Ubuntu users say Canonical “asleep at the wheel” over critical Linux kernel bug

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by OMG! Ubuntu / It's FOSS News / 9to5Linux / Fedora Magazine / Ubuntu Blog / Arch News / Debian News at 04 Nov, 23:47 UTC

Canonical is fixing a critical Linux kernel flaw in Ubuntu, weeks after Debian and other distros did – and users aren’t happy about the wait. As of 3 November, patched kernels for CVE-2026-98432 are in testing for Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04 and 26.04 LTS, but are yet to hit the stable updates pocket…

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Sources

• T2Ubuntu users say Canonical “asleep at the wheel” over critical Linux kernel bugOMG! Ubuntu / It's FOSS News / 9to5Linux / Fedora Magazine / Ubuntu Blog / Arch News / Debian News04 Nov, 23:47

Vulnerabilities

• CVE-2026-98432