USN-8289-2: Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the Linux kernel algifaead module did not properly handle in-place cryptographic operations. This flaw is known as Copy Fail. A local attacker could use this to escalate privileges, or possibly escape a container. (CVE-2026-31431)
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: - ARM64 architecture; - x86 architecture; - Cryptographic API; - Compute Acceleration Framework; - Drivers core; - Null block device driver; - Ublk userspace block driver; - Bluetooth drivers; - Counter interface drivers; - DMA engine subsystem; - DPLL subsystem; - GPU drivers; - HID subsystem; - Intel Trace Hub HW tracing drivers; - IIO ADC drivers; - IIO subsystem; - On-Chip Interconnect management framework; - IRQ chip drivers; - Modular ISDN driver; - LED subsystem; - Multiple devices driver; - UACCE accelerator framework; - MMC subsystem; - Ethernet bonding driver; - Network drivers; - Mellanox network drivers; - NVME drivers; - PHY drivers; - x86 platform drivers; - i.MX PM domains; - SCSI subsystem; - SLIMbus drivers; - SPI subsystem; - TCM subsystem; - W1 Dallas's 1-wire bus driver; - Xen hypervisor drivers; - BTRFS file system; - EFI Variable file system; - exFAT file system; - Ext4 file system; - HFS+ file system; - Network file system (NFS) client; - Network file system (NFS) server daemon; - NTFS3 file system; - SMB network file system; - Scheduler infrastructure; - Netfilter; - NFC subsystem; - Tracing infrastructure; - iouring subsystem; - BPF subsystem; - Perf events; - Floating proportions library; - Memory management; - Bluetooth subsystem; - CAN network layer; - Ceph Core library; - Networking core; - IPv4 networking; - IPv6 networking; - L2TP protocol; - MAC80211 subsystem; - NET/ROM layer; - Packet sockets; - Network traffic control; - SCTP protocol; - TLS protocol; - Unix domain sockets; - VMware vSockets driver; - Wireless networking; - ALSA AC97 driver; - Generic PCM loopback sound driver; - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi driver; - AMD SoC Alsa drivers; - Texas InstrumentS Audio (ASoC/HDA) drivers; - USB sound devices; - KVM subsystem; (CVE-2024-50004, CVE-2024-58096, CVE-2024-58097, CVE-2025-37926, CVE-2025-38201, CVE-2025-38591, CVE-2025-40039, CVE-2025-40082, CVE-2025-40149, CVE-2025-68351, CVE-2025-68358, CVE-2025-68365, CVE-2025-68725, CVE-2025-68749, CVE-2025-68803, CVE-2025-68823, CVE-2025-71160, 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-2025-71188, CVE-2025-71189, CVE-2025-71190, CVE-2025-71191, CVE-2025-71192, CVE-2025-71193, CVE-2025-71194, CVE-2025-71195, CVE-2025-71196, CVE-2025-71197, CVE-2025-71198, CVE-2025-71199, CVE-2025-71200, CVE-2025-71220, CVE-2025-71222, CVE-2025-71224, CVE-2025-71225, CVE-2025-71268, CVE-2026-22976, CVE-2026-22977, CVE-2026-22978, CVE-2026-22979, CVE-2026-22980, CVE-2026-22982, CVE-2026-22984, CVE-2026-22990, CVE-2026-22991, CVE-2026-22992, CVE-2026-22994, CVE-2026-22996, CVE-2026-22997, CVE-2026-22998, CVE-2026-22999, CVE-2026-23000, CVE-2026-23001, CVE-2026-23003, CVE-2026-23005, CVE-2026-23006, CVE-2026-23010, CVE-2026-23011, CVE-2026-23019, CVE-2026-23020, CVE-2026-23021, CVE-2026-23025, CVE-2026-23026, CVE-2026-23030, CVE-2026-23031, CVE-2026-23032, CVE-2026-23033, CVE-2026-23035, CVE-2026-23037, CVE-2026-23038, CVE-2026-23047, CVE-2026-23049, CVE-2026-23050, CVE-2026-23053, CVE-2026-23054, CVE-2026-23056, CVE-2026-23057, CVE-2026-23058, CVE-2026-23059, CVE-2026-23061, CVE-2026-23062, CVE-2026-23063, CVE-2026-23064, CVE-2026-23065, CVE-2026-23068, CVE-2026-23069, CVE-2026-23071, CVE-2026-23073, CVE-2026-23075, CVE-2026-23076, CVE-2026-23078, CVE-2026-23080, CVE-2026-23083, CVE-2026-23084, CVE-2026-23085, CVE-2026-23086, CVE-2026-23087, CVE-2026-23088, CVE-2026-23089, CVE-2026-23090, CVE-2026-23091, CVE-2026-23093, CVE-2026-23094, CVE-2026-23095, CVE-2026-23096, CVE-2026-23097, CVE-2026-23098, CVE-2026-23099, CVE-2026-23101, CVE-2026-23102, CVE-2026-23103, CVE-2026-23105, CVE-2026-23107, CVE-2026-23108, CVE-2026-23110, CVE-2026-23113, CVE-2026-23116, CVE-2026-23119, CVE-2026-23120, CVE-2026-23121, CVE-2026-23123, CVE-2026-23124, CVE-2026-23125, CVE-2026-23126, CVE-2026-23128, CVE-2026-23129, CVE-2026-23131, CVE-2026-23133, CVE-2026-23135, CVE-2026-23136, CVE-2026-23139, CVE-2026-23140, CVE-2026-23141, CVE-2026-23142, CVE-2026-23144, CVE-2026-23145, CVE-2026-23146, CVE-2026-23148, CVE-2026-23150, CVE-2026-23151, CVE-2026-23156, CVE-2026-23159, CVE-2026-23160, CVE-2026-23163, CVE-2026-23164, CVE-2026-23166, CVE-2026-23167, CVE-2026-23168, CVE-2026-23170, CVE-2026-23172, CVE-2026-23173, CVE-2026-23176, CVE-2026-23178, CVE-2026-23179, CVE-2026-23180, CVE-2026-23182, CVE-2026-23187, CVE-2026-23190, CVE-2026-23191, CVE-2026-23193, CVE-2026-23198, CVE-2026-23200, CVE-2026-23204, CVE-2026-23205, CVE-2026-23206, CVE-2026-23212, CVE-2026-23213, CVE-2026-23214, CVE-2026-23215, CVE-2026-23216, CVE-2026-23254, CVE-2026-23256, CVE-2026-23257, CVE-2026-23258, CVE-2026-23260, CVE-2026-23261, CVE-2026-23262, CVE-2026-23264, CVE-2026-23274, CVE-2026-23351, CVE-2026-23394, CVE-2026-31419, CVE-2026-31504, CVE-2026-31533, CVE-2026-43033, CVE-2026-43077, CVE-2026-43078)
Affected Software
Remediation
Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.
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ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1054-nvidiato a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 6.8.0-1054.57~22.04.1 - Upgrade
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ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1054-nvidia-64kto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 6.8.0-1054.57~22.04.1 - Upgrade
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ubuntu/linux-image-nvidia-6.8to a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 6.8.0-1054.57~22.04.1 - Upgrade
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ubuntu/linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8to a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 6.8.0-1054.57~22.04.1 - Upgrade
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ubuntu/linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04to a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 6.8.0-1054.57~22.04.1 - Upgrade
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ubuntu/linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04to a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 6.8.0-1054.57~22.04.1 - Upgrade
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ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.8to a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 6.8.0-1054.57~22.04.1 - Upgrade
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Patch USN-8289-2
Event History
Child vulnerabilities
Contains the following vulnerabilities.
- CVE-2024-50004
- CVE-2024-58096
- CVE-2024-58097
- CVE-2025-37926
- CVE-2025-38201
- CVE-2025-38591
- CVE-2025-40039
- CVE-2025-40082
- CVE-2025-40149
- CVE-2025-68351
- CVE-2025-68358
- CVE-2025-68365
- CVE-2025-68725
- CVE-2025-68749
- CVE-2025-68803
- CVE-2025-68823
- CVE-2025-71160
- 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-2025-71188
- CVE-2025-71189
- CVE-2025-71190
- CVE-2025-71191
- CVE-2025-71192
- CVE-2025-71193
- CVE-2025-71194
- CVE-2025-71195
- CVE-2025-71196
- CVE-2025-71197
- CVE-2025-71198
- CVE-2025-71199
- CVE-2025-71200
- CVE-2025-71220
- CVE-2025-71222
- CVE-2025-71224
- CVE-2025-71225
- CVE-2025-71268
- CVE-2026-22976
- CVE-2026-22977
- CVE-2026-22978
- CVE-2026-22979
- CVE-2026-22980
- CVE-2026-22982
- CVE-2026-22984
- CVE-2026-22990
- CVE-2026-22991
- CVE-2026-22992
- CVE-2026-22994
- CVE-2026-22996
- CVE-2026-22997
- CVE-2026-22998
- CVE-2026-22999
- CVE-2026-23000
- CVE-2026-23001
- CVE-2026-23003
- CVE-2026-23005
- CVE-2026-23006
- CVE-2026-23010
- CVE-2026-23011
- CVE-2026-23019
- CVE-2026-23020
- CVE-2026-23021
- CVE-2026-23025
- CVE-2026-23026
- CVE-2026-23030
- CVE-2026-23031
- CVE-2026-23032
- CVE-2026-23033
- CVE-2026-23035
- CVE-2026-23037
- CVE-2026-23038
- CVE-2026-23047
- CVE-2026-23049
- CVE-2026-23050
- CVE-2026-23053
- CVE-2026-23054
- CVE-2026-23056
- CVE-2026-23057
- CVE-2026-23058
- CVE-2026-23059
- CVE-2026-23061
- CVE-2026-23062
- CVE-2026-23063
- CVE-2026-23064
- CVE-2026-23065
- CVE-2026-23068
- CVE-2026-23069
- CVE-2026-23071
- CVE-2026-23073
- CVE-2026-23075
- CVE-2026-23076
- CVE-2026-23078
- CVE-2026-23080
- CVE-2026-23083
- CVE-2026-23084
- CVE-2026-23085
- CVE-2026-23086
- CVE-2026-23087
- CVE-2026-23088
- CVE-2026-23089
- CVE-2026-23090
- CVE-2026-23091
- CVE-2026-23093
- CVE-2026-23094
- CVE-2026-23095
- CVE-2026-23096
- CVE-2026-23097
- CVE-2026-23098
- CVE-2026-23099
- CVE-2026-23101
- CVE-2026-23102
- CVE-2026-23103
- CVE-2026-23105
- CVE-2026-23107
- CVE-2026-23108
- CVE-2026-23110
- CVE-2026-23113
- CVE-2026-23116
- CVE-2026-23119
- CVE-2026-23120
- CVE-2026-23121
- CVE-2026-23123
- CVE-2026-23124
- CVE-2026-23125
- CVE-2026-23126
- CVE-2026-23128
- CVE-2026-23129
- CVE-2026-23131
- CVE-2026-23133
- CVE-2026-23135
- CVE-2026-23136
- CVE-2026-23139
- CVE-2026-23140
- CVE-2026-23141
- CVE-2026-23142
- CVE-2026-23144
- CVE-2026-23145
- CVE-2026-23146
- CVE-2026-23148
- CVE-2026-23150
- CVE-2026-23151
- CVE-2026-23156
- CVE-2026-23159
- CVE-2026-23160
- CVE-2026-23163
- CVE-2026-23164
- CVE-2026-23166
- CVE-2026-23167
- CVE-2026-23168
- CVE-2026-23170
- CVE-2026-23172
- CVE-2026-23173
- CVE-2026-23176
- CVE-2026-23178
- CVE-2026-23179
- CVE-2026-23180
- CVE-2026-23182
- CVE-2026-23187
- CVE-2026-23190
- CVE-2026-23191
- CVE-2026-23193
- CVE-2026-23198
- CVE-2026-23200
- CVE-2026-23204
- CVE-2026-23205
- CVE-2026-23206
- CVE-2026-23212
- CVE-2026-23213
- CVE-2026-23214
- CVE-2026-23215
- CVE-2026-23216
- CVE-2026-23254
- CVE-2026-23256
- CVE-2026-23257
- CVE-2026-23258
- CVE-2026-23260
- CVE-2026-23261
- CVE-2026-23262
- CVE-2026-23264
- CVE-2026-23274
- CVE-2026-23351
- CVE-2026-23394
- CVE-2026-31419
- CVE-2026-31431
- CVE-2026-31504
- CVE-2026-31533
- CVE-2026-43033
- CVE-2026-43077
- CVE-2026-43078
- UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50004
- UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58096
- UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58097
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37926
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38201
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38591
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40039
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40082
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40149
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68351
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68358
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68365
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68725
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68749
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68803
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68823
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71160
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71162
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71163
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71180
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71182
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71183
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71184
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71185
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71186
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71188
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71189
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71190
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71191
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71192
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71193
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71194
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71195
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71196
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71197
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71198
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71199
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71200
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71220
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71222
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71224
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71225
- UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71268
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-22976
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-22977
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-22978
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-22979
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-22980
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-22982
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-22984
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-22990
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-22991
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-22992
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-22994
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-22996
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-22997
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-22998
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-22999
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23000
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23001
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23003
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23005
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23006
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23010
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23011
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23019
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23020
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23021
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23025
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23026
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23030
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23031
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23032
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23033
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23035
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23037
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23038
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23047
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23049
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23050
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23053
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23054
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23056
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23057
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23058
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23059
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23061
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23062
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23063
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23064
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23065
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23068
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23069
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23071
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23073
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23075
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23076
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23078
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23080
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23083
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23084
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23085
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23086
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23087
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23088
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23089
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23090
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23091
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23093
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23094
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23096
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23097
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23098
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23099
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23101
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23102
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23103
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23105
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23107
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23108
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23110
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23113
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23116
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23119
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23120
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23121
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23123
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23124
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23125
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23126
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23128
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23129
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23131
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23133
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23135
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23136
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23139
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23140
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23141
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23142
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23144
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23145
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23146
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23148
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23150
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23151
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23156
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23159
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23160
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23163
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23164
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23166
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23167
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23168
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23170
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23172
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23173
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23176
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23178
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23179
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23180
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23182
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23187
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23190
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23191
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23193
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23198
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23200
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23204
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23205
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23206
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23212
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23213
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23214
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23215
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23216
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23254
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23256
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23257
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23258
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23260
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23261
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23262
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23264
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23274
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23351
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23394
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31419
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31431
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31504
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31533
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-43033
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-43077
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-43078
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the severity of USN-8289-2?
The severity of USN-8289-2 is classified as risk level 47.
How do I fix USN-8289-2?
To fix USN-8289-2, ensure that your system is updated to the latest version of the Canonical Linux kernel provided by Ubuntu.
What vulnerabilities are addressed in USN-8289-2?
USN-8289-2 addresses multiple security vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel related to NVIDIA.
Who is affected by USN-8289-2?
Users running the affected versions of the Canonical Linux kernel with NVIDIA components are at risk from USN-8289-2.
What are the potential impacts of ignoring USN-8289-2?
Ignoring USN-8289-2 could lead to exploitation of the vulnerabilities, resulting in unauthorized access or system instability.