[USN-7406-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Rodrigo Figueiredo Zaiden rodrigo.zaiden at canonical.com
Wed Apr 2 14:52:09 UTC 2025


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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7406-1
April 02, 2025

linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.15, linux-gcp, linux-gke, linux-gkeop,
linux-ibm, linux-intel-iotg, linux-kvm, linux-lowlatency,
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15, linux-meta-raspi, linux-nvidia-tegra,
linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.15, linux-raspi vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel
- linux-aws: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems
- linux-gcp: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems
- linux-gke: Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems
- linux-gkeop: Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems
- linux-ibm: Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems
- linux-intel-iotg: Linux kernel for Intel IoT platforms
- linux-kvm: Linux kernel for cloud environments
- linux-lowlatency: Linux low latency kernel
- linux-nvidia-tegra: Linux kernel for NVIDIA Tegra systems
- linux-oracle: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems
- linux-raspi: Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi systems
- linux-aws-5.15: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems
- linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15: Linux low latency kernel
- linux-oracle-5.15: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems

Details:

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
   - GPU drivers;
   - SMB network file system;
   - Network namespace;
   - Networking core;
(CVE-2024-26928, CVE-2024-56658, CVE-2024-35864, CVE-2024-57798)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   linux-image-5.15.0-1034-nvidia-tegra  5.15.0-1034.34
   linux-image-5.15.0-1034-nvidia-tegra-rt  5.15.0-1034.34
   linux-image-5.15.0-1063-gkeop   5.15.0-1063.71
   linux-image-5.15.0-1073-ibm     5.15.0-1073.76
   linux-image-5.15.0-1075-raspi   5.15.0-1075.78
   linux-image-5.15.0-1076-intel-iotg  5.15.0-1076.82
   linux-image-5.15.0-1077-kvm     5.15.0-1077.82
   linux-image-5.15.0-1078-gke     5.15.0-1078.84
   linux-image-5.15.0-1078-oracle  5.15.0-1078.84
   linux-image-5.15.0-1080-gcp     5.15.0-1080.89
   linux-image-5.15.0-1081-aws     5.15.0-1081.88
   linux-image-5.15.0-136-generic  5.15.0-136.147
   linux-image-5.15.0-136-generic-64k  5.15.0-136.147
   linux-image-5.15.0-136-generic-lpae  5.15.0-136.147
   linux-image-5.15.0-136-lowlatency  5.15.0-136.147
   linux-image-5.15.0-136-lowlatency-64k  5.15.0-136.147
   linux-image-aws-lts-22.04       5.15.0.1081.83
   linux-image-gcp-lts-22.04       5.15.0.1080.76
   linux-image-generic             5.15.0.136.134
   linux-image-generic-64k         5.15.0.136.134
   linux-image-generic-lpae        5.15.0.136.134
   linux-image-gke                 5.15.0.1078.77
   linux-image-gke-5.15            5.15.0.1078.77
   linux-image-gkeop               5.15.0.1063.62
   linux-image-gkeop-5.15          5.15.0.1063.62
   linux-image-ibm                 5.15.0.1073.69
   linux-image-intel-iotg          5.15.0.1076.76
   linux-image-kvm                 5.15.0.1077.73
   linux-image-lowlatency          5.15.0.136.123
   linux-image-lowlatency-64k      5.15.0.136.123
   linux-image-nvidia-tegra        5.15.0.1034.34
   linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rt     5.15.0.1034.34
   linux-image-oracle-lts-22.04    5.15.0.1078.74
   linux-image-raspi               5.15.0.1075.73
   linux-image-raspi-nolpae        5.15.0.1075.73
   linux-image-virtual             5.15.0.136.134

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   linux-image-5.15.0-1078-oracle  5.15.0-1078.84~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-1081-aws     5.15.0-1081.88~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-136-lowlatency  5.15.0-136.147~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-136-lowlatency-64k  5.15.0-136.147~20.04.1
   linux-image-aws                 5.15.0.1081.88~20.04.1
   linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-20.04  5.15.0.136.147~20.04.1
   linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04  5.15.0.136.147~20.04.1
   linux-image-oracle              5.15.0.1078.84~20.04.1

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have
been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and
reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed.
Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages
(e.g. linux-generic, linux-generic-lts-RELEASE, linux-virtual,
linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform
this as well.

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7406-1
   CVE-2024-26928, CVE-2024-35864, CVE-2024-56658, CVE-2024-57798

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/5.15.0-136.147
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws/5.15.0-1081.88
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp/5.15.0-1080.89
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gke/5.15.0-1078.84
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gkeop/5.15.0-1063.71
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ibm/5.15.0-1073.76
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-intel-iotg/5.15.0-1076.82
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-kvm/5.15.0-1077.82
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lowlatency/5.15.0-136.147
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-nvidia-tegra/5.15.0-1034.34
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oracle/5.15.0-1078.84
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-raspi/5.15.0-1075.78
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws-5.15/5.15.0-1081.88~20.04.1
  
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15/5.15.0-136.147~20.04.1
  
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oracle-5.15/5.15.0-1078.84~20.04.1

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