see explanation below. Explanation Using the browser open the URL in the question, download kernel file to root or home directory. uname -r// check the current kernel version rpm -ivh kernel-*.rpm vi /boot/grub.conf// check Some questions are: Install and upgrade the kernel as required. To ensure that grub2 is the default item for startup. Yum repo : http://content.example.com/rhel7.0/x86-64/errata OR uname -r // check kernel Yum-config-manager --add-repo="http://content.example.com/rhel7.0/x86-64/ errata" Yum clean all Yum list kernel// install directly Yum -y install kernel// stuck with it, do not pipe! Please do not pipe! Default enable new kernel grub2-editenv list// check Modify grub2-set-default "kernel full name" Grub2-mkconfig -o/boot/grub2/grub.cfg// Refresh