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Servers are usually on LTS versions. Ubuntu 16.04 is on 4.4 last time I checked. My Android 7.0 phone is on 3.10.84, last updated in February.

Edit: Ubuntu's tracker is at https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2...

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Patches from upstream are regularly backported by distribution vendors, including Redhat, Debian, Ubuntu (though I don't know if Ubuntu do this themselves or base on Debian). Anyway, looking at the version number is not enough, you should refer your vendor security advisories.

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