USN-8015-5: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

USN-8015-5: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Publication date: 20 February 2026
Overview :Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Packages

• linux-lowlatency - Linux low latency kernel
• linux-xilinx - Linux kernel for Xilinx systems

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:

• Cryptographic API;
• SMB network file system;
• io_uring subsystem

Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

24.04 LTS noble

• linux-image-6.8.0-1022-xilinx – 6.8.0-1022.23
• linux-image-6.8.0-94-lowlatency – 6.8.0-94.96.1
• linux-image-6.8.0-94-lowlatency-64k – 6.8.0-94.96.1
• linux-image-lowlatency – 6.8.0-94.96.1
• linux-image-lowlatency-6.8 – 6.8.0-94.96.1
• linux-image-lowlatency-64k – 6.8.0-94.96.1
• linux-image-lowlatency-64k-6.8 – 6.8.0-94.96.1
• linux-image-xilinx – 6.8.0.1022.23
• linux-image-xilinx-6.8 – 6.8.0.1022.23
• linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp – 6.8.0.1022.23