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Ubuntu: Determine system vulnerability for Meltdown CVE-2017-5754

The Meltdown vulnerability affects Intel and some ARM (but not AMD) processor chips and can allow unprivileged access to memory in the kernel and other processes.  Canonical has committed to kernel patches to address this issue by January 9, 2018. If you need to check your system, or perhaps have already patched your systems but want to Ubuntu: Determine system vulnerability for Meltdown CVE-2017-5754

Ubuntu: Determine system vulnerability for Spectre CVE-2017-5715 CVE-2017-5753

The Spectre vulnerability affects Intel, AMD, and ARM processor chips (each to various degrees) and can allow unprivileged access to memory in the kernel and other processes.  Canonical has committed to kernel patches to address this issue by January 9, 2018. If you need to check your system, or perhaps have already patched your systems Ubuntu: Determine system vulnerability for Spectre CVE-2017-5715 CVE-2017-5753