From 803531dd9cd6679dfb54ef50102038325e0f0a07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zvonko Kaiser Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 14:20:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] kernel: Bump Kernel Version MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Copy Fail" (CVE-2026-31431) is a high-severity local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability found in the Linux kernel in April 2026, which affects all major Linux distributions—including those using Long Term Support (LTS) kernels—released since 2017. The bug allows an unprivileged user to gain root access, escape containers, and modify the in-memory page cache reliably using a tiny 732-byte script Signed-off-by: Zvonko Kaiser --- tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version | 2 +- versions.yaml | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version b/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version index 88b2e78342..86a0307199 100644 --- a/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version +++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version @@ -1 +1 @@ -191 +192 diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml index 7cd2348c2d..03be97d01d 100644 --- a/versions.yaml +++ b/versions.yaml @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ assets: kernel-dragonball-experimental: description: "Linux kernel with Dragonball VMM optimizations like upcall" url: "https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/" - version: "v6.18.15" + version: "v6.18.22" externals: description: "Third-party projects used by the system"