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AWS drs medium security documentation change

Service: drs · 2026-01-28 · Security-related medium

File: drs/latest/userguide/Supported-Operating-Systems-Linux.md

Summary

Updated supported kernel versions (6.8→6.14) and OS versions (RHEL 9.5→9.7, Rocky Linux 9.7 added)

Security assessment

Kernel/OS updates typically include security patches. Supporting newer kernels (e.g., 6.14) implies addressing vulnerabilities in older versions, though no CVEs are explicitly mentioned.

Diff

diff --git a/drs/latest/userguide/Supported-Operating-Systems-Linux.md b/drs/latest/userguide/Supported-Operating-Systems-Linux.md
index 29f145488..21ae03894 100644
--- a//drs/latest/userguide/Supported-Operating-Systems-Linux.md
+++ b//drs/latest/userguide/Supported-Operating-Systems-Linux.md
@@ -13 +13 @@ General Notes
-  * Linux kernel versions up to 6.8 are supported.
+  * Linux kernel versions up to 6.14 are supported.
@@ -89 +89 @@ Amazon Linux |  1, 2, 2023 |
-  * Amazon Linux 2023 is supported up to kernel version 6.1.
+  * Amazon Linux 2023 is supported up to kernel version 6.12.
@@ -92 +92 @@ Amazon Linux |  1, 2, 2023 |
-RHEL |  6.0 to 9.5 | 
+RHEL |  6.0 to 9.7 | 
@@ -132 +132 @@ Oracle Linux |  6.0 to 7.0, 8.5 to 8.9, and 9.0 to 9.4 |
-Rocky Linux |  8 |  For Rocky Linux 8.x, a prerequisite is to run `$ sudo yum install elfutils-libelf-devel`  
+Rocky Linux |  8, 9.7 |  For Rocky Linux 8.x, a prerequisite is to run `$ sudo yum install elfutils-libelf-devel`