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CVE-2026-23118: Linux kernel miscalculates keepalive timing

CVE-2026-23118 · published 8 months ago
Summary

The Linux kernel's communication component could sometimes read an outdated timestamp when checking if a keepalive signal is needed. This could cause the system to send unnecessary keepalive packets or miss sending them, affecting network reliability. Updating the kernel to the latest version resolves the issue.

What to do
  • Update debian rootio-linux to version 6.1.164-1.root.io.108.
  • Update debian rootio-linux to version 6.1.172-1.root.io.136.
  • Update canonical linux-aws-6.8 to version 6.8.0-1061.64~22.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-6.8 to version 6.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-fde-6.8 to version 6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp-6.8 to version 6.8.0-1064.72~22.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-hwe-6.8 to version 6.8.0-136.136~22.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-ibm-6.8 to version 6.8.0-1061.62~22.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 to version 6.8.0-136.136.2~22.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-nvidia-6.8 to version 6.8.0-1059.62~22.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle-6.8 to version 6.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-riscv-6.8 to version 6.8.0-136.136~22.04.3.
  • Update canonical linux-realtime-6.8 to version 6.8.1-1056.57~22.04.2.
  • Update canonical linux to version 6.8.0-136.136.
  • Update canonical linux-aws to version 6.8.0-1061.64.
  • Update canonical linux-azure to version 6.8.0-1063.71.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-6.17 to version 6.17.0-1021.21~24.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-fde to version 6.8.0-1062.69.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp to version 6.8.0-1064.72.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp-6.17 to version 6.17.0-1021.24~24.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-gke to version 6.8.0-1059.67.
  • Update canonical linux-gkeop to version 6.8.0-1046.50.
  • Update canonical linux-hwe-6.17 to version 6.17.0-41.41~24.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-ibm to version 6.8.0-1061.62.
  • Update canonical linux-lowlatency to version 6.8.0-136.136.2.
  • Update canonical linux-nvidia to version 6.8.0-1059.62.
  • Update canonical linux-nvidia-6.17 to version 6.17.0-1031.31.
  • Update canonical linux-nvidia-lowlatency to version 6.8.0-1059.62.1.
  • Update canonical linux-nvidia-tegra to version 6.8.0-1030.31.
  • Update canonical linux-oem-6.17 to version 6.17.0-1030.30.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle to version 6.8.0-1058.61.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle-6.17 to version 6.17.0-1019.19~24.04.3.
  • Update canonical linux-raspi to version 6.8.0-1061.65.
  • Update canonical linux-xilinx to version 6.8.0-1033.34.
  • Update canonical linux-aws-fips to version 6.8.0-1061.64+fips1.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-fips to version 6.8.0-1063.71+fips2.
  • Update canonical linux-fips to version 6.8.0-136.136+fips2.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp-fips to version 6.8.0-1064.72+fips1.
  • Update canonical linux-raspi-realtime to version 6.8.0-2050.52.
  • Update canonical linux-realtime to version 6.8.1-1056.57.
  • Update canonical linux-realtime-6.17 to version 6.17.0-1018.20~24.04.1.
  • Update canonical rootio-linux to version 5.15.0-186.196.root.io.103.
  • Update debian linux to version 6.12.69-1.
  • Update debian linux to version 6.18.8-1.
  • Update debian rootio-linux to version 5.10.249-1.root.io.52.
  • Update debian rootio-linux to version 5.10.251-5.root.io.85.
  • Update debian rootio-linux to version 6.1.162-1.root.io.98.
  • Update canonical rootio-linux to version 6.8.0-136.136.root.io.83.
  • Update canonical linux-bluefield to version 6.8.0-1028.33.
  • Update linux to version 5.15.0-198.208.aikido.116.
  • Update rootio-linux to version 5.15.0-198.208.aikido.116.
  • Update linux to version 6.8.0-146.146.aikido.89.
  • Update rootio-linux to version 6.8.0-146.146.aikido.89.
  • Update linux to version 6.8.0-147.147.aikido.90.
  • Update rootio-linux to version 6.8.0-147.147.aikido.90.
  • Update linux kernel to version 6.18.8.
  • Update linux to version 6.1.190-1.aikido.167.
  • Update rootio-linux to version 6.1.190-1.aikido.167.
  • Update linux to version 5.15.0-202.212.aikido.118.
  • Update rootio-linux to version 5.15.0-202.212.aikido.118.
  • Update bellsoft linux-lts to version 6.1.191-r0.
  • Update bellsoft linux-lts to version 6.12.73-r0.
  • Update bellsoft linux-lts to version 6.18.35-r1.
  • Update linux linux to version 49b8ef1abfe7713e15d9128006cb76e413b12b57 or later.
Affected software
Ecosystem VendorProductAffected versions
– linux linux_kernel >= 4.17, < 6.12.69
>= 6.13, < 6.18.8
6.19
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.3 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.4 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.3 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.4 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-edge All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.3 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.4 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gke-4.15 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gke-5.4 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop-5.4 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.4 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-edge All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-ibm-5.4 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-oem All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.0 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.3 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.4 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi-5.4 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.15 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.15 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-bluefield All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.15 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gke All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gke-5.15 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop-5.15 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.15 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-ibm All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-ibm-5.15 All versions
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Ecosystem VendorProductAffected versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-iotg-5.15 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-iot All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-kvm All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.10 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.14 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.6 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.15 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi2 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-5.15 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-xilinx-zynqmp All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS canonical linux-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS canonical linux-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-allwinner-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-6.8 < 6.8.0-1061.64~22.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1061.64~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-6.8 < 6.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-6.8 < 6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.8 < 6.8.0-1064.72~22.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1064.72~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gke All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-6.8 < 6.8.0-136.136~22.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-136.136~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-ibm All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-ibm-6.8 < 6.8.0-1061.62~22.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1061.62~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-iot-realtime All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-iotg All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-kvm All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 < 6.8.0-136.136.2~22.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-136.136.2~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-6.8 < 6.8.0-1059.62~22.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1059.62~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-tegra All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-tegra-igx All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.17 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.0 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.1 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-6.8 < 6.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-6.8 < 6.8.0-136.136~22.04.3
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-136.136~22.04.3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-starfive-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-starfive-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-starfive-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-xilinx-zynqmp All versions
Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:22.04:LTS canonical linux-bluefield All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-preview:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-preview:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-preview:22.04:LTS canonical linux-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-preview:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:22.04:LTS canonical linux-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-iot-realtime All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime-6.8 < 6.8.1-1056.57~22.04.2
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.1-1056.57~22.04.2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux < 6.8.0-136.136
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-136.136
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-aws < 6.8.0-1061.64
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1061.64
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-6.17 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure < 6.8.0-1063.71
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1063.71
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-6.17 < 6.17.0-1021.21~24.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 6.17.0-1021.21~24.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde < 6.8.0-1062.69
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1062.69
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-6.17 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-nvidia All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-nvidia-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp < 6.8.0-1064.72
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1064.72
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia < 6.8.0-1059.62
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1059.62
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-6.17 < 6.17.0-1031.31
Fix: upgrade to 6.17.0-1031.31
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-lowlatency < 6.8.0-1059.62.1
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1059.62.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-tegra < 6.8.0-1030.31
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1030.31
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.17 < 6.17.0-1030.30
Fix: upgrade to 6.17.0-1030.30
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle < 6.8.0-1058.61
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1058.61
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-6.17 < 6.17.0-1019.19~24.04.3
Fix: upgrade to 6.17.0-1019.19~24.04.3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi < 6.8.0-1061.65
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1061.65
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi-realtime All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-6.17 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-xilinx < 6.8.0-1033.34
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1033.34
Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:24.04:LTS canonical linux-bluefield < 6.8.0-1028.33
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1028.33
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-fips < 6.8.0-1061.64+fips1
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1061.64+fips1
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fips < 6.8.0-1063.71+fips2
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1063.71+fips2
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS canonical linux-fips < 6.8.0-136.136+fips2
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-136.136+fips2
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-fips < 6.8.0-1064.72+fips1
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1064.72+fips1
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi-realtime < 6.8.0-2050.52
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-2050.52
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime < 6.8.1-1056.57
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.1-1056.57
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime-6.17 < 6.17.0-1018.20~24.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 6.17.0-1018.20~24.04.1
Ubuntu:25.10 canonical linux All versions
Ubuntu:25.10 canonical linux-aws All versions
Ubuntu:25.10 canonical linux-azure All versions
Ubuntu:25.10 canonical linux-azure-fde All versions
Ubuntu:25.10 canonical linux-gcp All versions
Ubuntu:25.10 canonical linux-oracle All versions
Ubuntu:25.10 canonical linux-raspi All versions
Ubuntu:25.10 canonical linux-realtime All versions
Ubuntu:25.10 canonical linux-riscv All versions
Root:Debian:12 debian rootio-linux < 6.1.164-1.root.io.108
< 6.1.172-1.root.io.136
< 6.1.162-1.root.io.98
Fix: upgrade to 6.1.164-1.root.io.108
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-edge All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.0 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.17 < 6.17.0-1021.24~24.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 6.17.0-1021.24~24.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-gke < 6.8.0-1059.67
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1059.67
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop < 6.8.0-1046.50
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1046.50
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-6.17 < 6.17.0-41.41~24.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 6.17.0-41.41~24.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-ibm < 6.8.0-1061.62
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1061.62
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency < 6.8.0-136.136.2
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-136.136.2
Root:Ubuntu:22.04 canonical rootio-linux < 5.15.0-186.196.root.io.103
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-186.196.root.io.103
Debian:11 debian linux All versions
Debian:12 debian linux All versions
Debian:13 debian linux < 6.12.69-1
Fix: upgrade to 6.12.69-1
Debian:14 debian linux < 6.18.8-1
Fix: upgrade to 6.18.8-1
Root:Debian:11 debian rootio-linux < 5.10.249-1.root.io.52
< 5.10.251-5.root.io.85
Fix: upgrade to 5.10.249-1.root.io.52
Root:Ubuntu:24.04 canonical rootio-linux < 6.8.0-136.136.root.io.83
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-136.136.root.io.83
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-5.15 All versions
Root:Ubuntu:22.04 – linux < 5.15.0-198.208.aikido.116
< 5.15.0-202.212.aikido.118
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-198.208.aikido.116
Root:Ubuntu:22.04 – rootio-linux < 5.15.0-198.208.aikido.116
< 5.15.0-202.212.aikido.118
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-198.208.aikido.116
Root:Ubuntu:24.04 – linux < 6.8.0-146.146.aikido.89
< 6.8.0-147.147.aikido.90
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-146.146.aikido.89
Root:Ubuntu:24.04 – rootio-linux < 6.8.0-146.146.aikido.89
< 6.8.0-147.147.aikido.90
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-146.146.aikido.89
Linux linux kernel >= 6.13.0, < 6.18.8
Fix: upgrade to 6.18.8
Root:Debian:12 – linux < 6.1.190-1.aikido.167
Fix: upgrade to 6.1.190-1.aikido.167
Root:Debian:12 – rootio-linux < 6.1.190-1.aikido.167
Fix: upgrade to 6.1.190-1.aikido.167
– linux linux < 49b8ef1abfe7713e15d9128006cb76e413b12b57
4.17
Alpaquita:23 bellsoft linux-lts >= 6.1.189-r0, < 6.1.191-r0
Fix: upgrade to 6.1.191-r0
Alpaquita:25 bellsoft linux-lts >= 6.12.66-r0, < 6.12.73-r0
Fix: upgrade to 6.12.73-r0
Alpaquita:stream bellsoft linux-lts >= 6.12.92-r1, < 6.18.35-r1
Fix: upgrade to 6.18.35-r1
Original advisory text
BELL-CVE-2026-23118
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

rxrpc: Fix data-race warning and potential load/store tearing

Fix the following:

BUG: KCSAN: data-race in rxrpc_peer_keepalive_worker / rxrpc_send_data_packet

which is reporting an issue with the reads and writes to ->last_tx_at in:

conn->peer->last_tx_at = ktime_get_seconds();

and:

keepalive_at = peer->last_tx_at + RXRPC_KEEPALIVE_TIME;

The lockless accesses to these to values aren't actually a problem as the
read only needs an approximate time of last transmission for the purposes
of deciding whether or not the transmission of a keepalive packet is
warranted yet.

Also, as ->last_tx_at is a 64-bit value, tearing can occur on a 32-bit
arch.

Fix both of these by switching to an unsigned int for ->last_tx_at and only
storing the LSW of the time64_t. It can then be reconstructed at need
provided no more than 68 years has elapsed since the last transmission.
References
Fix within
Internet-facing 60 days
Internal At next upgrade
  • Not known to be exploited
  • Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
  • Gives an attacker partial control (estimated)
Severity
6.6 Medium
Exploitation
<1% chance of attack within 30 days
Type
CWE-362Race Condition
Timeline
Published19 Feb 2026
Updated4 Nov 2026
First seen6 Mar 2026
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