• Eight stable kernels with fix for a single vulnerability

    From LWN.net@618:250/24 to All on Sat Aug 29 06:40:09 2026

    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 Linux 2.6.27. Users are advised to upgrade.

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1091118/
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