Ubuntu Security Update USN-8439-1: Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities

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Stonejiajia, Shir Tamari and Sagi Tzadik discovered that the OverlayFS implementation in the Ubuntu Linux kernel did not properly perform permission checks in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2023-2640) Shir Tamari and Sagi Tzadik discovered that the OverlayFS implementation in the Ubuntu Linux kernel did not properly perform permission checks in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2023-32629) Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - Network drivers; - NVME drivers; - SMB network file system; - Netfilter; - io_uring subsystem; (CVE-2024-35862, CVE-2024-50060, CVE-2026-23112, CVE-2026-23273, CVE-2026-23274, CVE-2026-23351)

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