Ubuntu alert USN-7988-5 (linux-azure, linux-azure-fips)

From:
             
 
Rodrigo Figueiredo Zaiden <rodrigo.zaiden@canonical.com>
To:
             
 
ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject:
             
 
[USN-7988-5] Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Date:
             
 
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:35:02 -0300
Message-ID:
             
 
<7b312c06-5e22-4693-86ee-31c6bf3f7520@canonical.com>
==========================================================================
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7988-5
February 12, 2026

linux-azure, linux-azure-fips vulnerabilities
==========================================================================

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Software Description:
- linux-azure-fips: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems with FIPS
- linux-azure: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems

Details:

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:
   - Media drivers;
   - NVME drivers;
   - File systems infrastructure;
   - Timer subsystem;
   - Memory management;
   - Packet sockets;
(CVE-2022-48986, CVE-2024-27078, CVE-2024-49959, CVE-2024-50195,
CVE-2024-56606, CVE-2024-56756, CVE-2025-39993)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   linux-image-4.15.0-2105-azure-fips  4.15.0-2105.111
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-azure-fips          4.15.0.2105.101
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-azure-fips-4.15     4.15.0.2105.101
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   linux-image-4.15.0-1196-azure   4.15.0-1196.211~16.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-azure               4.15.0.1196.211~16.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-azure-edge          4.15.0.1196.211~16.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have
been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and
reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed.
Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages
(e.g. linux-generic, linux-generic-lts-RELEASE, linux-virtual,
linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform
this as well.

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7988-5
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7988-4
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7988-3
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7988-2
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7988-1
   CVE-2022-48986, CVE-2024-27078, CVE-2024-49959, CVE-2024-50195,
   CVE-2024-56606, CVE-2024-56756, CVE-2025-39993

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure-fips/4.1...



Attachment: OpenPGP_signature.asc (type=application/pgp-signature)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----

wsB5BAABCAAjFiEEYrygdx1GDec9TV8EZ0GeRcM5nt0FAmmOHVYFAwAAAAAACgkQZ0GeRcM5nt2N
bgf/XMGnvl7W0IVSD+JmMRkj5r8VM6XOhz+rrTnI4Wc9XG3BpYA6ZQepAHbySxTdNdg6TWdqSzJj
YpBzIGAcfPjUgRs87mdcOnicTlt6ysnuahf9XDs1IUCQPxNynViVWZj/QpuSBh9z3OAFj8bbLitA
vMsw90Mkn5IE+N77E7iNAXb7Idl0jDCdBy8lJBE8zFBoURrMZB8Vc+NYT14/dcRuxa5jwKtI1i4Q
6csqFEsTdjegDVGGR+88jzOiRSFYmkGZxytfBxYPUTaY8v76k5v0RsYS/ueM/uYl78zQ7GFkbQby
GYyB1RchEIF2Ms38XgElKfOXReCeSfRMZDB4ZOYHzg==
=c2HD
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----