[Trisquel-users] Re : Kernel questions and Intel ME

[lcerf]

Are you referring to Meltdown and Spectre?  Those attacks have absolutely  
nothing to do with the Management Engine.

Having up-to-date is important to be protected against known attacks such as  
Meltdown and Spectre.  Newer kernel may better support your hardware too,  
especially if it is recent.  And, well, there are other features and  
improvements that are added to newer versions of the kernel.