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Canonical Outs Important Kernel Update for All Supported Ubuntu Linux Releases

Canonical outs important kernel update for all supported ubuntu linux releases

After patching a recently discovered systemd vulnerability in Ubuntu 17.04 and Ubuntu 16.10, Canonical today released a new major kernel update for all of its supported Ubuntu Linux operating systems, including Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (HWE), patching up to fifteen security flaws.

Today’s kernel update comes only a week after the previous one that probably most of you are running on your Ubuntu distributions, which was also a major update patching up to eleven vulnerabilities across all of the supported architectures, including the infamous “Stack Clash” security flaw.

What makes today’s kernel security update important is that Canonical addressed a regression introduced in last week’s kernel packages when it <a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-outs-majo… (read more)

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