Package
linux-vmware-6.18
Component
linux-kernel
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Justification
Impact
CVE-2026-53222 affects the OpenCompute PTP driver (drivers/ptp/ptp_ocp.c), which is only built when CONFIG_PTP_1588_CLOCK_OCP is enabled. That option is not enabled in any Chainguard kernel configuration, so the vulnerable code is not included in the shipped kernel.
Status
Previous location
/boot/vmlinuz-6.18.38-r0-vmware-6.18New location
/boot/vmlinuz-6.18.38-r1-vmware-6.18Impact
version-only path change detected during APK rebuild
Status
Previous location
/boot/vmlinuz-6.18.36-r2-vmware-6.18New location
/boot/vmlinuz-6.18.38-r0-vmware-6.18Impact
version-only path change detected during APK rebuild
Status