A few moments ago, Canonical published a new security notice for users of the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) operating system, informing them about the availability of updated Linux kernel packages that fix multiple security issues.
From Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2989-1 published today, June 1, 2016, it appears that a total of ten Linux kernel vulnerabilities discovered by various developers have been patched for the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) operating system, as well as any of its derivatives, official or unofficial.
The new Linux kernel version is linux-image-3.13.0-87 (3.13.0-87.133), available for all of the supported hardware architectures, including 64-bit, 32-bit, PPC (PowerPC) e500, PPC (PowerPC) e500mc, and PPP64 (PowerPC 64-bit). The low-latency and LPAE kernels has been updated too, so please install this version on your OS as soon as possible.
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