Canonical Outs Kernel Security Update for Ubuntu 17.10, 16.04 LTS, and 14.04 LTS

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

Canonical released new kernel security updates for Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark), Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus), and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) operating system series to address three security vulnerabilities discovered by various security researchers.

Following in the footsteps of the Debian Project, which recently released a similar kernel security patch for Debian GNU/Linux 9 “Stretch” and Debian GNU/Linux 8 “Jessie” operating system series to address two security vulnerabilities, Canonical also released kernel updates to patch these two flaws and another vulnerability in Ubuntu 17.10, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

One of these security vulnerabilities was caused by the way Linux kernel handled debug … (read more)

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