Summary
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- Cryptographic API;
- ACPI drivers;
- InfiniBand drivers;
- Media drivers;
- Network drivers;
- Pin controllers subsystem;
- AFS file system;
- F2FS file system;
- Tracing infrastructure;
- Memory management;
- Appletalk network protocol;
- Netfilter;
(CVE-2022-49026, CVE-2022-49390, CVE-2024-47691, CVE-2024-49935,
CVE-2024-50067, CVE-2024-50095, CVE-2024-50196, CVE-2024-53090,
CVE-2024-53218, CVE-2025-21855, CVE-2025-37958, CVE-2025-38666,
CVE-2025-39964, CVE-2025-39993, CVE-2025-40018)
Fixed packages 3
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS | linux-aws-fips | 5.4.0-1153.163+fips1 |
| Ubuntu · Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS | linux-fips | 5.4.0-1127.137 |
| Ubuntu · Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS | linux-gcp-fips | 5.4.0-1156.165+fips1 |
Vulnerabilities 15
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High 7.8
crypto: af_alg - Disallow concurrent writes in af_alg_sendmsg
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: af_alg - Disallow concurrent writes in af_alg_sendmsg Issuing two writes to the same af_alg socket is bogus as the data will be interleaved in an unpredictable fashion. Furthermore, c…
KEV Sep 18, 2026 -
High 8.6
ibmvnic: Don't reference skb after sending to VIOS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ibmvnic: Don't reference skb after sending to VIOS Previously, after successfully flushing the xmit buffer to VIOS, the tx_bytes stat was incremented by the length of the skb. It is invalid t…
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High 7.8
e100: Fix possible use after free in e100_xmit_prepare
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: e100: Fix possible use after free in e100_xmit_prepare In e100_xmit_prepare(), if we can't map the skb, then return -ENOMEM, so e100_xmit_frame() will return NETDEV_TX_BUSY and the upper laye…
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High 7.8
macsec: fix UAF bug for real_dev
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: macsec: fix UAF bug for real_dev Create a new macsec device but not get reference to real_dev. That can not ensure that real_dev is freed after macsec. That will trigger the UAF bug for real_…
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High 7.8
uprobe: avoid out-of-bounds memory access of fetching args
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: uprobe: avoid out-of-bounds memory access of fetching args Uprobe needs to fetch args into a percpu buffer, and then copy to ring buffer to avoid non-atomic context problem. Sometimes user-sp…
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High 7.8
f2fs: fix race in concurrent f2fs_stop_gc_thread
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix race in concurrent f2fs_stop_gc_thread In my test case, concurrent calls to f2fs shutdown report the following stack trace: Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonica…
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High 7.8
media: rc: fix races with imon_disconnect()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: rc: fix races with imon_disconnect() Syzbot reports a KASAN issue as below: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __create_pipe include/linux/usb.h:1945 [inline] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in …
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High 7.8
ipvs: Defer ip_vs_ftp unregister during netns cleanup
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipvs: Defer ip_vs_ftp unregister during netns cleanup On the netns cleanup path, __ip_vs_ftp_exit() may unregister ip_vs_ftp before connections with valid cp->app pointers are flushed, leadin…
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High 7.5
RDMA/mad: Improve handling of timed out WRs of mad agent
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/mad: Improve handling of timed out WRs of mad agent Current timeout handler of mad agent acquires/releases mad_agent_priv lock for every timed out WRs. This causes heavy locking contenti…
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High 7.5
afs: Fix lock recursion
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Fix lock recursion afs_wake_up_async_call() can incur lock recursion. The problem is that it is called from AF_RXRPC whilst holding the ->notify_lock, but it tries to take a ref on the a…
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Medium 5.5
pinctrl: ocelot: fix system hang on level based interrupts
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: ocelot: fix system hang on level based interrupts The current implementation only calls chained_irq_enter() and chained_irq_exit() if it detects pending interrupts. ``` for (i = 0; i…
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Unscored —
f2fs: fix to avoid use-after-free in f2fs_stop_gc_thread()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix to avoid use-after-free in f2fs_stop_gc_thread() syzbot reports a f2fs bug as below: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:114 print_…
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Unscored —
ACPI: PAD: fix crash in exit_round_robin()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: PAD: fix crash in exit_round_robin() The kernel occasionally crashes in cpumask_clear_cpu(), which is called within exit_round_robin(), because when executing clear_bit(nr, addr) with n…
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Unscored —
mm/huge_memory: fix dereferencing invalid pmd migration entry
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/huge_memory: fix dereferencing invalid pmd migration entry When migrating a THP, concurrent access to the PMD migration entry during a deferred split scan can lead to an invalid address ac…
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Unscored —
net: appletalk: Fix use-after-free in AARP proxy probe
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: appletalk: Fix use-after-free in AARP proxy probe The AARP proxy‐probe routine (aarp_proxy_probe_network) sends a probe, releases the aarp_lock, sleeps, then re-acquires the lock. During…
References
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49026
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49390
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-47691
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-49935
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-50067
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-50095
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-50196
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-53090
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-53218
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21855
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-37958
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-38666
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-39964
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-39993
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40018