Ubuntu 17.04 (zesty zapus) updates its kernel with a security patch
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Canonical wants to offer maximum security to users of its Ubuntu operating system, for this one of the fundamental steps is to update the system kernel with new patches to cover possible security holes. Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) has already received the first patch to fix 6 system vulnerabilities.
Ubuntu 17.04 updates its kernel for security
Announced a month ago, on April 13, 2017, Ubuntu 17.04 debuted with a Linux 4.10 series kernel, which continues to receive weekly patches and maintenance releases, but also new drivers and a few other features. However, now is the time for Ubuntu 17.04 users to update their Kernel. Of course this also affects the other Ubuntu flavors.
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Users should update their system as soon as possible since vulnerabilities are very important. The first of these incorrectly emulated the VMXON statement, giving a local attacker the ability to do a DoS attack. The second problem solved is related to a buffer overflow problem in the Linux kernel SCSI (sg) subsystem, thus also giving the possibility of a DoS attack or the execution of random code.
We remind you that updating Ubuntu is extremely simple, you just have to open a terminal and enter the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
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