Subj : Seven stable kernels for Saturday including two security fixes
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From : LWN.net
Date : Sat Jul 04 2026 18:00:05

Seven stable kernels for Saturday including two security fixes

Date:
Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:46:31 +0000

Description:
Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 7.1.3 , 6.18.38 , 6.12.95 
, 6.6.144 , 6.1.177 , 5.15.211 , and 5.10.260 stable kernels. Several kernels
in this batch include a
fix for a vulnerability introduced in the 6.0 kernel in IPv6 ( CVE-2026-53362 
),
which could
allow an attacker to escape a container and gain root access . There is also a
fix for a use-after-free bug in KVM ( CVE-2026-53359 )
that was introduced in the 2.6.36 kernel. As usual, each stable kernel 
includes
a number of fixes throughout the tree. Users are advised to
upgrade.

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Link to news story:
https://lwn.net/Articles/1081230/


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