Preventing Yum from Updating the Kernel

However, if you don’t ever want to just blindly have the kernel updated, you can add the following to your /etc/yum.conf file:

exclude=kernel*

Or, if you insist on using a vanilla configuration file and control everything via the CLI, use

#yum –xclude=kernel* update

Both of these methods will eliminate the kernel from being updated or even included in the potential update listing.

sudo yum update --skip-broken