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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