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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7295-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 216766

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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-7295-1 advisory.

 Ye Zhang and Nicolas Wu discovered that the io_uring subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle locking for rings with IOPOLL, leading to a double-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-21400)

 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:

 - ARM64 architecture;

 - Block layer subsystem;

 - ACPI drivers;

 - Drivers core;

 - ATA over ethernet (AOE) driver;

 - TPM device driver;

 - GPIO subsystem;

 - GPU drivers;

 - HID subsystem;

 - I2C subsystem;

 - InfiniBand drivers;

 - Mailbox framework;

 - Multiple devices driver;

 - Media drivers;

 - Network drivers;

 - NTB driver;

 - Virtio pmem driver;

 - Parport drivers;

 - PCI subsystem;

 - SPI subsystem;

 - Direct Digital Synthesis drivers;

 - TTY drivers;

 - USB Device Class drivers;

 - USB Dual Role (OTG-ready) Controller drivers;

 - USB Serial drivers;

 - USB Type-C support driver;

 - Framebuffer layer;

 - BTRFS file system;

 - Ceph distributed file system;

 - Ext4 file system;

 - F2FS file system;

 - File systems infrastructure;

 - JFS file system;

 - Network file system (NFS) client;

 - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;

 - NILFS2 file system;

 - SMB network file system;

 - Network traffic control;

 - Network sockets;

 - TCP network protocol;

 - BPF subsystem;

 - Perf events;

 - Arbitrary resource management;

 - Timer substystem drivers;

 - Tracing infrastructure;

 - Closures library;

 - Memory management;

 - Amateur Radio drivers;

 - Bluetooth subsystem;

 - Ethernet bridge;

 - CAN network layer;

 - Networking core;

 - IPv4 networking;

 - IPv6 networking;

 - MAC80211 subsystem;

 - Netfilter;

 - Netlink;

 - SCTP protocol;

 - TIPC protocol;

 - VMware vSockets driver;

 - Wireless networking;

 - XFRM subsystem;

 - Key management;

 - FireWire sound drivers;

 - AudioScience HPI driver;

 - Amlogic Meson SoC drivers;

 - KVM core; (CVE-2024-50116, CVE-2024-43863, CVE-2024-47757, CVE-2024-50236, CVE-2024-53104, CVE-2024-47701, CVE-2024-46854, CVE-2024-50024, CVE-2024-46849, CVE-2024-50035, CVE-2024-50262, CVE-2024-50184, CVE-2023-52458, CVE-2024-47696, CVE-2024-49957, CVE-2024-47692, CVE-2024-50007, CVE-2024-49867, CVE-2024-49900, CVE-2024-50167, CVE-2024-47697, CVE-2024-53164, CVE-2024-50179, CVE-2024-44931, CVE-2024-50301, CVE-2024-50218, CVE-2024-49995, CVE-2024-47742, CVE-2024-47756, CVE-2021-47469, CVE-2024-49982, CVE-2024-50229, CVE-2024-49851, CVE-2024-47685, CVE-2024-50265, CVE-2024-50195, CVE-2024-47747, CVE-2024-50273, CVE-2024-53066, CVE-2024-49924, CVE-2024-49963, CVE-2024-50287, CVE-2024-49948, CVE-2024-47674, CVE-2024-40967, CVE-2024-35887, CVE-2024-50044, CVE-2024-50099, CVE-2024-53059, CVE-2024-50171, CVE-2024-50082, CVE-2024-41066, CVE-2024-50202, CVE-2024-49868, CVE-2024-49952, CVE-2024-49965, CVE-2024-50296, CVE-2024-49903, CVE-2024-50194, CVE-2024-47712, CVE-2024-53101, CVE-2024-40953, CVE-2024-47706, CVE-2024-49958, CVE-2024-50059, CVE-2024-47713, CVE-2024-47737, CVE-2024-49902, CVE-2024-49959, CVE-2024-53103, CVE-2024-49973, CVE-2024-50045, CVE-2024-47710, CVE-2024-50131, CVE-2024-47671, CVE-2024-50205, CVE-2024-47672, CVE-2024-50234, CVE-2024-50233, CVE-2024-49860, CVE-2024-50127, CVE-2024-50168, CVE-2024-49962, CVE-2024-38544, CVE-2024-47749, CVE-2024-49949, CVE-2024-50096, CVE-2024-50033, CVE-2024-49955, CVE-2024-49938, CVE-2024-47698, CVE-2024-50230, CVE-2024-47723, CVE-2024-49877, CVE-2024-50180, CVE-2024-49879, CVE-2024-53061, CVE-2024-47679, CVE-2024-49892, CVE-2024-50299, CVE-2024-49896, CVE-2024-40911, CVE-2024-50134, CVE-2024-47740, CVE-2024-50039, CVE-2024-49985, CVE-2024-41016, CVE-2024-50269, CVE-2024-50290, CVE-2024-49882, CVE-2024-47699, CVE-2023-52917, CVE-2024-50267, CVE-2024-50151, CVE-2024-50251, CVE-2024-49966, CVE-2024-49981, CVE-2024-50008, CVE-2024-50006, CVE-2024-50117, CVE-2024-47670, CVE-2024-46853, CVE-2024-50282, CVE-2024-46731, CVE-2024-35896, CVE-2024-53141, CVE-2024-50279, CVE-2024-50040, CVE-2024-49883, CVE-2024-49878, CVE-2024-47684, CVE-2024-49997, CVE-2024-53063, CVE-2024-50302, CVE-2024-42252, CVE-2024-47709, CVE-2024-49894, CVE-2024-50142, CVE-2024-49944, CVE-2024-50278, CVE-2024-50150, CVE-2024-40965, CVE-2024-50237, CVE-2024-49975, CVE-2024-50074, CVE-2024-50143, CVE-2024-50199, CVE-2024-50148)

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-7295-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 216766

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7295-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/25/2025

Updated: 2/26/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-47685

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1058-xilinx-zynqmp, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/25/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2021

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 2/26/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-47469, CVE-2023-21400, CVE-2023-52458, CVE-2023-52917, CVE-2024-35887, CVE-2024-35896, CVE-2024-38544, CVE-2024-40911, CVE-2024-40953, CVE-2024-40965, CVE-2024-40967, CVE-2024-41016, CVE-2024-41066, CVE-2024-42252, CVE-2024-43863, CVE-2024-44931, CVE-2024-46731, CVE-2024-46849, CVE-2024-46853, CVE-2024-46854, CVE-2024-47670, CVE-2024-47671, CVE-2024-47672, CVE-2024-47674, CVE-2024-47679, CVE-2024-47684, CVE-2024-47685, CVE-2024-47692, CVE-2024-47696, CVE-2024-47697, CVE-2024-47698, CVE-2024-47699, CVE-2024-47701, CVE-2024-47706, CVE-2024-47709, CVE-2024-47710, CVE-2024-47712, CVE-2024-47713, CVE-2024-47723, CVE-2024-47737, CVE-2024-47740, CVE-2024-47742, CVE-2024-47747, CVE-2024-47749, CVE-2024-47756, CVE-2024-47757, CVE-2024-49851, CVE-2024-49860, CVE-2024-49867, CVE-2024-49868, CVE-2024-49877, CVE-2024-49878, CVE-2024-49879, CVE-2024-49882, CVE-2024-49883, CVE-2024-49892, CVE-2024-49894, CVE-2024-49896, CVE-2024-49900, CVE-2024-49902, CVE-2024-49903, CVE-2024-49924, CVE-2024-49938, CVE-2024-49944, CVE-2024-49948, CVE-2024-49949, CVE-2024-49952, CVE-2024-49955, CVE-2024-49957, CVE-2024-49958, CVE-2024-49959, CVE-2024-49962, CVE-2024-49963, CVE-2024-49965, CVE-2024-49966, CVE-2024-49973, CVE-2024-49975, CVE-2024-49981, CVE-2024-49982, CVE-2024-49985, CVE-2024-49995, CVE-2024-49997, CVE-2024-50006, CVE-2024-50007, CVE-2024-50008, CVE-2024-50024, CVE-2024-50033, CVE-2024-50035, CVE-2024-50039, CVE-2024-50040, CVE-2024-50044, CVE-2024-50045, CVE-2024-50059, CVE-2024-50074, CVE-2024-50082, CVE-2024-50096, CVE-2024-50099, CVE-2024-50116, CVE-2024-50117, CVE-2024-50127, CVE-2024-50131, CVE-2024-50134, CVE-2024-50142, CVE-2024-50143, CVE-2024-50148, CVE-2024-50150, CVE-2024-50151, CVE-2024-50167, CVE-2024-50168, CVE-2024-50171, CVE-2024-50179, CVE-2024-50180, CVE-2024-50184, CVE-2024-50194, CVE-2024-50195, CVE-2024-50199, CVE-2024-50202, CVE-2024-50205, CVE-2024-50218, CVE-2024-50229, CVE-2024-50230, CVE-2024-50233, CVE-2024-50234, CVE-2024-50236, CVE-2024-50237, CVE-2024-50251, CVE-2024-50262, CVE-2024-50265, CVE-2024-50267, CVE-2024-50269, CVE-2024-50273, CVE-2024-50278, CVE-2024-50279, CVE-2024-50282, CVE-2024-50287, CVE-2024-50290, CVE-2024-50296, CVE-2024-50299, CVE-2024-50301, CVE-2024-50302, CVE-2024-53059, CVE-2024-53061, CVE-2024-53063, CVE-2024-53066, CVE-2024-53101, CVE-2024-53103, CVE-2024-53104, CVE-2024-53141, CVE-2024-53164

USN: 7295-1