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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS Linux-Nvidia Important Kernel Issues USN-8254-2

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Calendar Grey May 11, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several critical issues identified in the Linux kernel necessitate immediate update for Ubuntu systems for enhanced security.
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:

- Network drivers;

- NVME drivers;

- Netfilter;

(CVE-2026-23112, CVE-2026-23231, CVE-2026-23273)

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  linux-image-6.8.0-1052-nvidia   6.8.0-1052.55
  linux-image-6.8.0-1052-nvidia-64k  6.8.0-1052.55
  linux-image-6.8.0-1052-nvidia-lowlatency  6.8.0-1052.55.1
  linux-image-6.8.0-1052-nvidia-lowlatency-64k  6.8.0-1052.55.1
  linux-image-nvidia              6.8.0-1052.55
  linux-image-nvidia-6.8          6.8.0-1052.55
  linux-image-nvidia-64k          6.8.0-1052.55
  linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8      6.8.0-1052.55
  linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency   6.8.0-1052.55.1
  linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-6.8  6.8.0-1052.55.1
  linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k  6.8.0-1052.55.1
  linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8  6.8.0-1052.55.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  linux-image-6.8.0-1052-nvidia   6.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1
  linux-image-6.8.0-1052-nvidia-64k  6.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1
  linux-image-nvidia-6.8          6.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1
  linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8      6.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1
  linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04  6.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1
  linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04    6.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1

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-8254-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8254-1

CVE-2026-23112, CVE-2026-23231, CVE-2026-23273

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8254-2

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Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu important system compromise network linux-nvidia

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-nvidia/6.8.0-1052.55
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-nvidia-lowlatency/6.8.0-1052.55.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-nvidia-6.8/6.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1

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