{
  "id": 3974992,
  "title": "Eight stable kernels with fix for a single vulnerability",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/eight-stable-kernels-with-fix-for-a-single-vulnerability",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-28T13:42:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "LWN",
    "slug": "lwn",
    "url": "https://lwn.net/Articles/1091118/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 7.2.2 , 7.1.12 , 6.18.48 , 6.12.107 , 6.6.155 , 6.1.186 , 5.15.219 , and 5.10.268 stable kernels. Each of these contains a single fix for a vulnerability ( CVE-2026-80590 ) that allows marking IPv4 or IPv6 fragments as GSO , which can allow an unprivileged user to cause a kernel panic. This vulnerability has been present since Linux 2.6.27.…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "LWN",
        "title": "Eight stable kernels for Thursday",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/eight-stable-kernels-for-thursday",
        "published": "2026-08-27T13:10:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}