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Update Summary

Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS was released on February 23, 2023. It includes security updates through USN-5879-1 and many bug fixes across installation, upgrade, desktop, server, cloud, base platform, and hardware support. Reference IDs: CVE-2022-37454.

Update Details

Security

  • Includes all Ubuntu Security Notice updates affecting Ubuntu 22.04 LTS released up to and including Feb 17, 2023.
  • USN-5879-1 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities.
  • python3.10: CVE-2022-37454 buffer overflow fix in _sha3.
  • ca-certificates: add Trustcor root certificates to mozilla/blacklist.txt.

Bug Fixes

  • Installer fixes for Ubiquity, Casper, GRUB, language selection, and GNOME Initial Setup.
  • Upgrade fixes in apt, ubuntu-release-upgrader, and update-manager to improve release upgrades and package handling.
  • Desktop fixes for Software & Updates, GNOME Shell, GNOME Control Center, PipeWire, PulseAudio, Xwayland, Mesa, and LibreOffice.
  • Server/cloud fixes for OpenStack Yoga packages, Open vSwitch, cloud-init, libvirt, nginx, Apache, OpenSSH, NFS, Samba, and Ceph.
  • Base platform fixes for snapd, cryptsetup, apt, systemd, tzdata, apport, and ubuntu-advantage-tools.
  • Kernel and hardware support fixes for Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, Azure, OEM, RISC-V, and firmware packages.

New Features

  • Enable the HWE kernel variant for Ubuntu 22.04.2.
  • Add Active Directory Watch Daemon adwatchd.
  • Add support for Ubuntu Pro integration in GNOME Initial Setup and Software Properties.
  • Add support for the Antelope Ubuntu Cloud Archive on 22.04.
  • Add systemd-repart and ship it in a new systemd-repart package.

Hints

  • Updated CD images are provided with this release.
  • The summary covers only packages in main and restricted; additional changes exist in universe and multiverse.
  • For full details, consult individual package changelogs.
  • Do not offer the HWE kernel for RISC-V server-live images.
  • Cloud images remove fwupd, modemmanager, and udisks2.
  • Ubuntu Advantage integration is renamed to Ubuntu Pro in several tools and desktop components.
Product Information

Vendor: Canonical

Product: Ubuntu Server

Product type: Software

Application category: Utilities

Platform: Linux

Variant: 22.04.2 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Version: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS

Vendor release date: Feb 23, 2023

Published on updatealert.io: Jul 11, 2026

Description: Server operating system for Linux infrastructure and workloads.