Live patching is only for critical security problems. Linux kernel patches can fix vulnerabilities if the problem can be isolated to small and specific portions of kernel code. However, if the problem ...

Patching a running Linux kernel: kGraft v kpatch. Maximising Cloud Efficiency - LUMEN WEBINAR 23 April 2025 According to KPMG, companies typically spend 35% more on cloud than is required to ...

Linux hits a new milestone, as live kernel patching lands in the new release. Linus Torvalds, however, doesn't see a lot of special new features in Linux 4.0.

On a well-maintained Linux system, months can go by without needing to reboot. Sooner or later, however, a security patch to the Linux kernel will require you to reboot your machine. That's not a ...

Being able to patch a Linux kernel without a restart hit a brick wall when Oracle bought Ksplice in 2011, but Suse hopes to restore former glories with kGraft.

Every running process integrates with the kernel intimately, so switching out parts of the kernel while it is running is quite risky. On the other hand, rebooting the computer is irksome, and in some ...

Debian Urging Users Patch Linux Kernel Flaw. Author: Chris Brook. ... Pinkie Pie of course has proved more than adept at finding additional bugs in Chrome and Chrome OS – many of them sandbox ...

KernelCare for IoT already supports Ubuntu Focal Fossa for 64-bit ARM, and now adds support for Raspberry Pi OS, the operating system officially provided by the Raspberry Pi Foundation.

There’s a tool called BridgeHelper 3.0 available from TonyMacx86 which will let you patch the OS X 10.7.3 kernel to add support for Ivy Bridge processors.

Apple on Monday patched Java 6 for OS X, following Oracle's lead and quashing a browser plug-in vulnerability that hackers have been exploiting.

Patching a Linux kernel without any downtime is likely to become a common practice over the next few years; two patches released earlier this year are likely to make what is a task requiring ...