Back Linuxsecurity Ubuntu 18.04 16.04 Kernel Security USN-7988-5 CVE-2022
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software Description: - linux-azure-fips: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems with FIPS - linux-azure: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud 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: - Media drivers; - NVME drivers; - File systems infrastructure; - Timer subsystem; - Memory management; - Packet sockets; (CVE-2022-48986, CVE-2024-27078, CVE-2024-49959, CVE-2024-50195, CVE-2024-56606, CVE-2024-56756, CVE-2025-39993)
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software Description: - linux-azure-fips: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems with FIPS - linux-azure: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud 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: - Media drivers; - NVME drivers; - File systems infrastructure; - Timer subsystem; - Memory management; - Packet sockets; (CVE-2022-48986, CVE-2024-27078, CVE-2024-49959, CVE-2024-50195, CVE-2024-56606, CVE-2024-56756, CVE-2025-39993)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-image-4.15.0-2105-azure-fips 4.15.0-2105.111 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-azure-fips 4.15.0.2105.101 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-azure-fips-4.15 4.15.0.2105.101 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-image-4.15.0-1196-azure 4.15.0-1196.211~16.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-azure 4.15.0.1196.211~16.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-azure-edge 4.15.0.1196.211~16.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro 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.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-image-4.15.0-2105-azure-fips 4.15.0-2105.111 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-azure-fips 4.15.0.2105.101 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-azure-fips-4.15 4.15.0.2105.101 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-image-4.15.0-1196-azure 4.15.0-1196.211~16.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-azure 4.15.0.1196.211~16.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-azure-edge 4.15.0.1196.211~16.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro 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.
CVE-2022-48986, CVE-2024-27078, CVE-2024-49959, CVE-2024-50195, CVE-2024-56606, CVE-2024-56756, CVE-2025-39993
CVE-2022-48986, CVE-2024-27078, CVE-2024-49959, CVE-2024-50195,
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