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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; - Block layer subsystem; - Cryptographic API; - DMA engine subsystem; - InfiniBand drivers; - STMicroelectronics network drivers; - Network drivers; - NVME drivers; - SCSI subsystem; - USB over IP driver; - File systems infrastructure; - Ext4 file system; - Network file system (NFS) server daemon; - SMB network file system; - Kernel thread helper (kthread); - IPv6 networking; - Tracing infrastructure; - Kernel exit() syscall; - Scatterlist API; - B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol; - Ethernet bridge; - Ceph Core library; - IPv4 networking; - Multipath TCP; - Netfilter; - RxRPC session sockets; - SMC sockets; - X.25 network layer; (CVE-2026-22984, CVE-2026-23272, CVE-2026-23278, CVE-2026-23392, CVE-2026-23427, CVE-2026-23428, CVE-2026-23450, CVE-2026-23455, CVE-2026-31402, CVE-2026-31418, CVE-2026-31436, CVE-2026-31448, CVE-2026-31478, CVE-2026-31607, CVE-2026-31635, CVE-2026-31637, CVE-2026-31649, CVE-2026-31657, CVE-2026-31659, CVE-2026-31668, CVE-2026-31669, CVE-2026-31682, CVE-2026-31685, CVE-2026-31718, CVE-2026-43011, CVE-2026-43037, CVE-2026-43038, CVE-2026-43071, CVE-2026-43083, CVE-2026-43114, CVE-2026-43117, CVE-2026-43125, CVE-2026-43186, CVE-2026-43197, CVE-2026-43304, CVE-2026-43341, CVE-2026-43376, CVE-2026-43378, CVE-2026-43383, CVE-2026-43384, CVE-2026-43402, CVE-2026-43406, CVE-2026-43407, CVE-2026-43414, CVE-2026-43493, CVE-2026-43501, CVE-2026-45898, CVE-2026-45988, CVE-2026-46039, CVE-2026-46043, CVE-2026-46115, CVE-2026-46119, CVE-2026-46135, CVE-2026-46185, CVE-2026-46195, CVE-2026-46243, CVE-2026-46244, CVE-2026-46266, CVE-2026-46289, CVE-2026-46316, CVE-2026-46325)

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; - Block layer subsystem; - Cryptographic API; - DMA engine subsystem; - InfiniBand drivers; - STMicroelectronics network drivers; - Network drivers; - NVME drivers; - SCSI subsystem; - USB over IP driver; - File systems infrastructure; - Ext4 file system; - Network file system (NFS) server daemon; - SMB network file system; - Kernel thread helper (kthread); - IPv6 networking; - Tracing infrastructure; - Kernel exit() syscall; - Scatterlist API; - B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol; - Ethernet bridge; - Ceph Core library; - IPv4 networking; - Multipath TCP; - Netfilter; - RxRPC session sockets; - SMC sockets; - X.25 network layer; (CVE-2026-22984, CVE-2026-23272, CVE-2026-23278, CVE-2026-23392, CVE-2026-23427, CVE-2026-23428, CVE-2026-23450, CVE-2026-23455, CVE-2026-31402, CVE-2026-31418, CVE-2026-31436, CVE-2026-31448, CVE-2026-31478, CVE-2026-31607, CVE-2026-31635, CVE-2026-31637, CVE-2026-31649, CVE-2026-31657, CVE-2026-31659, CVE-2026-31668, CVE-2026-31669, CVE-2026-31682, CVE-2026-31685, CVE-2026-31718, CVE-2026-43011, CVE-2026-43037, CVE-2026-43038, CVE-2026-43071, CVE-2026-43083, CVE-2026-43114, CVE-2026-43117, CVE-2026-43125, CVE-2026-43186, CVE-2026-43197, CVE-2026-43304, CVE-2026-43341, CVE-2026-43376, CVE-2026-43378, CVE-2026-43383, CVE-2026-43384, CVE-2026-43402, CVE-2026-43406, CVE-2026-43407, CVE-2026-43414, CVE-2026-43493, CVE-2026-43501, CVE-2026-45898, CVE-2026-45988, CVE-2026-46039, CVE-2026-46043, CVE-2026-46115, CVE-2026-46119, CVE-2026-46135, CVE-2026-46185, CVE-2026-46195, CVE-2026-46243, CVE-2026-46244, CVE-2026-46266, CVE-2026-46289, CVE-2026-46316, CVE-2026-46325)

USN-8477-1 fixed a vulnerability in tar. The update introduced a regression that could cause tar to fail to extract certain valid files. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: It was discovered that tar incorrectly handled certain crafted archive files. An attacker could possibly use this to inject hidden files with attacker-controlled content, bypassing pre-extraction inspection mechanisms.

Jay Neiva and Mauro Carrillo discovered that Authlib did not properly validate cryptographic keys embedded in JWT headers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to forge trusted tokens, resulting in authentication and authorization bypass. (CVE-2026-27962) Jay Neiva and Mauro Carrillo discovered that Authlib incorrectly handled RSA1_5 encrypted tokens. An attacker could possibly use this issue to recover sensitive encrypted information, resulting in information disclosure. (CVE-2026-28490) Jay Neiva and Mauro Carrillo discovered that Authlib did not properly reject unsupported cryptographic algorithms when validating OpenID Connect ID tokens. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass token integrity checks, resulting in authentication bypass. (CVE-2026-28498) Johnny Deuss discovered that Authlib did not provide cross-site request forgery protection for the OAuth cache feature in its Starlette integration. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform unauthorized OAuth actions, resulting in cross-site request forgery. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-41425)

It was discovered that the Net::IMAP client in Ruby did not properly sanitize Symbol arguments passed to IMAP commands. A remote attacker controlling a malicious IMAP server, or able to influence command arguments, could use this to inject arbitrary IMAP commands via CRLF sequences. (CVE-2026-42258) It was discovered that the Zlib::GzipReader in Ruby did not correctly ensure sufficient buffer capacity in the zstream_buffer_ungets function. An attacker could use this to craft a gzip stream that, when processed, could cause a buffer overflow, resulting in memory corruption and possibly arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2026-27820)

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