[sw360-dev] sw360 - virtualbox and linux kernel updates (meltdown and sp

[sw360-dev] sw360 - virtualbox and linux kernel updates (meltdown and spectre)

From: "Maier, Thomas (CT RDA DS EVO OPS APS PI 1)" <Thomas.Maier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:38:18 +0000
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Thread-topic: sw360 - virtualbox and linux kernel updates (meltdown and spectre)

Dear sw360 users,

if you are using sw360vagrant or any other environment setup with Virtualbox,

please keep the current software incompatibility in mind.

The new security patches for windows/linux and kernel updates can lead to problems regarding the virtualization software.

For example:

Ubuntu kernel (4.13.0-26) is not compatible with older Virtualbox versions (e.g. 5.0.40).

I recommend to upgrade Virtualbox to a newer version.

Kind regards

Thomas Maier