Linux patch management is the process of managing patches for applications running on Linux computers. Managing patches in Linux involves scanning your Linux endpoints to detect missing patches, downloading patches from vendors’ sites, and deploying them to the respective client machines.

What is a patch management?

Patch management is the process of distributing and applying updates to software. These patches are often necessary to correct errors (also referred to as “vulnerabilities” or “bugs”) in the software. … When a vulnerability is found after the release of a piece of software, a patch can be used to fix it.

How patching is done in Linux?

You apply a patch with the patch program. The patch program reads a diff (or patch) file and makes the changes to the source tree described in it. Patches for the Linux kernel are generated relative to the parent directory holding the kernel source dir.