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.

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 ...

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CloudLinux announced today that its KernelCare service now supports the Raspberry Pi platform providing live patching for the running kernel with zero downtime -- ...

Red Hat has announced the availability of RHEL 8.1. The new point release comes six months after the release of RHEL 8 and brings new security measures. The biggest addition is live kernel patching.

Enterprise Linux users face growing risks from software vulnerabilities, especially given their widespread reliance on open-source code in Linux applications and commercial software. Live kernel ...

PALO ALTO, CA, UNITED STATES, February 26, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- TuxCare, a global innovator in securing open ...

Linux users working on laptops and other portable devices may soon have cause to rejoice thanks to a new kernel patch that finally promises to fix power regression problems associated with recent ...

I want to try some of these kernel patches everyone talks about like the Con Kolivas patch and preempt. I have read the how to but it doesn't make sense to me. I have downloaded and untared the 2.4.20 ...

Linux kernel patch reveals AMD’s new CPPC Performance Priority feature for Zen 6 Ryzen CPUs, improving task scheduling and core performance.

A security researcher published proof-of-concept code last month for an exploit that can bypass the Microsoft Kernel Patch Protection (KPP) security feature, more commonly known as PatchGuard. Named ...

Hi everybody,<BR><BR>I'm a little confused about patching the kernel source. Everything used to make sense for me. If I had 2.6.3 and 2.6.4 came out, I just needed to get patch-2.6.4, and I'd be all ...