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We have machines running Scientific Linux (SL) 6.5 release (2.6.32-431.29.2.el6.x86_64) and would like to update just the kernel for security fixes. I have checked another post related to this, but that does clarify if we can do security updates on an individual package basis.

For my SL 6.5 box, I would like to update to kernel-2.6.32-696.6.3.el6.x86_64

Roshan T M
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Then just run the command as follows.

yum update kernel-2.6.32-696.6.3.el6.x86_64

Dependencies are pulled in automatically and you should accept them.

Thomas
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  • yum does not list `kernel-2.6.32-696.6.3.el6.x86_64` even though I can see that kernel is the [baseurl for the repository for SL 6.5](http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.5/x86_64/updates/security/). Have tried `yum list kernel --showduplicates` but can only see `kernel-2.6.32-431.29.2.el6` – Roshan T M Aug 10 '17 at 12:12