… The Linux kernel versions that address the issue are: 4.9.301+ 4.14.266+ 4.19.229+ 5.4.177+ 5.10.97+ 5.15.20+ 5.16.6+ 5.17-rc3+ By including the two flaws in KEV, all federal agencies bound by the BOD 22-01 directive are required to apply the vendor-provided security updates and mitigations, or to … …
… The researchers reported the flaw privately to the Linux kernel security team on May 11, 2026, and the team came back with a patch three days later, on May 14. …
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… The bug, officially tracked as CVE-2026-31431 and discovered in Linux kernel versions 7.0 and earlier, was disclosed to the Linux kernel security team in late March, and patched after about a week. …
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