Summary
A security issue was discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use this to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- Open vSwitch;
Fixed packages 2
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 26.04 LTS 26.04:LTS | linux-azure | 7.0.0-1012.12 |
| Ubuntu · 26.04 LTS 26.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | 7.0.0-1011.11 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8CVE-2026-64531 Public exploit
net: openvswitch: reject oversized nested action attrs
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: openvswitch: reject oversized nested action attrs Open vSwitch stores generated flow actions as nlattrs, whose nla_len field is u16. Commit a1e64addf3ff ("net: openvswitch: remove misbeh…
References
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-64531