Six stable kernels with a security fix [LWN.net]

Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 7.1.7, 6.18.43, 6.6.149, 6.1.181, 5.15.214, and 5.10.263 stable kernels. These kernels fix a single security vulnerability (CVE-2026-68480) that could allow data leakage through speculative execution. Users of those kernels are advised to upgrade.

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No 6.12 update?

Posted Aug 6, 2026 18:35 UTC (Thu) by rik (subscriber, #152337) [Link] (2 responses)

This fix is not needed for 6.12? Or is it already included in a previous update?

No 6.12 update?

Posted Aug 6, 2026 18:46 UTC (Thu) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link] (1 responses)

Good question. There is no 6.12.102 in the stable repository, so it's not a matter of a missing announcement.

No 6.12 update?

Posted Aug 7, 2026 6:48 UTC (Fri) by gregkh (subscriber, #8) [Link]

There is a 6.12.y release now, and new releases for 5.10.y, 5.15.y, 6.1.y, and 6.6.y for this issue, sorry about that, the original backports weren't as correct as we thought they were.