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:
- OCFS2 file system;
- B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;
- Netfilter;
- SCTP protocol;
(CVE-2026-52914, CVE-2026-53002, CVE-2026-53043, CVE-2026-53224,
CVE-2026-53246, CVE-2026-53309)
Fixed packages 1
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS | linux | 3.13.0-217.268 |
Vulnerabilities 6
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Critical 9.8
batman-adv: fix fragment reassembly length accounting
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: fix fragment reassembly length accounting batman-adv keeps a running payload length for queued fragments and uses it to validate a fragment chain before reassembly. That accountin…
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Critical 9.8
netfilter: conntrack: remove sprintf usage
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: conntrack: remove sprintf usage Replace it with scnprintf, the buffer sizes are expected to be large enough to hold the result, no need for snprintf+overflow check. Increase buffer…
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Critical 9.8
sctp: validate cached peer INIT chunk length in COOKIE_ECHO processing
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: validate cached peer INIT chunk length in COOKIE_ECHO processing When a listening SCTP server processes a COOKIE_ECHO chunk, the cached peer INIT chunk embedded after the cookie is pars…
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Critical 9.8
ocfs2/dlm: fix off-by-one in dlm_match_regions() region comparison
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2/dlm: fix off-by-one in dlm_match_regions() region comparison The local-vs-remote region comparison loop uses '<=' instead of '<', causing it to read one entry past the valid range of qr…
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Critical 9.1
ocfs2/dlm: validate qr_numregions in dlm_match_regions()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2/dlm: validate qr_numregions in dlm_match_regions() Patch series "ocfs2/dlm: fix two bugs in dlm_match_regions()". In dlm_match_regions(), the qr_numregions field from a DLM_QUERY_REGION…
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Critical 9.1
sctp: validate embedded INIT chunk and address list lengths in cookie
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: validate embedded INIT chunk and address list lengths in cookie sctp_unpack_cookie() only checked that the embedded INIT chunk length did not exceed the remaining cookie payload, but di…