USN-7990-2

Details

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;
Padata parallel execution mechanism;
Netfilter; (CVE-2022-49698, CVE-2025-21726, CVE-2025-40019)

Affected Packages

linux-aws-fips

Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS

Fixed in:

5.4.0-1154.164+fips1

linux-fips

Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS

Fixed in:

5.4.0-1128.138

linux-gcp-fips

Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS

Fixed in:

5.4.0-1157.166+fips1

References

REPORT

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49698

REPORT

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21726

REPORT

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40019

ADVISORY

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7990-2