Blog posts tagged
“Meltdown”

2 posts

Christian Reis
24 January 2018

Meltdown, Spectre and Ubuntu: What you need to know

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As details of the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities1 have become clearer a number of statements have been published by the multiple vendors affected; Canonical has issued advisories and updates on fixes and mitigations, the latest of which includes a first round of Spectre mitigations. However, most of these...

Christian Reis
24 January 2018

Canonical
24 January 2018

Kernel team summary – 24 January 2018

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January 09 through January 23 The Kernel Team is completely focused on addressing any Spectre and Meltdown issues as they arise. A secure Ubuntu is our top priority. No new Livepatches are being produced and our regular SRU cycles are suspended while we address Spectre and Meltdown. Spectre mitigation kernels are...

Canonical
24 January 2018