The patch was rolled back within ~50 minutes, and only a small number of customers were affected.

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A Linux kernel update is not to be taken lightly—change means risk.

Whatever reasons you think you might have, there is really only one that matters.

I tell you what it is in this blog post.

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We are glad to announce that the patches for the fix of L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF) are now available for download from our test feed.

The patches are ready for the following distros:

• RHEL6
• OpenVZ
• CloudLinux 6 Hybrid
• Oracle Enterprise Linux 6
• Oracle Enterprise Linux 7
• CentOS 7
• CentOS 6
• CentOS 6...

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We are going to release kernelcare 2.16-1 with updated user text output.

In case you have any automation set-up based on the system messages, you can review new messages here  

To apply updates run:

yum update kernelcare

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Ineffective passwords continue to be a significant cause of cybersecurity breaches, despite the wealth of advice issued by governments and security companies, and despite the prevalence of password management programs and the enforcement of strict password policies.

The latest article by...

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If variety is the spice of life, then you'll want to know all about the different ways you can update a Linux kernel. This blog post runs the gamut, from a standard command-line update, through the use of 'kexec', and onto the live-patching solutions of which KernelCare is but one. It's a topic...

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It is Fall in the Northern Hemisphere, and everyone’s out gazing into the clear dark skies when they should be indoors looking after their servers. Why? 

Because yet another 10-year-old flaw has been found in the Linux kernel, this time in the create_elf_tables() function, that, when subject...

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An integer overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel's create_elf_tables() function. An unprivileged local user with access to an SUID (or otherwise privileged) binary could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system.

This issue does not affect systems that do not have a large...

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We’ve just published a Technical White Paper called KernelCare: Live Kernel Patching for Linux. It covers what KernelCare is, how it works and why you need it. We give an overview of setting up custom patch servers, both within and without firewalls, and we show what the patch management GUI...

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If you are running the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK), which is included as part of Oracle Linux, you already know that it is optimized for stability and security for enterprise cloud workloads. The UEK includes enhancements that benefit Oracle Database, middleware, applications and...

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