Ubuntu Meltdown patches available

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3522-1/

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3522-2/

Ubuntu 17.10: https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3523-1/

These are fixes for Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754). Spectre (CVE-2017-5715 and CVE-2017-5753) will be addressed later. See more information here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/SpectreAn...

No 16.04 rolling HWE kernel update yet, it appears.

Still waiting on new AMIs. tap tap tap