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:
- x86 architecture;
- Cryptographic API;
- InfiniBand drivers;
- Media drivers;
- STMicroelectronics network drivers;
- Network drivers;
- Ext4 file system;
- IPv4 networking;
- TCP network protocol;
- Locking primitives;
- Ceph Core library;
- IPv6 networking;
- Multipath TCP;
- Netfilter;
- SCTP protocol;
- SMC sockets;
(CVE-2026-31405, CVE-2026-31414, CVE-2026-31448, CVE-2026-31649,
CVE-2026-43198, CVE-2026-43493, CVE-2026-43499, CVE-2026-46266,
CVE-2026-52955, CVE-2026-52982, CVE-2026-52986, CVE-2026-53006,
CVE-2026-53176, CVE-2026-53225, CVE-2026-53228, CVE-2026-53359)
Fixed packages 1
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS Pro:FIPS-updates:16.04:LTS | linux-fips | 4.4.0-1127.134 |
Vulnerabilities 16
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Critical 9.8
media: dvb-net: fix OOB access in ULE extension header tables
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: dvb-net: fix OOB access in ULE extension header tables The ule_mandatory_ext_handlers[] and ule_optional_ext_handlers[] tables in handle_one_ule_extension() are declared with 255 eleme…
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Critical 9.8
netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: use expect->helper
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: use expect->helper Use expect->helper in ctnetlink and /proc to dump the helper name. Using nfct_help() without holding a reference to the master conntrack is …
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Critical 9.8
net: stmmac: fix integer underflow in chain mode
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: stmmac: fix integer underflow in chain mode The jumbo_frm() chain-mode implementation unconditionally computes len = nopaged_len - bmax; where nopaged_len = skb_headlen(skb) (linear byte…
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Critical 9.8
tcp: fix potential race in tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: fix potential race in tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock() Code in tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock() after the call to tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock() is done too late. After tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock(), the child socket is a…
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Critical 9.8
crypto: pcrypt - Fix handling of MAY_BACKLOG requests
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: pcrypt - Fix handling of MAY_BACKLOG requests MAY_BACKLOG requests can return EBUSY. Handle them by checking for that value and filtering out EINPROGRESS notifications.
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Critical 9.8
libceph: Fix potential out-of-bounds access in crush_decode()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: Fix potential out-of-bounds access in crush_decode() A message of type CEPH_MSG_OSD_MAP containing a crush map with at least one bucket has two fields holding the bucket algorithm. I…
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Critical 9.8
net: usb: rtl8150: fix use-after-free in rtl8150_start_xmit()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: rtl8150: fix use-after-free in rtl8150_start_xmit() syzbot reported a KASAN slab-use-after-free read in rtl8150_start_xmit() when accessing skb->len for tx statistics after usb_subm…
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Critical 9.8
netfilter: nf_conntrack_sip: don't use simple_strtoul
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_conntrack_sip: don't use simple_strtoul Replace unsafe port parsing in epaddr_len(), ct_sip_parse_header_uri(), and ct_sip_parse_request() with a new sip_parse_port() helper tha…
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Critical 9.8
ipv6: fix possible UAF in icmpv6_rcv()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: fix possible UAF in icmpv6_rcv() Caching saddr and daddr before pskb_pull() is problematic since skb->head can change. Remove these temporary variables: - We only access &ipv6_hdr(skb)-…
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Critical 9.8
IB/isert: Reject login PDUs shorter than ISER_HEADERS_LEN
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: IB/isert: Reject login PDUs shorter than ISER_HEADERS_LEN In drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c, isert_login_recv_done() computes the login request payload length as wc->byte_len minus I…
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Critical 9.8
ipv6: sit: reload inner IPv6 header after GSO offloads
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: sit: reload inner IPv6 header after GSO offloads ipip6_tunnel_xmit() caches the inner IPv6 header pointer at function entry and continues using it after iptunnel_handle_offloads(). For …
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Critical 9.4
ext4: avoid infinite loops caused by residual data
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: avoid infinite loops caused by residual data On the mkdir/mknod path, when mapping logical blocks to physical blocks, if inserting a new extent into the extent tree fails (in this examp…
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Critical 9.1
inet: RAW sockets using IPPROTO_RAW MUST drop incoming ICMP
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: inet: RAW sockets using IPPROTO_RAW MUST drop incoming ICMP Yizhou Zhao reported that simply having one RAW socket on protocol IPPROTO_RAW (255) was dangerous. socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, 255);…
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Critical 9.1
sctp: fix uninit-value in __sctp_rcv_asconf_lookup()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: fix uninit-value in __sctp_rcv_asconf_lookup() __sctp_rcv_asconf_lookup() in net/sctp/input.c only checks that the ASCONF chunk can hold the ADDIP header and a parameter header, then ca…
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High 8.8CVE-2026-53359 Public exploit
KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected role
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected role Commit 0cb2af2ea66ad ("KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected GFN") fixed a shadow paging mismatch betw…
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High 7.8CVE-2026-43499 Public exploit
rtmutex: Use waiter::task instead of current in remove_waiter()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rtmutex: Use waiter::task instead of current in remove_waiter() remove_waiter() is used by the slowlock paths, but it is also used for proxy-lock rollback in rt_mutex_start_proxy_lock() when …
References
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-31405
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-31414
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-31448
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-31649
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-43198
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-43493
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-43499
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-46266
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-52955
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-52982
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-52986
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-53006
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-53176
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-53225
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-53228
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-53359