Ubuntu Security Notices USN-8016-1 USN-8016-1: Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities Publication date 4 February 2026 Overview Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Releases 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS Packages linux-nvidia - Linux kernel for NVIDIA systems linux-nvidia-6.8 - Linux kernel for NVIDIA systems linux-nvidia-lowlatency - Linux low latency kernel for NVIDIA systems Details 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: Cryptographic API; SPI subsystem; SMB network file system; io_uring subsystem 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: Cryptographic API; SPI subsystem; SMB network file system; io_uring subsystem Update instructions After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes. Learn more about how to get the fixes. ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed. Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic, linux-generic-lts-RELEASE, linux-virtual, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform this as well. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu Release Package Version 24.04 LTS noble linux-image-6.8.0-1045-nvidia – 6.8.0-1045.48 linux-image-6.8.0-1045-nvidia-64k – 6.8.0-1045.48 linux-image-6.8.0-1045-nvidia-lowlatency – 6.8.0-1045.48.1 linux-image-6.8.0-1045-nvidia-lowlatency-64k – 6.8.0-1045.48.1 linux-image-nvidia – 6.8.0-1045.48 linux-image-nvidia-6.8 – 6.8.0-1045.48 linux-image-nvidia-64k – 6.8.0-1045.48 linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8 – 6.8.0-1045.48 linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency – 6.8.0-1045.48.1 linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-6.8 – 6.8.0-1045.48.1 linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k – 6.8.0-1045.48.1 linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8 – 6.8.0-1045.48.1 22.04 LTS jammy linux-image-6.8.0-1045-nvidia – 6.8.0-1045.48~22.04.1 linux-image-6.8.0-1045-nvidia-64k – 6.8.0-1045.48~22.04.1 linux-image-nvidia-6.8 – 6.8.0-1045.48~22.04.1 linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8 – 6.8.0-1045.48~22.04.1 linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04 – 6.8.0-1045.48~22.04.1 linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04 – 6.8.0-1045.48~22.04.1 Reduce your security exposure Ubuntu Pro provides ten-year security coverage to 25,000+ packages in Main and Universe repositories, and it is free for up to five machines. Get Ubuntu Pro References CVE-2025-68746 CVE-2025-40019 CVE-2025-39698 CVE-2025-38561 CVE-2025-68746 CVE-2025-40019 CVE-2025-39698 CVE-2025-38561 USN-8015-1 USN-8015-2 USN-8014-1 USN-8013-1 USN-8013-2 USN-8013-3 USN-7990-1 USN-7990-2 USN-7934-1 USN-7880-1 USN-8015-1 USN-8015-2 USN-8014-1 USN-8013-1 USN-8013-2 USN-8013-3 USN-7990-1 USN-7990-2 USN-7934-1 USN-7880-1 USN-7879-1 USN-7879-2 USN-7879-3 USN-7879-4 Have additional questions? Talk to a member of the team ›