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Vulnerabilities & PatchesEmerging1 sourceAug 28, 2026 · 13:42via LWN.net

Eight stable kernels with fix for a single vulnerability

Brief

Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 7.

  • 2 , 7.
  • 12 , 6.
  • 48 , 6.
  • 107 , 6.
  • 155 , 6.
  • 186 , 5.
  • 219 , and 5.
  • 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 Linux 2.

  • 27. Users are advised to upgrade.
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