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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities (USN-7195-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 213656

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7195-1 advisory.

 Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could possibly trigger this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-38096)

 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:

 - ARM32 architecture;

 - ARM64 architecture;

 - S390 architecture;

 - x86 architecture;

 - Power management core;

 - GPU drivers;

 - InfiniBand drivers;

 - Network drivers;

 - S/390 drivers;

 - SCSI subsystem;

 - TTY drivers;

 - BTRFS file system;

 - Ext4 file system;

 - EROFS file system;

 - F2FS file system;

 - File systems infrastructure;

 - BPF subsystem;

 - Socket messages infrastructure;

 - Bluetooth subsystem;

 - Memory management;

 - Amateur Radio drivers;

 - Ethernet bridge;

 - Networking core;

 - IPv4 networking;

 - Network traffic control;

 - Sun RPC protocol;

 - VMware vSockets driver;

 - SELinux security module; (CVE-2024-42240, CVE-2024-36938, CVE-2024-35967, CVE-2024-36953, CVE-2022-48938, CVE-2024-38553, CVE-2024-35904, CVE-2024-35965, CVE-2024-26947, CVE-2024-36968, CVE-2024-43892, CVE-2024-38597, CVE-2023-52498, CVE-2021-47501, CVE-2024-44942, CVE-2024-42077, CVE-2024-53057, CVE-2024-46724, CVE-2024-35963, CVE-2022-48943, CVE-2024-42068, CVE-2024-42156, CVE-2022-48733, CVE-2023-52639, CVE-2021-47101, CVE-2023-52821, CVE-2024-44940, CVE-2024-36952, CVE-2021-47001, CVE-2024-38538, CVE-2024-40910, CVE-2021-47076, CVE-2024-35966, CVE-2024-50264, CVE-2024-35951, CVE-2023-52488, CVE-2023-52497, CVE-2024-49967)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected kernel package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7195-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 213656

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7195-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/9/2025

Updated: 1/9/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-53057

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1142-azure

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-47001, CVE-2021-47076, CVE-2021-47101, CVE-2021-47501, CVE-2022-38096, CVE-2022-48733, CVE-2022-48938, CVE-2022-48943, CVE-2023-52488, CVE-2023-52497, CVE-2023-52498, CVE-2023-52639, CVE-2023-52821, CVE-2024-26947, CVE-2024-35904, CVE-2024-35951, CVE-2024-35963, CVE-2024-35965, CVE-2024-35966, CVE-2024-35967, CVE-2024-36938, CVE-2024-36952, CVE-2024-36953, CVE-2024-36968, CVE-2024-38538, CVE-2024-38553, CVE-2024-38597, CVE-2024-40910, CVE-2024-42068, CVE-2024-42077, CVE-2024-42156, CVE-2024-42240, CVE-2024-43892, CVE-2024-44940, CVE-2024-44942, CVE-2024-46724, CVE-2024-49967, CVE-2024-50264, CVE-2024-53057

USN: 7195-1