Meltdown and Spectre bugs: Difference between revisions

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=== I have a virtual machine running on the Compute Canada Cloud ===
=== I have a virtual machine running on the Compute Canada Cloud ===
Update your virtual machine's operating system to the latest version frequently over the coming days to ensure it has the latest security patches to address these bugs. See [[Security_considerations_when_running_a_VM#Updating_your_VM|updating your VM]] for specific instructions on how to update Linux VMs.
Update your virtual machine's operating system to the latest version frequently over the coming days to ensure it has the latest security patches to address these bugs. See [[Security_considerations_when_running_a_VM#Updating_your_VM|updating your VM]] for specific instructions on how to update Linux VMs.
==== Ubuntu ====
Information about the status of Ubuntu Spectre & Meltdown patches for various versions of Ubuntu can be found here: [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/SpectreAndMeltdown?_ga=2.46754017.7586758.1515609650-852298564.1478193262]. Information linked to from this page indicates which versions of the kernel are the updated patched versions. To see your current Linux kernel version while connected to your VM use the following commands.
<source lang="console">
$ uname -r
4.4.0-109-generic
</source>
This version can then be compared to versions mentioned on pages linked to from the above link for the various Ubuntu versions.


== References ==
== References ==
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