#live kernel patching

How to Enable Canonical Kernel Livepatch Service on Ubuntu LTS System?

Canonical was introduced Live patch Service in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS system.

Live patching service allows you to install and apply critical Linux kernel security updates without rebooting your system.

This means, you don’t need to reboot your system after applying the kernel patches.

But usually, we need to reboot the Linux server after installing the kernel patches to available for the system to use.