[elagost]

It's important to understand that you can't go by major version numbers in most fixed-release, long term support Linux Operating Systems, like RHEL, Debian, or Ubuntu. There is often deeper investigation needed.

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/backporting

https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/what-backporting-and-how-does...

[pmorici]

Lost count of how many times I’ve had to fix software that checked kernel version numbers instead of wether a particular symbol exists. It often breaks when compiled on Redhat because they backport so many patches to old kernel versions.