diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix
index 184e420373a..baf011a1b8e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, ... } @ args:
 
 import ./generic.nix (args // rec {
-  version = "4.4.37";
+  version = "4.4.38";
   extraMeta.branch = "4.4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1pyfva1ld4yfzc0gyz3q4m7j6k88l813akp5hhszfg8m69bzn27d";
+    sha256 = "19hn51cpyvq3igilm0xw4ivbmdah5ryah6rpkwgqly351djrxvbp";
   };
 
   kernelPatches = args.kernelPatches;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 68740ede464..4667c90de09 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10997,7 +10997,6 @@ in
     kernelPatches =
       [ kernelPatches.bridge_stp_helper
         kernelPatches.cpu-cgroup-v2."4.4"
-        kernelPatches.packet_fix_race_condition_CVE_2016_8655
       ]
       ++ lib.optionals ((platform.kernelArch or null) == "mips")
       [ kernelPatches.mips_fpureg_emu