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Canonical
19 July 2017

Kernel Team Summary – July 19, 2017

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

This newsletter is here to provide a status update from the Ubuntu Kernel Team.There will also be highlights provided for any interesting subjects the team may be working on. If you would like to reach the kernel team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-kernel channel on FreeNode.Alternatively, you can mail the Ubuntu Kernel Team ...

Canonical
8 June 2017

Kernel Team Summary- June 8, 2017

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Introduction This newsletter is to provide a status update from the Ubuntu Kernel Team. There will also be highlights provided for any interesting subjects the team may be working on. If you would like to reach the kernel team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-kernel channel on FreeNode. Alternatively, you can mail the Ubuntu ...

Canonical
6 June 2017

Canonical Kernel Livepatch Service now available for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS!

Canonical announcements Ubuntu tech blog

We are pleased to announce that we have extended our Canonical Kernel Livepatch Service to users running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS! The Canonical Kernel Livepatch Service enables runtime correction of critical security vulnerabilities in the kernel without the need to reboot. It is the best way to ensure that machines are safe at the kernel level, ...

Canonical
21 December 2016

Canonical Livepatch Service update – December 2016

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

The following kernel security vulnerabilities were addressed through live patches on Ubuntu – to ensure you have the fixes, either install at ubuntu.com/livepatch or update to newest kernel and reboot. Linux kernel vulnerability 7th December 2016 (LSN-0014-1) Details: A race condition in the af_packet implementation in the Linux kernel. A ...

Dustin Kirkland
31 October 2016

Dirty COW was livepatched in Ubuntu within hours of publication

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

If you haven’t heard about last week’s Dirty COW vulnerability, I hope all of your Linux systems are automatically patching themselves…Why?  Because every single Linux-based phone, router, modem, tablet, desktop, PC, server, virtual machine, and absolutely everything in between — including all versions of Ubuntu since 2007 — was vulnerabl ...

Canonical
25 October 2016

Infographic: Ubuntu Advantage explained

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Ubuntu Advantage is the commercial support package from Canonical. It includes Landscape, the Ubuntu systems management tool, and the Canonical Livepatch Service, which enables you to apply kernel fixes without restarting your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS systems. Ubuntu Advantage gives the world’s largest enterprises the assurance they need to run m ...

Tom Callway
20 October 2016

Live kernel patching from Canonical now available for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

We are delighted to announce the availability of a new service for Ubuntu which any user can enable on their current installations – the Canonical Livepatch Service. This new live kernel patching service can be used on any Ubuntu 16.04 LTS system (using the generic Linux 4.4 kernel) to minimise unplanned downtime and maintain the ...

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