Ubuntu USN · USN-8623-1

Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities

Published: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:53

CVE-2026-53354CVE-2026-64520

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: - ARM64 architecture; - Arm Firmware Framework for ARMv8-A(FFA); (CVE-2026-53354, CVE-2026-64520)

Recommended actions per Ubuntu release

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

Ubuntu noble

linux-nvidia-6.17→6.17.0-1029.29apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 6.17.0-1029.29 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-nvidia-6.17
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
linux-buildinfo-6.17.0-1029-nvidia→6.17.0-1029.29apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 6.17.0-1029.29 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-buildinfo-6.17.0-1029-nvidia
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
linux-buildinfo-6.17.0-1029-nvidia-64k→6.17.0-1029.29apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 6.17.0-1029.29 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-buildinfo-6.17.0-1029-nvidia-64k
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
linux-headers-6.17.0-1029-nvidia→6.17.0-1029.29kernel_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-6.17.0-1029-nvidia
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-headers-6.17.0-1029-nvidia-64k→6.17.0-1029.29kernel_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-6.17.0-1029-nvidia-64k
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-headers-nvidia-6.17→6.17.0-1029.29kernel_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-nvidia-6.17
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-headers-nvidia-64k-6.17→6.17.0-1029.29kernel_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-nvidia-64k-6.17
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-headers-nvidia-64k-hwe-24.04→6.17.0-1029.29kernel_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-nvidia-64k-hwe-24.04
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-headers-nvidia-hwe-24.04→6.17.0-1029.29kernel_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-nvidia-hwe-24.04
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-image-6.17.0-1029-nvidia→6.17.0-1029.29kernel_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-6.17.0-1029-nvidia
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-image-6.17.0-1029-nvidia-64k→6.17.0-1029.29kernel_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-6.17.0-1029-nvidia-64k
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-image-nvidia-6.17→6.17.0-1029.29kernel_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-nvidia-6.17
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.17→6.17.0-1029.29kernel_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-nvidia-64k-6.17
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-24.04→6.17.0-1029.29kernel_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-nvidia-64k-hwe-24.04
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-image-nvidia-hwe-24.04→6.17.0-1029.29kernel_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-nvidia-hwe-24.04
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-image-unsigned-6.17.0-1029-nvidia→6.17.0-1029.29kernel_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-6.17.0-1029-nvidia
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-image-unsigned-6.17.0-1029-nvidia-64k→6.17.0-1029.29kernel_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-6.17.0-1029-nvidia-64k
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-modules-6.17.0-1029-nvidia→6.17.0-1029.29kernel_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-6.17.0-1029-nvidia
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-modules-6.17.0-1029-nvidia-64k→6.17.0-1029.29kernel_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-6.17.0-1029-nvidia-64k
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-modules-nvidia-fs-6.17.0-1029-nvidia→6.17.0-1029.29kernel_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-nvidia-fs-6.17.0-1029-nvidia
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-modules-nvidia-fs-6.17.0-1029-nvidia-64k→6.17.0-1029.29kernel_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-nvidia-fs-6.17.0-1029-nvidia-64k
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-modules-nvidia-fs-nvidia-6.17→6.17.0-1029.29kernel_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-nvidia-fs-nvidia-6.17
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-modules-nvidia-fs-nvidia-64k-6.17→6.17.0-1029.29kernel_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-nvidia-fs-nvidia-64k-6.17
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-modules-nvidia-fs-nvidia-64k-hwe-24.04→6.17.0-1029.29kernel_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-nvidia-fs-nvidia-64k-hwe-24.04
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-modules-nvidia-fs-nvidia-hwe-24.04→6.17.0-1029.29kernel_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-nvidia-fs-nvidia-hwe-24.04
sudo reboot
```
Reboot is required. ~30-60s downtime; containers self-restart.
linux-nvidia-6.17→6.17.0-1029.29apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 6.17.0-1029.29 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-nvidia-6.17
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
linux-nvidia-6.17-headers-6.17.0-1029→6.17.0-1029.29apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 6.17.0-1029.29 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-nvidia-6.17-headers-6.17.0-1029
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
linux-nvidia-6.17-tools-6.17.0-1029→6.17.0-1029.29apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 6.17.0-1029.29 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-nvidia-6.17-tools-6.17.0-1029
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
linux-nvidia-64k-6.17→6.17.0-1029.29apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 6.17.0-1029.29 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-nvidia-64k-6.17
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
linux-nvidia-64k-hwe-24.04→6.17.0-1029.29apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 6.17.0-1029.29 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-nvidia-64k-hwe-24.04
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
linux-nvidia-hwe-24.04→6.17.0-1029.29apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 6.17.0-1029.29 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-nvidia-hwe-24.04
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
linux-tools-6.17.0-1029-nvidia→6.17.0-1029.29apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 6.17.0-1029.29 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-tools-6.17.0-1029-nvidia
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
linux-tools-6.17.0-1029-nvidia-64k→6.17.0-1029.29apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 6.17.0-1029.29 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-tools-6.17.0-1029-nvidia-64k
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
linux-tools-nvidia-6.17→6.17.0-1029.29apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 6.17.0-1029.29 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-tools-nvidia-6.17
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
linux-tools-nvidia-64k-6.17→6.17.0-1029.29apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 6.17.0-1029.29 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-tools-nvidia-64k-6.17
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
linux-tools-nvidia-64k-hwe-24.04→6.17.0-1029.29apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 6.17.0-1029.29 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-tools-nvidia-64k-hwe-24.04
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
linux-tools-nvidia-hwe-24.04→6.17.0-1029.29apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 6.17.0-1029.29 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-tools-nvidia-hwe-24.04
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.

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