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Ubuntu 20.04 ships with the latest version of the Linux kernel, 4.15.0-20-generic, and the Ubuntu Security Team has published a report about the Linux kernel security issues that have been fixed in this release.

As part of the Ubuntu 20.04 release, the Ubuntu Security Team has also updated the firewalld package to version 1.14.1, which includes the following changes:.

Add support for iptables SCTP stateful inspection.

Add support for iptables MPLS stateful inspection.

Update the iptables documentation.

This release also includes a number of bug fixes, including:

Fixed a bug that caused the firewall to crash when processing certain packets.

Fixed a bug that caused the firewall to crash when the system was booted in Legacy mode.

Fixed a bug that caused the firewall to crash when the system was booted with a low memory limit.

Fixed a bug that caused the firewall to crash when the system was rebooted.

This release also includes updated translations.

Although Ubuntu 20.04 includes a number of bug fixes and security updates, the firewall is not included in this release. Ubuntu 20.

15.0-20-generic, which includes support for the iptables SCTP stateful inspection and MPLS stateful inspection. However, users who wish to install a firewall on Ubuntu 20.04 should install the firewalld package from the Ubuntu distribution’s repositories and enable the firewalld service.