Canonical Releases New Linux Kernel Security Update for Ubuntu 17.04, 16.04 LTS

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

Canonical released new Linux kernel security updates for Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating systems, as well as updated HWE (hardware enablement) kernels for Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS (Trusty Tahr) and the recently released Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS maintenance update.

Available for 64-bit and 32-bit hardware architectures, as well as for Raspberry Pi 2, the new kernel updates patch a total of four security issues affecting the Linux 4.10 and 4.4 LTS kernels of Ubuntu 17.04 and 16.04 LTS, as well as their derivatives, including Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Budgie, and Ubuntu Kylin.

Discovered by Shixiong Zhao and Fan Wu, the first vulnerability fixed by this kernel update is a race condition (<a href="http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-7533… (read more)

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