# Ubuntu Patches Dozens of Linux Kernel Flaws

Published: 2026-10-09 · Severity: routine
Canonical: https://vorant.io/reports/7894a192-f767-5f5e-bbfe-a1c069c27a8a/ubuntu-patches-dozens-of-linux-kernel-flaws

> CERT-FR advisory bundles hundreds of USN bulletins patching numerous Ubuntu kernel vulnerabilities enabling privilege escalation, DoS, and data exposure.

CERT-FR has published a consolidated advisory (CERTFR-2026-AVI-1286) referencing over twenty Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) issued between October 5-8, 2026, covering hundreds of Linux kernel vulnerabilities across Ubuntu 14.04 ESM through 26.04 LTS. The vulnerabilities span a wide range of impact categories including local privilege escalation, remote denial of service, data integrity and confidentiality breaches, security policy bypass, SSRF, and indirect code injection (XSS). No single root cause or exploit chain is described; this is a routine aggregation of kernel fixes across subsystems.

The advisory does not indicate active exploitation in the wild for any of the referenced CVEs — it is a standard patch bulletin directing administrators to the underlying Ubuntu USN notices for remediation details and affected package versions. Given the sheer volume of CVEs (several hundred referenced, truncated in this reporting), defenders should treat this as a scheduled kernel patching cycle covering multiple Ubuntu LTS and ESM releases rather than a targeted or urgent threat.

Defenders running any of the listed Ubuntu releases (14.04 ESM, 16.04 ESM, 18.04 ESM, 20.04 ESM, 22.04 LTS, 24.04 LTS, 26.04 LTS) should prioritize applying kernel updates per the referenced USN bulletins, particularly for systems exposed to untrusted local users (privilege escalation risk) or network-facing services susceptible to the noted DoS conditions. No indicators of compromise, threat actors, or active campaigns are associated with this bulletin.

## Mentioned in this report

- Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-27664, CVE-2022-3114, CVE-2022-41723, CVE-2023-20585, CVE-2023-38103, CVE-2023-38104, CVE-2023-3978, CVE-2023-53629, CVE-2023-54125, CVE-2023-54271, CVE-2024-45338, CVE-2024-56593, CVE-2025-10263, CVE-2025-21727, CVE-2025-21858, CVE-2025-22026, CVE-2025-22041, CVE-2025-22056, CVE-2025-22872, CVE-2025-23131, CVE-2025-37738, CVE-2025-37777, CVE-2025-37778, CVE-2025-37807, CVE-2025-37823, CVE-2025-37839, CVE-2025-37854, CVE-2025-37869, CVE-2025-37913, CVE-2025-37914, CVE-2025-37921, CVE-2025-37943, CVE-2025-37944, CVE-2025-37952, CVE-2025-38024, CVE-2025-38079, CVE-2025-38087, CVE-2025-38129, CVE-2025-38146, CVE-2025-38211

Source reporting: https://www.cert.ssi.gouv.fr/avis/CERTFR-2026-AVI-1286

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