Articles by Aleksandra Mitroshkina

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  How to mitigate SRBDS (CVE-2020-0543) vulnerability without a server reboot

  Author: Aleksandra Mitroshkina • Tags: commercial, kernel, linux • Comments: 0

  The CrossTalk vulnerability allows attacker-controlled code executing on one CPU core to leak sensitive data from other software running on a different core. In this article, we will show you how to mitigate this Intel CPU vulnerability without a server reboot.

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  How to set up automatic rebootless kernel updates in Linux server

  Author: Aleksandra Mitroshkina • Tags: kernel, linux • Comments: 0

  Patching the kernel on a Linux server seems simple. It can be done using common tools such as dpkg, apt-get, or kexec. These methods, however, become complicated if an organization runs hundreds or thousands of servers.

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  Linux Kernel Live Patching on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

  Author: Aleksandra Mitroshkina • Tags: linux, ubuntu • Comments: 0

  What happened to the promise of live patching Linux kernels? This article looks at its history, its problems, and the cheapest and easiest ways to do it on Ubuntu Focal Fossa (20.04 LTS).

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