{"slug": "seven-stable-kernels-for-saturday-including-two-security-fixes", "title": "Seven stable kernels for Saturday including two security fixes", "summary": "Greg Kroah-Hartman released seven stable kernels on Saturday, including security fixes for two vulnerabilities. The updates address CVE-2026-53362, an IPv6 flaw introduced in kernel 6.0 that could allow container escape and root access, and CVE-2026-53359, a KVM use-after-free bug present since kernel 2.6.36. Users are advised to upgrade immediately.", "body_md": "Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the [7.1.3](https://lwn.net/Articles/1081231/), [6.18.38](https://lwn.net/Articles/1081232/), [6.12.95](https://lwn.net/Articles/1081233/), [6.6.144](https://lwn.net/Articles/1081234/), [6.1.177](https://lwn.net/Articles/1081235/), [5.15.211](https://lwn.net/Articles/1081236/), and [5.10.260](https://lwn.net/Articles/1081237/) stable kernels. Several kernels\nin this batch include [a\nfix](https://lwn.net/ml/all/2026070450-CVE-2026-53362-fe9b%40gregkh/) for a vulnerability introduced in the 6.0 kernel in IPv6 ([CVE-2026-53362](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53362)),\nwhich [could\nallow an attacker to escape a container and gain root access](https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/RHSB-2026-009).\n\nThere is also [a\nfix](https://lwn.net/ml/all/2026070403-CVE-2026-53359-4f57%40gregkh/) for a use-after-free bug in KVM ([CVE-2026-53359](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53359))\nthat was introduced in the 2.6.36 kernel. As usual, each stable kernel includes\na number of fixes throughout the tree. Users are advised to\nupgrade.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/seven-stable-kernels-for-saturday-including-two-security-fixes", "canonical_source": "https://lwn.net/Articles/1081230/", "published_at": "2026-07-04 16:46:31+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-04 16:50:26.630153+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety"], "entities": ["Greg Kroah-Hartman", "CVE-2026-53362", "CVE-2026-53359", "IPv6", "KVM"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/seven-stable-kernels-for-saturday-including-two-security-fixes", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/seven-stable-kernels-for-saturday-including-two-security-fixes.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/seven-stable-kernels-for-saturday-including-two-security-fixes.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/seven-stable-kernels-for-saturday-including-two-security-fixes.jsonld"}}