Ubuntu USN · USN-8493-2

Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities

Published: Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:07

CVE-2026-31649CVE-2026-23182CVE-2026-43071CVE-2026-23258CVE-2023-53673CVE-2026-23272CVE-2026-31478CVE-2026-31659CVE-2026-43114CVE-2025-71224CVE-2026-23278CVE-2026-31685CVE-2026-23216CVE-2026-31669CVE-2026-23450CVE-2026-43493CVE-2026-23176CVE-2026-23202CVE-2026-23428CVE-2026-43383CVE-2026-43038CVE-2025-37822CVE-2026-23198CVE-2026-23256CVE-2026-23206CVE-2026-43117CVE-2026-43501CVE-2026-23262CVE-2026-46119CVE-2026-46195CVE-2026-43406CVE-2026-43304CVE-2026-23190CVE-2025-40082CVE-2026-31657CVE-2025-38201CVE-2026-31418CVE-2026-46135CVE-2026-43037CVE-2026-45988CVE-2025-37778CVE-2025-71222CVE-2026-31402CVE-2026-43186CVE-2026-43407CVE-2026-31682CVE-2026-43011CVE-2026-23193CVE-2026-23455CVE-2022-48816CVE-2026-31637CVE-2026-43341CVE-2025-71220CVE-2026-31607CVE-2026-31668CVE-2025-68214CVE-2026-23180CVE-2026-23257CVE-2026-43414CVE-2026-46043CVE-2025-71089CVE-2025-37924CVE-2025-68263CVE-2026-46243

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

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: - RISC-V architecture; - Cryptographic API; - InfiniBand drivers; - IOMMU subsystem; - Network drivers; - STMicroelectronics network drivers; - NVME drivers; - x86 platform drivers; - SCSI subsystem; - SPI subsystem; - TCM subsystem; - USB over IP driver; - File systems infrastructure; - HFS+ file system; - Network file system (NFS) server daemon; - SMB network file system; - IPv6 networking; - Tracing infrastructure; - Timer subsystem; - B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol; - Bluetooth subsystem; - Ethernet bridge; - Ceph Core library; - IPv4 networking; - MAC80211 subsystem; - Multipath TCP; - Netfilter; - RxRPC session sockets; - SMC sockets; - Sun RPC protocol; - X.25 network layer; - AMD SoC Alsa drivers; - KVM subsystem; (CVE-2022-48816, CVE-2023-53673, CVE-2025-37778, CVE-2025-37822, CVE-2025-37924, CVE-2025-38201, CVE-2025-40082, CVE-2025-68214, CVE-2025-68263, CVE-2025-71089, CVE-2025-71220, CVE-2025-71222, CVE-2025-71224, CVE-2026-23176, CVE-2026-23180, CVE-2026-23182, CVE-2026-23190, CVE-2026-23193, CVE-2026-23198, CVE-2026-23202, CVE-2026-23206, CVE-2026-23216, CVE-2026-23256, CVE-2026-23257, CVE-2026-23258, CVE-2026-23262, CVE-2026-23272, CVE-2026-23278, CVE-2026-23428, CVE-2026-23450, CVE-2026-23455, CVE-2026-31402, CVE-2026-31418, CVE-2026-31478, CVE-2026-31607, CVE-2026-31637, CVE-2026-31649, CVE-2026-31657, CVE-2026-31659, CVE-2026-31668, CVE-2026-31669, CVE-2026-31682, CVE-2026-31685, CVE-2026-43011, CVE-2026-43037, CVE-2026-43038, CVE-2026-43071, CVE-2026-43114, CVE-2026-43117, CVE-2026-43186, CVE-2026-43304, CVE-2026-43341, CVE-2026-43383, CVE-2026-43406, CVE-2026-43407, CVE-2026-43414, CVE-2026-43493, CVE-2026-43501, CVE-2026-45988, CVE-2026-46043, CVE-2026-46119, CVE-2026-46135, CVE-2026-46195, CVE-2026-46243)

Recommended actions per Ubuntu release

StackPatch playbook auto-generated per release codename and per affected package.

Ubuntu focal

linux-oracle-5.15→5.15.0-1108.114~20.04.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 5.15.0-1108.114~20.04.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-oracle-5.15
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
linux-buildinfo-5.15.0-1108-oracle→5.15.0-1108.114~20.04.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 5.15.0-1108.114~20.04.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-buildinfo-5.15.0-1108-oracle
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
linux-headers-5.15.0-1108-oracle→5.15.0-1108.114~20.04.1kernel_reboot
Kernel package — apt-upgrade then REBOOT to load the patched kernel.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-headers-5.15.0-1108-oracle
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-headers-oracle→5.15.0.1108.114~20.04.1kernel_reboot
Kernel package — apt-upgrade then REBOOT to load the patched kernel.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-headers-oracle
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-headers-oracle-5.15→5.15.0.1108.114~20.04.1kernel_reboot
Kernel package — apt-upgrade then REBOOT to load the patched kernel.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-headers-oracle-5.15
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-headers-oracle-edge→5.15.0.1108.114~20.04.1kernel_reboot
Kernel package — apt-upgrade then REBOOT to load the patched kernel.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-headers-oracle-edge
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-image-5.15.0-1108-oracle→5.15.0-1108.114~20.04.1kernel_reboot
Kernel package — apt-upgrade then REBOOT to load the patched kernel.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-image-5.15.0-1108-oracle
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-image-oracle→5.15.0.1108.114~20.04.1kernel_reboot
Kernel package — apt-upgrade then REBOOT to load the patched kernel.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-image-oracle
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-image-oracle-5.15→5.15.0.1108.114~20.04.1kernel_reboot
Kernel package — apt-upgrade then REBOOT to load the patched kernel.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-image-oracle-5.15
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-image-oracle-edge→5.15.0.1108.114~20.04.1kernel_reboot
Kernel package — apt-upgrade then REBOOT to load the patched kernel.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-image-oracle-edge
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-image-unsigned-5.15.0-1108-oracle→5.15.0-1108.114~20.04.1kernel_reboot
Kernel package — apt-upgrade then REBOOT to load the patched kernel.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-image-unsigned-5.15.0-1108-oracle
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-modules-5.15.0-1108-oracle→5.15.0-1108.114~20.04.1kernel_reboot
Kernel package — apt-upgrade then REBOOT to load the patched kernel.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-modules-5.15.0-1108-oracle
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-modules-extra-5.15.0-1108-oracle→5.15.0-1108.114~20.04.1kernel_reboot
Kernel package — apt-upgrade then REBOOT to load the patched kernel.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-modules-extra-5.15.0-1108-oracle
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-oracle→5.15.0.1108.114~20.04.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 5.15.0.1108.114~20.04.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-oracle
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
linux-oracle-5.15→5.15.0.1108.114~20.04.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 5.15.0.1108.114~20.04.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-oracle-5.15
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
linux-oracle-5.15-headers-5.15.0-1108→5.15.0-1108.114~20.04.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 5.15.0-1108.114~20.04.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-oracle-5.15-headers-5.15.0-1108
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
linux-oracle-5.15-tools-5.15.0-1108→5.15.0-1108.114~20.04.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 5.15.0-1108.114~20.04.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-oracle-5.15-tools-5.15.0-1108
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
linux-oracle-edge→5.15.0.1108.114~20.04.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 5.15.0.1108.114~20.04.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-oracle-edge
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
linux-tools-5.15.0-1108-oracle→5.15.0-1108.114~20.04.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 5.15.0-1108.114~20.04.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-tools-5.15.0-1108-oracle
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
linux-tools-oracle→5.15.0.1108.114~20.04.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 5.15.0.1108.114~20.04.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-tools-oracle
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
linux-tools-oracle-5.15→5.15.0.1108.114~20.04.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 5.15.0.1108.114~20.04.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-tools-oracle-5.15
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
linux-tools-oracle-edge→5.15.0.1108.114~20.04.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 5.15.0.1108.114~20.04.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-tools-oracle-edge
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.

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