USN-8957-1: authd vulnerability
USN-8957-1
Summary
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:
- File systems infrastructure
- OCFS2 file system
- B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol
- SCTP protocol
- TIPC protocol; (CVE-2026-43071, CVE-2026-52914, CVE-2026-52993, CVE-2026-53043, CVE-2026-53224, CVE-2026-53246, CVE-2026-53309)
Products covered
A separate affected-products list was not included in the collected bulletin.
Remediation
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- File systems infrastructure
- OCFS2 file system
- B.A.T.M.A.N.
CVEs in this advisory 7
Updates
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