over 300 maintenance updates.

“All users of the 5.4 kernel series must upgrade to a newer branch at this point in time.”

Originally released on November 24th, 2019, the long-term supported (LTS) Linux 5.4 kernel series received six years of support, from November 2019 until December 2025. The last maintenance update is Linux 5.4.302, released today by renowned kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman.

This morning, an announcement on the Linux kernel mailing list published by Greg Kroah-Hartman stated that Linux 5.4.302 is the last maintenance update to the long-term supported Linux 5.4 kernel series, which is now marked as EOL (End of Life) on the kernel.org website.