CVE-2026-64531

Publication date 27 July 2026

Last updated 7 August 2026


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: openvswitch: reject oversized nested action attrs Open vSwitch stores generated flow actions as nlattrs, whose nla_len field is u16. Commit a1e64addf3ff ("net: openvswitch: remove misbehaving actions length check") allowed the total sw_flow_actions stream to grow beyond 64 KiB, which is valid, but also removed the last guard preventing a generated nested action attribute from exceeding U16_MAX. An oversized generated container can thus be closed with a truncated nla_len. A later dump or teardown then walks a structurally different stream than the one that was validated. In particular, an oversized nested CLONE/CT action may cause subsequent bytes in the generated stream to be interpreted as independent actions. Keep the larger total-action-stream behavior, but make nested action close reject generated containers that do not fit in nla_len, and return the error through all callers. For recursive SAMPLE, CLONE, DEC_TTL, and CHECK_PKT_LEN builders, trim resource-owning action-list tails in reverse construction order before discarding failed wrappers, so resources copied into the rejected tails are released before the wrappers are removed. Most failed outer wrappers are discarded by truncating actions_len after child resources have been released. CHECK_PKT_LEN also trims its parent after branch resources are gone. SET/TUNNEL close failures unwind their known tun_dst ownership directly, and SET_TO_MASKED has no external ownership and truncates on close failure.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux 26.04 LTS resolute
Vulnerable, work in progress
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable, work in progress
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable, work in progress
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-hwe 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.4 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.8 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.11 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.13 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.15 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.19 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-6.2
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-6.2 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-6.5 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-6.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-6.8 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-6.11 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-6.14
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-6.14 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-6.17 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable, work in progress
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-7.0 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-edge 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-xenial 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-kvm 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-allwinner-5.19 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored end of kernel support
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws 26.04 LTS resolute
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-aws-5.0 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.3 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.4 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.8 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.11 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.13 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.15 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.19 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-aws-6.2
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-6.2 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-aws-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-6.5 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-aws-6.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-6.8 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-6.14 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-6.17 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-hwe 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure 26.04 LTS resolute
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-azure-4.15 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.3 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.4 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.8 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.11 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.13 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.15 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.19 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-azure-6.2
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-6.2 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-azure-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-6.5 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-azure-6.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-6.8 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-6.11 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Ignored superseded by linux-azure-6.14
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-6.14 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-6.17 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-fde 26.04 LTS resolute
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-fde-5.15 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-fde-5.19 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-azure-fde-6.2
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-fde-6.2 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored replaced by linux-azure-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-fde-6.8 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-fde-6.14 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-fde-6.17 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-nvidia 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-nvidia-6.14 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-bluefield 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-edge 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-fips 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-fips 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-fips 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-fips 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp 26.04 LTS resolute
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-4.15 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.3 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.4 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.8 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.11 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.13 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.15 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.19 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-6.2
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-6.2 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-6.5 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-6.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-6.8 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-6.11 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-6.14
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-6.14 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-6.17 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke 26.04 LTS resolute
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of kernel support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-4.15 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.4 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.15 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of kernel support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gkeop 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of kernel support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gkeop-5.4 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gkeop-5.15 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of kernel support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-ibm 26.04 LTS resolute
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-ibm-5.4 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-ibm-5.15 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-ibm-6.8 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-intel-5.13 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of kernel support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-intel-iotg 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-iot 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-intel-iot-realtime 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lowlatency 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Ignored replaced by linux-hwe-6.14
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-nvidia 26.04 LTS resolute
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-nvidia-6.2 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-nvidia-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-nvidia-6.5 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-nvidia-6.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-nvidia-6.8 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-nvidia-6.11 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Ignored end of kernel support
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-nvidia-6.17 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-nvidia-7.0 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-nvidia-bos 26.04 LTS resolute
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-nvidia-lowlatency 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-nvidia-tegra 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle 26.04 LTS resolute
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.0 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.3 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.4 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.8 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.11 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.13 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.15 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-6.5 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-6.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-6.8 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-6.14 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-6.17 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.6 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.10 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.13 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.14 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.17 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-oem-6.1
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-6.0 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-oem-6.1
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-6.1 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-oem-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-6.5 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-oem-6.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-6.8 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Ignored superseded by linux-oem-6.14
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-6.11 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Ignored superseded by linux-oem-6.14
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-6.14 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-6.17 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-7.0 26.04 LTS resolute
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi 26.04 LTS resolute
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi-5.4 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi-realtime 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-realtime 26.04 LTS resolute
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-realtime-6.8 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-realtime-6.14 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv 26.04 LTS resolute
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble Ignored replaced by linux-riscv-6.14
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored end of kernel support
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv-5.8 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv-5.11 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv-5.15 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv-5.19 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored end of kernel support
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv-6.5 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-riscv-6.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv-6.8 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv-6.14 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Ignored superseded by linux-riscv-6.17
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv-6.17 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-starfive-5.19 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored end of kernel support
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-starfive-6.2 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-starfive-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-starfive-6.5 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored end of kernel support
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-xilinx 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-xilinx-zynqmp 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-realtime-6.17 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:

Base score 7.3 · High

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Base score 7.8 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H


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