USN-8499-1: Linux kernel (Xilinx) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices

It was discovered that the Linux kernel algif_aead module did not properly
handle in-place cryptographic operations. This flaw is known as Copy Fail.
A local attacker could use this to escalate privileges, or possibly escape
a container. (CVE-2026-31431)

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly handle shared page
fragments during socket buffer operations, collectively known as Dirty
Frag. A logic flaw existed in the XFRM ESP-in-TCP subsystem and in the
RxRPC networking subsystem when processing paged fragments. A local
attacker could use this to escalate privileges, or possibly escape a
container. (CVE-2026-43284, CVE-2026-43500, CVE-2026-45998, CVE-2026-46000)

It was discovered that a logic flaw existed in the XFRM…

It was discovered that the Linux kernel algif_aead module did not properly
handle in-place cryptographic operations. This flaw is known as Copy Fail.
A local attacker could use this to escalate privileges, or possibly escape
a container. (CVE-2026-31431)

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly handle shared page
fragments during socket buffer operations, collectively known as Dirty
Frag. A logic flaw existed in the XFRM ESP-in-TCP subsystem and in the
RxRPC networking subsystem when processing paged fragments. A local
attacker could use this to escalate privileges, or possibly escape a
container. (CVE-2026-43284, CVE-2026-43500, CVE-2026-45998, CVE-2026-46000)

It was discovered that a logic flaw existed in the XFRM ESP-in-TCP
subsystem in the Linux kernel when handling socket buffer fragments. This
flaw is known as Fragnesia. A local attacker could use this to escalate
privileges, or possibly escape a container. (CVE-2026-43503,
CVE-2026-46300)

Qualys discovered that a race condition existed in the ptrace subsystem of
the Linux kernel when privileged processes are exiting. An unprivileged
local attacker could use this issue to expose sensitive information.
(CVE-2026-46333)

Tristan Madani discovered that Ubuntu Linux kernel 6.8, 6.17 and 7.0
contain a memory leak when handling AppArmor notifications. A local
attacker could use this to cause resource exhaustion. (CVE-2026-47326)

Tristan Madani discovered that Ubuntu Linux kernel 6.8, 6.17 and 7.0
contain a NULL pointer dereference when handling AppArmor notifications. A
local attacker could use this to cause a kernel oops. (CVE-2026-47327)

Tristan Madani discovered that Ubuntu Linux kernel 6.8, 6.17 and 7.0
contained an invalid free when handling AppArmor notifications. A local
attacker could use this to corrupt kernel memory. (CVE-2026-47328)

Tristan Madani discovered that Ubuntu Linux kernel 6.8, 6.17 and 7.0
contained insufficient validation of AppArmor notification responses. A
local attacker could use this to allow crafted responses to be processed.
(CVE-2026-47329)

Tristan Madani discovered that Ubuntu Linux kernel 6.8, 6.17 and 7.0 used
an uninitialized variable when handling AppArmor notifications. A local
attacker could use this to cause incorrect caching of data.
(CVE-2026-47330)

Tristan Madani discovered that Ubuntu Linux kernel 6.8 contained a use-
after-free (UAF) bug. A local attacker could use this to cause memory
corruption and, theoretically, arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2026-47331)

Tristan Madani discovered that Ubuntu Linux kernel 6.8, 6.17 and 7.0
contained an out-of-bounds (OOB) read when handling AppArmor notifications.
A local attacker could use this to cause information disclosure of kernel
memory. (CVE-2026-47332)

Tristan Madani discovered that Ubuntu Linux kernel 6.8, 6.17 and 7.0
contained a out-of-bounds (OOB) read when handling AppArmor notifications.
A local attacker could use this to cause kernel memory corruption and,
theoretically, influence processing of AppArmor policies. (CVE-2026-47333)

Tristan Madani discovered that Ubuntu Linux kernel 6.8, 6.17 and 7.0
contained incorrect holding of locks when handling AppArmor notifications.
A local attacker could use this to cause a kernel panic or deadlock.
(CVE-2026-47334)

Tristan Madani discovered that Ubuntu Linux kernel 6.8 contained a NULL
pointer dereference when handling AppArmor notifications. A local attacker
could use this to cause a kernel panic. (CVE-2026-47335)

Tristan Madani discovered that Ubuntu Linux kernel 6.8 used an
uninitialized variable when handling AppArmor AF_INET/AF_INET6 socket
mediation. A local attacker could use this to influence processing of fine-
grained network socket mediation. (CVE-2026-47336)

Tristan Madani and Trevor Lawrence have each independently discovered that
Ubuntu Linux kernel 6.8, 6.17 and 7.0 contained a NULL pointer dereference
when handling AppArmor network socket mediation. A local attacker could use
this to cause a kernel oops. (CVE-2026-47337)

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:

• Foo-over-UDP (FOU);
• ARM64 architecture;
• MIPS architecture;
• PowerPC architecture;
• x86 architecture;
• Block layer subsystem;
• Cryptographic API;
• Intel NPU Driver;
• ACPI drivers;
• ATM drivers;
• Drivers core;
• Null block device driver;
• RNBD block device driver;
• Ublk userspace block driver;
• Bluetooth drivers;
• Bus devices;
• Character device driver;
• TPM device driver;
• Clock framework and drivers;
• Clocksource drivers;
• Counter interface drivers;
• CPU idle management framework;
• Hardware crypto device drivers;
• DMA engine subsystem;
• DPLL subsystem;
• EFI core;
• GPIO subsystem;
• GPU drivers;
• HID subsystem;
• Hardware monitoring drivers;
• Intel Trace Hub HW tracing drivers;
• IIO subsystem;
• IIO ADC drivers;
• InfiniBand drivers;
• On-Chip Interconnect management framework;
• IOMMU subsystem;
• IRQ chip drivers;
• Modular ISDN driver;
• LED subsystem;
• Multiple devices driver;
• Media drivers;
• Multifunction device drivers;
• Broadcom VK accelerator driver;
• UACCE accelerator framework;
• MMC subsystem;
• MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport) drivers;
• MTD block device drivers;
• Ethernet bonding driver;
• Network drivers;
• Mellanox network drivers;
• STMicroelectronics network drivers;
• NTB driver;
• NVME drivers;
• PCI subsystem;
• Performance monitor drivers;
• PHY drivers;
• Pin controllers subsystem;
• x86 platform drivers;
• i.MX PM domains;
• Power supply drivers;
• RapidIO drivers;
• RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) subsystem;
• Remote Processor subsystem;
• RPMSG subsystem;
• S/390 drivers;
• SCSI subsystem;
• SLIMbus drivers;
• MediaTek SoC drivers;
• Texas Instruments SoC drivers;
• SPI subsystem;
• Greybus lights staging drivers;
• Realtek RTL8723BS SDIO drivers;
• TCM subsystem;
• UFS subsystem;
• ChipIdea USB driver;
• DesignWare USB3 driver;
• USB over IP driver;
• vDPA drivers;
• Virtio Host (VHOST) subsystem;
• Framebuffer layer;
• W1 Dallas’s 1-wire bus driver;
• Xen hypervisor drivers;
• BTRFS file system;
• File systems infrastructure;
• Ceph distributed file system;
• EFI Variable file system;
• exFAT file system;
• Ext4 file system;
• F2FS file system;
• FAT file system;
• GFS2 file system;
• HFS+ file system;
• JFS file system;
• Network file system (NFS) client;
• Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
• NILFS2 file system;
• NTFS3 file system;
• OCFS2 file system;
• Proc file system;
• Pstore file system;
• Diskquota system;
• SMB network file system;
• XFS file system;
• Audit subsystem;
• Memory Management;
• Scheduler infrastructure;
• IPv6 networking;
• Netfilter;
• NFC subsystem;
• Tracing infrastructure;
• io_uring subsystem;
• BPF subsystem;
• Perf events;
• Kernel kexec() syscall;
• RCU subsystem;
• Floating proportions library;
• Scatterlist API;
• Memory management;
• 9P file system network protocol;
• Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) subsystem;
• B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;
• Bluetooth subsystem;
• Ethernet bridge;
• CAN network layer;
• Ceph Core library;
• Networking core;
• IPv4 networking;
• KCM (Kernel Connection Multiplexor) sockets driver;
• L2TP protocol;
• MAC80211 subsystem;
• Multipath TCP;
• NET/ROM layer;
• Packet sockets;
• RDS protocol;
• RxRPC session sockets;
• Network traffic control;
• SCTP protocol;
• SMC sockets;
• Sun RPC protocol;
• TLS protocol;
• Unix domain sockets;
• VMware vSockets driver;
• Wireless networking;
• X.25 network layer;
• XFRM subsystem;
• AppArmor security module;
• Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel framework;
• ALSA AC97 driver;
• Generic PCM loopback sound driver;
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi driver;
• AMD SoC Alsa drivers;
• Texas InstrumentS Audio (ASoC/HDA) drivers;
• SOF drivers;
• USB sound devices;
• KVM subsystem