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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS USN-8016-1 Linux Kernel Critical Risks from NVIDIA

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Calendar Grey February 4, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple security issues in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu require urgent updates to prevent system compromise. Immediate action recommended.
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Software Description:

- linux-nvidia: Linux kernel for NVIDIA systems

- linux-nvidia-lowlatency: Linux low latency kernel for NVIDIA systems

- linux-nvidia-6.8: Linux kernel for NVIDIA systems

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;

- SPI subsystem;

- SMB network file system;

- io_uring subsystem;

(CVE-2025-38561, CVE-2025-39698, CVE-2025-40019, CVE-2025-68746)

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical Ubuntu system compromise Linux kernel nvidia

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   linux-image-6.8.0-1045-nvidia   6.8.0-1045.48
   linux-image-6.8.0-1045-nvidia-64k  6.8.0-1045.48
   linux-image-6.8.0-1045-nvidia-lowlatency  6.8.0-1045.48.1
   linux-image-6.8.0-1045-nvidia-lowlatency-64k  6.8.0-1045.48.1
   linux-image-nvidia              6.8.0-1045.48
   linux-image-nvidia-6.8          6.8.0-1045.48
   linux-image-nvidia-64k          6.8.0-1045.48
   linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8      6.8.0-1045.48
   linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency   6.8.0-1045.48.1
   linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-6.8  6.8.0-1045.48.1
   linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k  6.8.0-1045.48.1
   linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8  6.8.0-1045.48.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   linux-image-6.8.0-1045-nvidia   6.8.0-1045.48~22.04.1
   linux-image-6.8.0-1045-nvidia-64k  6.8.0-1045.48~22.04.1
   linux-image-nvidia-6.8          6.8.0-1045.48~22.04.1
   linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8      6.8.0-1045.48~22.04.1
   linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04  6.8.0-1045.48~22.04.1
   linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04    6.8.0-1045.48~22.04.1

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-8016-1

CVE-2025-38561, CVE-2025-39698, CVE-2025-40019, CVE-2025-68746

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8016-1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical Ubuntu system compromise Linux kernel nvidia

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-nvidia/6.8.0-1045.48
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-nvidia-lowlatency/6.8.0-1045.48.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-nvidia-6.8/6.8.0-1045.48~22.04.1

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