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Update Summary

Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS includes security updates through Feb 15, 2024, plus installation, upgrade, desktop, server, cloud, base platform, and hardware enablement fixes. It also updates kernel, firmware, and installer components for improved stability and compatibility. Reference IDs: USN-6640-1.

Update Details

Security

  • Includes all Ubuntu Security Notice updates affecting Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS released up to and including Feb 15, 2024, including USN-6640-1: shadow vulnerability.
  • AppArmor and LSM stacking updates improve security policy handling and user namespace mediation.
  • OpenSSH fix for AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand handling when AuthorizedKeysCommand is also set.
  • OpenSSL fixes for engine-related cipher crashes and S/MIME signature return-value handling.
  • iptables fix for a double free in unrecognized base-chains.
  • cryptsetup backport for modern support for FIPS-enabled backends.
  • linux kernel updates include fixes for libgnutls HTTPS package-install invalid opcode crashes and other security-relevant kernel hardening items.

Bug Fixes

  • Installer and image-building fixes for livecd-rootfs, including GRUB EFI placement, loop-device race conditions, ARM console parameters, snap preseeding, and chroot tmpfs handling.
  • Upgrade Manager fixes for Ubuntu Pro UI, parsing, pending package display, and a crash when updating itself.
  • Desktop fixes for GNOME components, remote desktop buffering, fingerprint device support, AMDGPU cursor sizing, and a simpledrm race in GDM.
  • Server/cloud fixes for cloud-init, QEMU virtiofsd, dnsmasq crashes, Samba password handling, OpenStack Yoga point releases, and OpenStack dashboard UI issues.
  • Base platform fixes for apt phased updates, glibc ldd segfaults, systemd networking/shutdown behavior, machinectl, and unzip ZIP64 handling.
  • Kernel/hardware fixes for Azure MANA VLAN tagging and jumbo frames, ZSTD-compressed firmware support, overlayfs/chroot locking, losetup races, and various platform-specific regressions.
  • Firmware updates for Intel Meteor Lake, Realtek Wi-Fi/BT, AMDGPU, and other device support issues.

New Features

  • Added a largemem subarchitecture for ubuntu-server that ships a 64k kernel variant by default.
  • Backported netplan.io 0.106.1-7 to 22.04.
  • Added support for the Caracal Ubuntu Cloud Archive on 22.04.
  • Added Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Noble Numbat to distro metadata.
  • Added support for new hardware and platforms, including Intel Meteor Lake, Dell, Qualcomm, Realtek, and several OEM boards.

Hints

  • This is a point release; updated installation media are provided and are recommended for new installs.
  • The summary covers only main and restricted; additional changes exist in universe and multiverse.
  • For server installer changes, see the referenced subiquity release 24.02.1.
  • The release includes all security updates up to Feb 15, 2024, so systems already fully updated may see fewer changes than fresh media.
  • Kernel and hardware support updates span multiple flavors, including Azure, AWS, GCP, OEM, HWE, and lowlatency variants.

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Product Information

Vendor: Canonical

Product: Ubuntu Server

Product type: Software

Application category: Utilities

Platform: Linux

Variant: 22.04.4 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Version: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS

Vendor release date: Feb 22, 2024

Published on updatealert.io: Jul 11, 2026

Description: Server operating system for Linux infrastructure and workloads.