{
  "id": 14702472,
  "title": "Seven stable kernels for Thursday with fix for critical vulnerability",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/seven-stable-kernels-for-thursday-with-fix-for-critical-vulnerability",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-15T13:01:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "LWN",
    "slug": "lwn",
    "url": "https://lwn.net/Articles/1100611/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 7.2.11 , 6.18.57 , 6.12.113 , 6.6.159 , 6.1.190 , 5.15.223 , and 5.10.272 stable kernels. This series includes, among other things, a fix for a critical vulnerability ( CVE-2026-99999 ). The flaw in skb_checksum_help() would allow an IPv4 packet with bad checksum metadata to \" corrupt the network header and cause a bunch of mischief \" in the…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}