Ubuntu Security NoticesUSN-8669-1

USN-8669-1: Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities

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; - x86 architecture; - Block layer subsystem; - Drivers core; - Null block device driver; - Bluetooth drivers; - Counter interface drivers; - DMA engine subsystem; - DPLL subsystem; - GPIO subsystem; - GPU drivers; - I2C subsystem; - IIO ADC drivers; - IIO subsystem; - InfiniBand drivers; - On-Chip Interconnect management framework; - IOMMU subsystem; - IRQ chip drivers; - Modular ISDN driver; - LED subsystem; - Multiple devices driver; - Media drivers; - UACCE accelerator framework; - MMC subsystem; - Ethernet bonding driver; - Network drivers; - Mellanox network drivers; - Texas Instruments network drivers; - NVME drivers; - Device tree and open firmware driver; - PHY drivers; - x86 platform drivers; - i.MX PM domains; - SCSI subsystem; - SLIMbus drivers; - SPI subsystem; - TTY drivers; - USB Host Controller drivers; - W1 Dallas's 1-wire bus driver; - Xen hypervisor drivers; - BTRFS file system; - EFI Variable file system; - File systems infrastructure; - Ext4 file system; - FUSE (File system in Userspace); - Network file systems library; - Network file system (NFS) client; - Network file system (NFS) server daemon; - SMB network file system; - Memory Management; - Memory management; - Scheduler infrastructure; - Tracing infrastructure; - IPv4 networking; - Netfilter; - NFC subsystem; - Network traffic control; - TCP network protocol; - io_uring subsystem; - Perf events; - Locking primitives; - Hibernation control; - Timer subsystem; - BPF subsystem; - Floating proportions library; - Bluetooth subsystem; - CAN network layer; - Ceph Core library; - Networking core; - IPv6 networking; - L2TP protocol; - MAC80211 subsystem; - Multipath TCP; - NET/ROM layer; - RxRPC session sockets; - SCTP protocol; - SMC sockets; - VMware vSockets driver; - Wireless networking; - ALSA AC97 driver; - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi driver; - Texas InstrumentS Audio (ASoC/HDA) drivers; - USB sound devices; (CVE-2025-71158, CVE-2025-71160, CVE-2025-71161, CVE-2025-71162, CVE-2025-71163, CVE-2025-71180, CVE-2025-71182, CVE-2025-71183, CVE-2025-71184, CVE-2025-71185, CVE-2025-71186, CVE-2025-71187, CVE-2025-71188, CVE-2025-71189, CVE-2025-71190, CVE-2025-71191, CVE-

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This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - Foo-over-UDP (FOU); - ARM64 architecture; - x86 architecture; - Block layer subsystem; - Drivers core; - Null block device driver; - Bluetooth drivers; - Counter interface drivers; - DMA engine subsystem; - DPLL subsystem; - GPIO subsystem; - GPU drivers; - I2C subsystem; - IIO ADC drivers; - IIO subsystem; - InfiniBand drivers; - On-Chip Interconnect management framework; - IOMMU subsystem; - IRQ chip drivers; - Modular ISDN driver; - LED subsystem; - Multiple devices driver; - Media drivers; - UACCE accelerator framework; - MMC subsystem; - Ethernet bonding driver; - Network drivers; - Mellanox network drivers; - Texas Instruments network drivers; - NVME drivers; - Device tree and open firmware driver; - PHY drivers; - x86 platfor

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Aug 21, 2026 at 7:59 PM UTC
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Advisory ID: USN-8669-1
Last source check: Sep 13, 2026 at 6:10 AM UTC

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