Ubuntu Livepatch

Livepatch eliminates the need for unplanned maintenance windows for high and critical severity kernel vulnerabilities by patching the Linux kernel while the system runs. Reduce fire drills while keeping uninterrupted service with the Ubuntu Livepatch service for up to 10 years.

Livepatch is included in Ubuntu Pro (https://ubuntu.com/cloud/public-cloud) and Ubuntu Advantage (https://ubuntu.com/advantage). More at documentation https://ubuntu.com/security/livepatch/docs/

Source: https://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2016/10/canonical-livepatch.html Livepatch allows you to install some critical kernel security updates without rebooting your system, by directly patching the running kernel.

It does not affect regular (not security-critical) kernel updates, you still have to install those the regular way and reboot. It does not affect updates to other non-kernel packages either, which don't require a reboot anyway.

On a regular home or office computer, which does get rebooted daily (or every few days to weeks at least, your mileage may vary), Livepatch probably doesn't give you many benefits. It's mainly intended for servers which are supposed to have months and years of continuous uptime without reboots.