[candiddevmike]

What a dumb policy. Why have the disclosure time be so soon? This thing will be in the wild before folks can upgrade if I'm understanding this correctly.

[krastanov]

The thing is already in the wild because someone on the private mailing list already accidentally mailed it to the public mailing list.

[chasil]

You have a few options for dealing with problems like this.

You can "apt update; apt upgrade" then reboot when a new kernel is available.

Oracle has also offered Ksplice for free on Ubuntu for many years, and I'm sure that patch will be available promptly.

https://ksplice.oracle.com/try/desktop

Otherwise, Kernelcare is available for a fee. I think Canonical also has paid kernel patches.

[withinboredom]

There is Ubuntu Pro which is free for up to five servers/desktops, after that, it requires a paid subscription.