Canonical has updated its community about the availability of a major update to the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS kernel (Xenial Xerus).
Yesterday's kernel update is also the first to be released for it Ubuntu LTS 16.04 since its official launch on April 21, 2016 and seems particularly critical because it fixes a total of fifteen vulnerabilities that have been discovered recently by various Linux kernel developers and hackers.
For more information on these fifteen vulnerabilities being repaired, you can read it Ubuntu security announcement USN-2965-1 posted by Canonical at 6 May 2016.
However, it is important to note here that these new vulnerabilities also affect the Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi 2 that uses Ubuntu 16.04 LTS as well as the Linux kernel for Snapdragon processors that also have the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus).
All Ubuntu 16.04 LTS users are urged to update their systems immediately, as the new edition του πυρήνα (linux-image-4.4.0-22 4.4.0-22.39 για το Ubυntu desktop και server, linux-image-4.4.0-1010-raspi2 4.4.0-1010.12 για το Ubυntu για Raspberry Pi 2, και linux-image-4.4.0-1013-Snapdragon 4.4.0-1013.14 για επεξεργαστές Snapdragon) είναι άμεσα διαθέσιμη.
Most of you will have already received the new OS update notification, but if by chance you missed it, please open the upgrade utility software, and let it perform the latest ones updates and then click the “Install All” button to apply them. As usual, after a kernel update, you will need to restart your computer.
