Oracle has released patches for the latest Spectre CPU flaws and a fix for the Lazy floating-point unit (FPU) state restore issue affecting Intel CPUs. Oracle's updates address the Spectre CPU flaws ...

When a microprocessor vulnerability rocked the tech industry last year, companies scrambled to patch nearly every server they had. In Oracle’s case, that meant patching the operating system on about 1 ...

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 ...

Keep your Linux operating system and the software you run on it fully up to date. You don’t have to worry about remembering to perform patching if you take on one of these automated systems. Automated ...

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.

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 ...

Oracle fixes more than 100 security vulnerabilities in its Java, Database, and other products with its critical patch updates. Software maker and database management company Oracle yesterday released ...