[USN-7494-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Giampaolo Fresi Roglia giampaolo.fresi.roglia at canonical.com
Tue May 6 14:45:13 UTC 2025


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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7494-1
May 06, 2025

linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.15, linux-gcp, linux-gke, linux-gkeop,
linux-hwe-5.15, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.15, linux-intel-iotg,
linux-intel-iotg-5.15, linux-kvm, linux-lowlatency,
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-tegra,
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx, 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: Linux kernel for NVIDIA systems
- linux-nvidia-tegra: Linux kernel for NVIDIA Tegra systems
- linux-nvidia-tegra-igx: Linux kernel for NVIDIA Tegra IGX 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-hwe-5.15: Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel
- linux-ibm-5.15: Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems
- linux-intel-iotg-5.15: Linux kernel for Intel IoT platforms
- 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:
  - Network drivers;
  - Netfilter;
(CVE-2023-52664, CVE-2023-52927)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  linux-image-5.15.0-1024-nvidia-tegra-igx  5.15.0-1024.24
  linux-image-5.15.0-1024-nvidia-tegra-igx-rt  5.15.0-1024.24
  linux-image-5.15.0-1036-nvidia-tegra  5.15.0-1036.36
  linux-image-5.15.0-1036-nvidia-tegra-rt  5.15.0-1036.36
  linux-image-5.15.0-1065-gkeop   5.15.0-1065.73
  linux-image-5.15.0-1075-ibm     5.15.0-1075.78
  linux-image-5.15.0-1077-nvidia  5.15.0-1077.78
  linux-image-5.15.0-1077-nvidia-lowlatency  5.15.0-1077.78
  linux-image-5.15.0-1077-raspi   5.15.0-1077.80
  linux-image-5.15.0-1078-intel-iotg  5.15.0-1078.84
  linux-image-5.15.0-1079-kvm     5.15.0-1079.84
  linux-image-5.15.0-1080-gke     5.15.0-1080.86
  linux-image-5.15.0-1080-oracle  5.15.0-1080.86
  linux-image-5.15.0-1082-gcp     5.15.0-1082.91
  linux-image-5.15.0-1083-aws     5.15.0-1083.90
  linux-image-5.15.0-139-generic  5.15.0-139.149
  linux-image-5.15.0-139-generic-64k  5.15.0-139.149
  linux-image-5.15.0-139-generic-lpae  5.15.0-139.149
  linux-image-5.15.0-139-lowlatency  5.15.0-139.149
  linux-image-5.15.0-139-lowlatency-64k  5.15.0-139.149
  linux-image-aws-lts-22.04       5.15.0.1083.85
  linux-image-gcp-lts-22.04       5.15.0.1082.78
  linux-image-generic             5.15.0.139.135
  linux-image-generic-64k         5.15.0.139.135
  linux-image-generic-lpae        5.15.0.139.135
  linux-image-gke                 5.15.0.1080.79
  linux-image-gke-5.15            5.15.0.1080.79
  linux-image-gkeop               5.15.0.1065.64
  linux-image-gkeop-5.15          5.15.0.1065.64
  linux-image-ibm                 5.15.0.1075.71
  linux-image-intel-iotg          5.15.0.1078.78
  linux-image-kvm                 5.15.0.1079.75
  linux-image-lowlatency          5.15.0.139.125
  linux-image-lowlatency-64k      5.15.0.139.125
  linux-image-nvidia              5.15.0.1077.77
  linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency   5.15.0.1077.77
  linux-image-nvidia-tegra        5.15.0.1036.36
  linux-image-nvidia-tegra-igx    5.15.0.1024.26
  linux-image-nvidia-tegra-igx-rt  5.15.0.1024.26
  linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rt     5.15.0.1036.36
  linux-image-oracle-lts-22.04    5.15.0.1080.76
  linux-image-raspi               5.15.0.1077.75
  linux-image-raspi-nolpae        5.15.0.1077.75
  linux-image-virtual             5.15.0.139.135

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  linux-image-5.15.0-1075-ibm     5.15.0-1075.78~20.04.1
  linux-image-5.15.0-1078-intel-iotg  5.15.0-1078.84~20.04.1
  linux-image-5.15.0-1080-oracle  5.15.0-1080.86~20.04.1
  linux-image-5.15.0-1083-aws     5.15.0-1083.90~20.04.1
  linux-image-5.15.0-139-generic  5.15.0-139.149~20.04.1
  linux-image-5.15.0-139-generic-64k  5.15.0-139.149~20.04.1
  linux-image-5.15.0-139-generic-lpae  5.15.0-139.149~20.04.1
  linux-image-5.15.0-139-lowlatency  5.15.0-139.149~20.04.1
  linux-image-5.15.0-139-lowlatency-64k  5.15.0-139.149~20.04.1
  linux-image-aws                 5.15.0.1083.90~20.04.1
  linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04  5.15.0.139.149~20.04.1
  linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04   5.15.0.139.149~20.04.1
  linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04  5.15.0.139.149~20.04.1
  linux-image-ibm                 5.15.0.1075.78~20.04.1
  linux-image-intel               5.15.0.1078.84~20.04.1
  linux-image-intel-iotg          5.15.0.1078.84~20.04.1
  linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-20.04  5.15.0.139.149~20.04.1
  linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04  5.15.0.139.149~20.04.1
  linux-image-oem-20.04           5.15.0.139.149~20.04.1
  linux-image-oem-20.04b          5.15.0.139.149~20.04.1
  linux-image-oem-20.04c          5.15.0.139.149~20.04.1
  linux-image-oem-20.04d          5.15.0.139.149~20.04.1
  linux-image-oracle              5.15.0.1080.86~20.04.1
  linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04   5.15.0.139.149~20.04.1

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-7494-1
  CVE-2023-52664, CVE-2023-52927

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/5.15.0-139.149
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws/5.15.0-1083.90
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp/5.15.0-1082.91
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gke/5.15.0-1080.86
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gkeop/5.15.0-1065.73
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ibm/5.15.0-1075.78
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-intel-iotg/5.15.0-1078.84
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-kvm/5.15.0-1079.84
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lowlatency/5.15.0-139.149
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-nvidia/5.15.0-1077.78
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-nvidia-tegra/5.15.0-1036.36
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-nvidia-tegra-igx/5.15.0-1024.24
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oracle/5.15.0-1080.86
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-raspi/5.15.0-1077.80
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws-5.15/5.15.0-1083.90~20.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-hwe-5.15/5.15.0-139.149~20.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ibm-5.15/5.15.0-1075.78~20.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-intel-iotg-5.15/5.15.0-1078.84~20.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15/5.15.0-139.149~20.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oracle-5.15/5.15.0-1080.86~20.04.1

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