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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-81013

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix heap OOB read on empty password write validate_passw...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix heap OOB read on empty password write validate_password_input() computes length = strlen(buf) and then checks buf[length - 1] to strip a trailing newline, without checking that length is nonzero first. Writing an empty string (a bare '\n') to current_password or new_password gives length == 0, and buf[length - 1] reads buf[-1], one byte before the heap allocation holding the copied input. KASAN confirms this directly: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in store_password_instance.constprop.0+0x223/0x2a0 [hp_bioscfg] Read of size 1 at addr ffff88811bd8da9f by task sh/13740 ... store_password_instance.constprop.0+0x223/0x2a0 [hp_bioscfg] current_password_store+0x14/0x20 [hp_bioscfg] ... The buggy address is located 23 bytes to the right of allocated 8-byte region [ffff88811bd8da80, ffff88811bd8da88) Reproduced identically via new_password_store. Execution continues past the bad read (the garbage byte only affects whether "length" is decremented by one), so the write completes and returns success; this is a pure information read past the buffer, not a crash, but it is still an out-of-bounds access KASAN correctly flags. Fix by only checking buf[length - 1] when length is nonzero.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.0
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.3
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.3
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-edge
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.3
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.4
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.4
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.0
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.3
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.11
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.13
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.8
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.11
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.13
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.8
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.11
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.13
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.8
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke-5.15
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.15
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.11
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.13
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.8
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-intel-5.13
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.10
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.13
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.14
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.6
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.11
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.13
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.8
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.11
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.8
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-allwinner-5.19
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-5.19
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-6.2
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-6.5
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-6.8
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-5.19
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-6.2
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-6.5
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-6.8
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-5.19
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-6.2
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-6.8
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.19
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.2
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.5
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.8
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.19
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.2
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.5
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.8
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-ibm-6.8
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia-6.2
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia-6.5
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia-6.8
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-5.17
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-6.0
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-6.1
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-6.5
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oracle-6.5
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oracle-6.8
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.19
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv-6.5
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv-6.8
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-starfive-5.19
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-starfive-6.2
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-starfive-6.5
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Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS linux-realtime-6.8
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-aws
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-aws-6.14
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-aws-6.17
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-aws-7.0
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-azure
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-azure-6.11
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-azure-6.14
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-azure-6.17
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-azure-7.0
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-azure-fde
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-6.14
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-6.17
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-7.0
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-azure-nvidia
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-azure-nvidia-6.14
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-gcp
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.11
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.14
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.17
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-gcp-7.0
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-gke
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-gkeop
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.11
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.14
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.17
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-hwe-7.0
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-ibm
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-lowlatency
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-nvidia
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-nvidia-6.11
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-nvidia-6.17
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-nvidia-7.0
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-nvidia-tegra
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-oem-6.11
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-oem-6.14
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-oem-6.17
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-oem-6.8
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-oracle
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-oracle-6.14
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-oracle-6.17
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-oracle-7.0
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-realtime
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-riscv
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-riscv-6.14
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-riscv-6.17
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-riscv-7.0
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-vmware
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-xilinx
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Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:24.04:LTS linux-bluefield
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Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime
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Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS linux-realtime
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Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS linux-realtime-6.14
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Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS linux-realtime-6.17
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS linux-aws-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS linux-azure-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS linux-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips
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Ubuntu:26.04:LTS linux
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Ubuntu:26.04:LTS linux-aws
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Ubuntu:26.04:LTS linux-azure
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Ubuntu:26.04:LTS linux-azure-fde
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Ubuntu:26.04:LTS linux-gcp
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Ubuntu:26.04:LTS linux-gke
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Ubuntu:26.04:LTS linux-ibm
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Ubuntu:26.04:LTS linux-nvidia
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Ubuntu:26.04:LTS linux-nvidia-bos
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Ubuntu:26.04:LTS linux-oem-7.0
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Ubuntu:26.04:LTS linux-oracle
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Ubuntu:26.04:LTS linux-raspi
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Ubuntu:26.04:LTS linux-realtime
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Ubuntu:26.04:LTS linux-riscv
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