Canonical Fixes Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Regression Causing Boot Failure on Some PCs

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

Canonical has released on Wednesday a new Linux kernel update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating system series to address a regression introduced with yesterday’s security patch against the Meltdown vulnerability.

On Tuesday, Canonical published multiple security notices to inform users of the Ubuntu 17.10, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 12.04 ESM operating systems that they can now patch their computers against the Meltdown security vulnerability affecting billions of devices.

However, some users running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS immediately reported that their systems failed to boot after installing the new kernel update. There weren’t so many … (read more)

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