Live patching is a way of updating a running system without stopping it. It is best known as a technique for keeping Linux servers updated to the latest security levels without affecting downtime.

Document version: v4 final consolidated Date: 2026-05-08 Scope: CachyOS · Ubuntu 26.04 · Alpine 3.23 (x86_64 + aarch64/Raspberry Pi) · Void Linux glibc · Void Linux musl This document is intentionally ...

SUSE presenta l’upstream kGraft e collabora con la community per lo sviluppo di una soluzione patching standard in tempo reale SUSE annuncia la disponibilità di kGraft, la tecnologia sviluppata per ...

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 downtime ...

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 real ...

Nobody loves a reboot, especially not if it involves a late-breaking patch for a kernel-level issue that has to be applied stat. To that end, three projects are in the works to provide a mechanism for ...

As Linux version 4.0 was released on 15 April, one of the most discussed new features to be included in this release is "no reboot" kernel patching. With the major distros committing to support the ...

Canonical rende disponibile Ubuntu Core 26 come nuova versione stabile del proprio sistema operativo minimale, immutabile e progettato per IoT, edge computing ed embedded. La novità più importante è ...

Vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel fixed in 2012 went unpatched for more than two years on average, more than twice as long as it took to fix unpatched flaws in current Windows OSes, according ...

Linux 4.0 is almost upon us! It’s codenamed “Hurr durr I’ma sheep.” Yes, seriously. Linux kernels have weird codenames. Setting aside the head-scratching title, Linux 4.0 isn’t a massive change from ...