Canonical Fixes Boot Failures on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and 16.04 LTS, Update Now

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

Canonical fixes boot failures on ubuntu 18.04 lts and 16.04 lts update nowCanonical released over the weekend new Linux kernel updates for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) users to fix a regression causing boot failures on some machines.

About two weeks ago, Canonical patched a regression that would lead to boot failures on some AMD machines using the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) operating system series, which was caused by a microcode firmware update for AMD processors that was supposed to mitigate the well-known Spectre microprocessor side-channel security vulnerability.

Earlier this month, on July 2, Canonical released a Linux kernel security update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) users, addressing a total of six security vul… (read more)

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