USN-7920-1

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:

Tracing infrastructure;
Netfilter; (CVE-2025-40018, CVE-2025-40232)

Affected Packages

linux

Ubuntu 25.10

Fixed in:

6.17.0-8.8

linux-aws

Ubuntu 25.10

Fixed in:

6.17.0-1005.5

linux-gcp

Ubuntu 25.10

Fixed in:

6.17.0-1005.5

linux-realtime

Ubuntu 25.10

Fixed in:

6.17.0-1004.5

References

REPORThttps://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40018 REPORThttps://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40232 ADVISORYhttps://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7920-1

USN-7920-1

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