USN-8644-1

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:

File systems infrastructure;
OCFS2 file system;
B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;
SCTP protocol;
TIPC protocol; (CVE-2026-43071, CVE-2026-52914, CVE-2026-52993, CVE-2026-53043, CVE-2026-53224, CVE-2026-53246, CVE-2026-53309)

Affected Packages

linux-aws-hwe

Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS

Fixed in:

4.15.0-1196.209~16.04.1

linux-hwe

Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS

Fixed in:

4.15.0-257.269~16.04.1

linux

Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS

Fixed in: