• Eight stable kernels with fix for a single vulnerability

    From LWN.net@1337:1/100 to All on Fri Aug 28 14:45:06 2026
    Eight stable kernels with fix for a single vulnerability

    Date:
    Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:42:06 +0000

    Description:
    Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 7.2.2 , 7.1.12 , 6.18.48
    , 6.12.107 , 6.6.155 , 6.1.186 , 5.15.219 , and 5.10.268 stable kernels. Each of these contains a
    single fix for a
    vulnerability ( CVE-2026-80590 )
    that allows marking IPv4 or IPv6 fragments as GSO ,
    which can allow an unprivileged user to cause a kernel panic. This vulnerability
    has been present since Linux2.6.27. Users are advised to upgrade.

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    Link to news story:
    https://lwn.net/Articles/1091118/


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