Ubuntu Security Advisories

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: - x86 architecture; - InfiniBand drivers; - Network drivers; - Mellanox network drivers; - File systems infrastructure; - IPv4 networking; - Network traffic control; - TCP network protocol; - B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol; - IPv6 networking; - Multipath TCP; - Netfilter; - RxRPC session sockets; - SCTP protocol; - SMC sockets; (CVE-2026-43083, CVE-2026-43197, CVE-2026-43198, CVE-2026-43465, CVE-2026-46242, CVE-2026-46325, CVE-2026-46331, CVE-2026-52914, CVE-2026-52924, CVE-2026-52931, CVE-2026-53151, CVE-2026-53176, CVE-2026-53212, CVE-2026-53215, CVE-2026-53225, CVE-2026-53228, CVE-2026-53359)

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: - x86 architecture; - InfiniBand drivers; - Network drivers; - Network traffic control; - IPv4 networking; - IPv6 networking; - Netfilter; - RxRPC session sockets; - SCTP protocol; (CVE-2026-46331, CVE-2026-52924, CVE-2026-53131, CVE-2026-53151, CVE-2026-53175, CVE-2026-53176, CVE-2026-53186, CVE-2026-53212, CVE-2026-53215, CVE-2026-53216, CVE-2026-53221, CVE-2026-53224, CVE-2026-53225, CVE-2026-53228, CVE-2026-53246, CVE-2026-53247, CVE-2026-53260, CVE-2026-53359)

It was discovered that libgit2 incorrectly handled the Git Smart Protocol. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-10128) It was discovered that libgit2 incorrectly handled empty packet lines in the Git Smart Protocol. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-10129) It was discovered that libgit2 incorrectly handled error reporting in the HTTP transport. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to spoof servers. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-10130) It was discovered that libgit2 incorrectly handled certain crafted "ng" packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-15501) Krishna Ram Prakash R and Vivek Parikh discovered that libgit2 incorrectly handled certain repository index files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-8098) Krishna Ram Prakash R and Vivek Parikh discovered that libgit2 incorrectly handled certain repository index files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-8099) Michał Majchrowicz and Marcin Wyczechowski discovered that libgit2 incorrectly handled submodule paths. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to write files outside the working tree. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-53584) Michał Majchrowicz and Marcin Wyczechowski discovered that libgit2 incorrectly handled delta object result-size headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libgit2 to consume excessive memory, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2026-53585) Thai Son Dinh discovered that libgit2 incorrectly handled HTTP redirects. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to leak credentials to an offsite redirect target. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-53586) It was discovered that libgit2 incorrectly handled certain capability buffers in the smart protocol. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-53587)

It was discovered that Yelp incorrectly handled certain crafted help documents due to an overly permissive Content Security Policy. An attacker could trick a user into opening a specially crafted document, possibly resulting in the disclosure of sensitive information.

Hao Ren discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain images when using the wavelet-denoise operation. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trigger an out-of-bounds heap write, resulting in arbitrary code execution. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-30936) It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled extremely large XWD images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trigger an out-of-bounds heap write, resulting in arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2026-30937) It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled extremely large SFW images on 32-bit systems. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trigger an integer overflow, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-31853) It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled memory allocation failures in the sixel encoder. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trigger a stack buffer overflow, resulting in arbitrary code execution. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-32259)

It was discovered that systemd-homed did not properly verify the signature of home records. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to add arbitrary system groups to a logged-in user and gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2026-16742) It was discovered that systemd-machined incorrectly handled certain polkit authorization checks. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to terminate arbitrary processes, including privileged ones. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-15060) It was discovered that systemd-oomd did not properly validate certain IPC requests. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to terminate arbitrary processes. (CVE-2026-15059)