Canonical Patches Eight Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Just a few minutes ago, Canonical published multiple security advisories to inform the Ubuntu Linux community about the availability of new kernel updates for all of its supported Ubuntu OSes, including Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus).

Launched in April 21, 2016 and being a long-term supported release, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS has already received its first big update, dubbed by the company as Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS, but that won't stop Canonical from pushing new software versions and security updates whenever threats are found, all in order to keep users safe and secure.

Today's Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3070-1, tells us about an important kernel update for the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating system, which patches a total of eight vulnerabilities discovered by various kernel hackers and developers in the upstream Linux 4.4 LTS kernel branch (the latest release is Linux kernel 4.4.19 LTS).

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