Thanks, Dhaval.

That webpage indicates that a current version of the 'kmod' package disables the affected module in vulnerable kernels.

This will fix the immediate exposure until the kernel is updated.

I appear to be current with 'kmod' so the should not have any issue waiting for 26.04.1 LTS

- Evan

On Fri, May 8, 2026 at 2:53 AM Dhaval Giani <dhaval.giani@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, May 7, 2026 at 10:55 PM Evan Leibovitch via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org> wrote:
Hi all.

Currently running a Kubuntu 24.04 LTS box as a media/file server. Not much load unless it's transcoding something for Plex.

We know that 26.04 LTS is out but I've always tried to follow a rule to never download a *.0 release, especially for anything important. But the current 24.04 kernel is 6.17 which is vulnerable to Copy Fail, 26.04.1 won't be released until August to upgrade the kernel.

Do I misunderstand? https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/fixes-available-for-cve-2026-31431-copy-fail-linux-kernel-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability/81498 -> Did Canonical not update an LTS release?

Dhaval