[USN-7928-5] Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities

[Rodrigo Figueiredo Zaiden]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7928-5
January 09, 2026

linux-kvm vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Software Description:
- linux-kvm: Linux kernel for cloud environments

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;
   - Media drivers;
   - Network drivers;
   - AFS file system;
   - F2FS file system;
   - Tracing infrastructure;
   - Netfilter;
(CVE-2022-49390, CVE-2024-47691, CVE-2024-50067, CVE-2024-53090,
CVE-2024-53218, CVE-2025-21855, CVE-2025-39964, CVE-2025-39993,
CVE-2025-40018)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   linux-image-5.15.0-1090-kvm     5.15.0-1090.95
   linux-image-kvm                 5.15.0.1090.86
   linux-image-kvm-5.15            5.15.0.1090.86

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have
been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and
reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed.
Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages
(e.g. linux-generic, linux-generic-lts-RELEASE, linux-virtual,
linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform
this as well.

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7928-5
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7928-4
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7928-3
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7928-2
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7928-1
   CVE-2022-49390, CVE-2024-47691, CVE-2024-50067, CVE-2024-53090,
   CVE-2024-53218, CVE-2025-21855, CVE-2025-39964, CVE-2025-39993,
   CVE-2025-40018

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-kvm/5.15.0-1090.95

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