Yes. You can edit Linux Kernel because it is released under General Public License (GPL) and any one can edit it. It comes under the category of free and open source software.

Can we edit Linux Kernel?

changing linux kernel involves two things: Downloading the source code, compiling the kernel. Here when you compile the kernel for first time it will take time. … So you can change any module compile the kernel and install it and test it.

Is it safe to update Linux Kernel?

1 Answer. As long as you install official kernels released by Canonical, everything is ok and you should do all those updates because they concern your system’s security mainly.