Ubuntu alert USN-8426-1 (linux-azure-5.15, linux-azure-fips)

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Rodrigo Figueiredo Zaiden via ubuntu-security-announce <ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com>
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[USN-8426-1] Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
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Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:02:02 -0300
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Rodrigo Figueiredo Zaiden <rodrigo.zaiden@canonical.com>
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8426-1
June 11, 2026

linux-azure-5.15, linux-azure-fips vulnerabilities
==========================================================================

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

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 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-5.15: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure cloud systems

Details:

It was discovered that the Linux kernel algif_aead 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)

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly handle shared page
fragments during socket buffer operations, collectively known as Dirty
Frag. A logic flaw existed in the XFRM ESP-in-TCP subsystem and in the
RxRPC networking subsystem when processing paged fragments. A local
attacker could use this to escalate privileges, or possibly escape a
container. (CVE-2026-43284, CVE-2026-43500)

It was discovered that a logic flaw existed in the XFRM ESP-in-TCP
subsystem in the Linux kernel when handling socket buffer fragments. This
flaw is known as Fragnesia. A local attacker could use this to escalate
privileges, or possibly escape a container. (CVE-2026-43503,
CVE-2026-46300)

Qualys discovered that a race condition existed in the ptrace subsystem of
the Linux kernel when privileged processes are exiting. An unprivileged
local attacker could use this issue to expose sensitive information.
(CVE-2026-46333)

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:
   - Cryptographic API;
   - Ethernet bonding driver;
   - SMB network file system;
   - Netfilter;
   - io_uring subsystem;
   - Packet sockets;
   - RDS protocol;
   - TLS protocol;
(CVE-2024-35862, CVE-2024-50060, CVE-2026-23274, CVE-2026-23351,
CVE-2026-31419, CVE-2026-31504, CVE-2026-31533, CVE-2026-43033,
CVE-2026-43077, CVE-2026-43078, CVE-2026-43494, CVE-2026-46028)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   linux-image-5.15.0-1114-azure-fips  5.15.0-1114.123+fips1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-azure-fips          5.15.0.1114.99
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-azure-fips-5.15     5.15.0.1114.99
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   linux-image-5.15.0-1114-azure   5.15.0-1114.123~20.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-azure               5.15.0.1114.123~20.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-azure-5.15          5.15.0.1114.123~20.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-azure-cvm           5.15.0.1114.123~20.04.1
                                   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-8426-1
   CVE-2024-35862, CVE-2024-50060, CVE-2026-23274, CVE-2026-23351,
   CVE-2026-31419, CVE-2026-31431, CVE-2026-31504, CVE-2026-31533,
   CVE-2026-43033, CVE-2026-43077, CVE-2026-43078, CVE-2026-43284,
   CVE-2026-43494, CVE-2026-43500, CVE-2026-43503, CVE-2026-46028,
   CVE-2026-46300, CVE-2026-46333

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure-fips/5.1...



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