USN-8966-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Published Nov 3, 2026
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Updated

Jürgen Groß discovered that the Xen network backend driver in the Linux kernel did not adequately limit the amount of queued packets when a guest did not process them. An attacker in a guest VM can use this to cause a denial of service (excessive kernel memory consumption) in the network backend domain. (CVE-2021-28714)

It was discovered that the Bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-3640)

Affected Software

43 affected componentsFixes available
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-4.4.0-1131-fips<FIPS-140
FIPS-140
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-4.4.0-1162-kvm<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-4.4.0-290-generic<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-4.4.0-290-lowlatency<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-fips<FIPS-140
FIPS-140
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-generic<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-generic-lts-xenial<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-kvm<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-lowlatency<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenial<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-virtual<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-4.4.0-1161-aws<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=14.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-4.4.0-290-generic<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=14.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-4.4.0-290-lowlatency<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=14.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-aws<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=14.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-generic-lts-xenial<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=14.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenial<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=14.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=14.04
ubuntu/linux-aws<4.4.0-1161.167
4.4.0-1161.167
ubuntu/linux-lts-xenial<4.4.0-290.324~14.04.1
4.4.0-290.324~14.04.1
ubuntu/linux<4.4.0-290.324
4.4.0-290.324
ubuntu/linux-kvm<4.4.0-1162.173
4.4.0-1162.173
ubuntu/linux-fips<4.4.0-1131.138
4.4.0-1131.138

Event History

Nov 3, 2026
Advisory Published
via Ubuntu·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·12:00 AM
DescriptionAffected Software
Advisory Published
via OSV·11:02 AM
Data Sourced
via OSV·11:02 AM
DescriptionAffected Software

Child vulnerabilities

Contains the following vulnerabilities.

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