Canonical Announces Live Kernel Patching Support for Ubuntu on ARM64

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Marcus Nestor
Jul 31, 2026

After announcing live kernel patching support for Ubuntu HWE (Hardware Enablement Kernels) and the real-time Ubuntu kernel back in 2023, Canonical takes another step forward in expanding its security patching automation capabilities by supporting the ARM64 (AArch64) architecture for its live kernel patching.

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Marcus Nestor

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