diff --git a/templates/common/_base/files/etc-pivot-kernel-args.yaml b/templates/common/_base/files/etc-pivot-kernel-args.yaml
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+filesystem: "root"
+mode: 0644
+path: "/etc/pivot/kernel-args"
+contents:
+  inline: |
+    DELETE mitigations=auto,nosmt
+    ADD systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=0