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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7303-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 216845

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7303-1 advisory.

 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;

 - x86 architecture;

 - Block layer subsystem;

 - Cryptographic API;

 - ACPI drivers;

 - Drivers core;

 - ATA over ethernet (AOE) driver;

 - Network block device driver;

 - TPM device driver;

 - Hardware crypto device drivers;

 - ARM SCMI message protocol;

 - EFI core;

 - GPU drivers;

 - I2C subsystem;

 - I3C subsystem;

 - InfiniBand drivers;

 - Input Device core drivers;

 - IOMMU subsystem;

 - Mailbox framework;

 - Media drivers;

 - Ethernet bonding driver;

 - Network drivers;

 - Mellanox network drivers;

 - STMicroelectronics network drivers;

 - NTB driver;

 - PCI subsystem;

 - Alibaba DDR Sub-System Driveway PMU driver;

 - x86 platform drivers;

 - Powercap sysfs driver;

 - Remote Processor subsystem;

 - SCSI subsystem;

 - USB Device Class drivers;

 - vDPA drivers;

 - Virtio Host (VHOST) subsystem;

 - Framebuffer layer;

 - AFS file system;

 - BTRFS file system;

 - File systems infrastructure;

 - Ceph distributed file system;

 - Ext4 file system;

 - F2FS file system;

 - JFS file system;

 - Network file systems library;

 - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;

 - NILFS2 file system;

 - SMB network file system;

 - BPF subsystem;

 - Virtio network driver;

 - TCP network protocol;

 - Perf events;

 - Padata parallel execution mechanism;

 - RCU subsystem;

 - Arbitrary resource management;

 - Static call mechanism;

 - Tracing infrastructure;

 - Memory management;

 - Bluetooth subsystem;

 - CAN network layer;

 - Networking core;

 - Distributed Switch Architecture;

 - IPv4 networking;

 - IPv6 networking;

 - MAC80211 subsystem;

 - IEEE 802.15.4 subsystem;

 - NCSI (Network Controller Sideband Interface) driver;

 - RxRPC session sockets;

 - SCTP protocol;

 - TIPC protocol;

 - Wireless networking;

 - AudioScience HPI driver;

 - KVM core; (CVE-2024-49852, CVE-2024-50175, CVE-2024-47709, CVE-2024-47671, CVE-2024-50179, CVE-2024-47743, CVE-2024-47687, CVE-2024-49934, CVE-2024-47700, CVE-2024-49892, CVE-2024-49866, CVE-2024-50012, CVE-2024-49860, CVE-2024-49948, CVE-2024-49882, CVE-2024-47744, CVE-2024-49905, CVE-2024-47728, CVE-2024-49874, CVE-2024-47678, CVE-2024-47688, CVE-2024-47737, CVE-2024-49859, CVE-2024-49947, CVE-2024-49994, CVE-2024-49986, CVE-2024-49917, CVE-2024-50000, CVE-2024-49962, CVE-2024-47733, CVE-2024-47741, CVE-2024-47685, CVE-2024-47752, CVE-2024-49960, CVE-2024-47754, CVE-2024-47675, CVE-2024-49958, CVE-2024-47748, CVE-2024-47679, CVE-2024-47690, CVE-2024-47740, CVE-2024-47672, CVE-2024-49883, CVE-2024-49928, CVE-2024-49961, CVE-2024-47677, CVE-2024-47706, CVE-2024-49955, CVE-2024-49907, CVE-2024-47745, CVE-2024-49963, CVE-2024-47723, CVE-2024-49897, CVE-2024-49927, CVE-2024-50008, CVE-2024-47713, CVE-2024-49894, CVE-2024-49903, CVE-2024-47747, CVE-2024-47705, CVE-2024-49976, CVE-2024-53144, CVE-2024-49983, CVE-2024-49937, CVE-2024-49953, CVE-2024-41016, CVE-2024-49969, CVE-2024-49982, CVE-2024-50007, CVE-2024-50015, CVE-2024-49889, CVE-2024-49923, CVE-2024-49850, CVE-2024-47720, CVE-2024-49973, CVE-2024-49991, CVE-2024-49901, CVE-2024-49881, CVE-2024-49911, CVE-2024-47710, CVE-2024-49981, CVE-2024-49918, CVE-2024-49861, CVE-2024-49959, CVE-2024-50005, CVE-2024-47701, CVE-2024-49855, CVE-2024-49987, CVE-2024-47704, CVE-2024-49977, CVE-2024-47670, CVE-2024-47707, CVE-2024-47735, CVE-2024-49996, CVE-2024-49868, CVE-2024-47749, CVE-2024-49985, CVE-2024-47753, CVE-2024-49877, CVE-2024-47716, CVE-2024-47731, CVE-2024-49880, CVE-2024-47715, CVE-2024-49931, CVE-2024-49856, CVE-2024-49929, CVE-2024-47689, CVE-2024-49885, CVE-2024-50002, CVE-2024-49999, CVE-2024-47734, CVE-2024-49909, CVE-2024-49871, CVE-2024-49915, CVE-2024-50013, CVE-2024-47682, CVE-2024-49864, CVE-2024-49949, CVE-2024-49933, CVE-2024-49975, CVE-2024-49863, CVE-2024-49867, CVE-2024-49951, CVE-2024-50014, CVE-2024-47739, CVE-2024-49886, CVE-2024-49891, CVE-2024-49879, CVE-2024-47696, CVE-2024-49896, CVE-2024-49988, CVE-2024-47691, CVE-2024-47732, CVE-2024-47742, CVE-2024-47698, CVE-2024-49925, CVE-2024-47695, CVE-2024-49898, CVE-2024-49989, CVE-2024-49913, CVE-2024-49935, CVE-2024-50017, CVE-2024-47703, CVE-2024-49954, CVE-2024-49875, CVE-2024-49858, CVE-2024-49997, CVE-2024-49895, CVE-2024-47719, CVE-2024-47750, CVE-2024-47693, CVE-2024-49926, CVE-2024-50001, CVE-2024-47718, CVE-2024-47714, CVE-2024-49919, CVE-2024-49938, CVE-2024-49952, CVE-2024-49942, CVE-2024-49957, CVE-2024-49930, CVE-2024-47702, CVE-2024-50006, CVE-2024-49888, CVE-2024-47756, CVE-2024-49890, CVE-2024-50176, CVE-2024-47686, CVE-2024-49978, CVE-2024-47697, CVE-2024-49974, CVE-2024-47751, CVE-2024-47712, CVE-2024-47727, CVE-2023-52917, CVE-2024-49980, CVE-2024-49965, CVE-2024-49878, CVE-2024-50016, CVE-2024-47738, CVE-2024-47681, CVE-2024-47699, CVE-2024-49998, CVE-2024-49902, CVE-2024-49966, CVE-2024-49884, CVE-2024-49936, CVE-2024-47757, CVE-2024-49851, CVE-2024-49924, CVE-2024-49944, CVE-2024-49912, CVE-2024-49992, CVE-2024-47684, CVE-2024-49950, CVE-2024-49939, CVE-2024-47730, CVE-2024-49853, CVE-2024-49862, CVE-2024-49900, CVE-2024-49876, CVE-2024-49945, CVE-2024-47673, CVE-2024-49870, CVE-2024-47692, CVE-2024-49946, CVE-2024-49995, CVE-2024-49922)

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-7303-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 216845

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7303-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/26/2025

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: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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: 7.9

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1022-nvidia-64k, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1022-nvidia, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1022-nvidia-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1022-nvidia-lowlatency-64k

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52917, CVE-2024-41016, CVE-2024-47670, CVE-2024-47671, CVE-2024-47672, CVE-2024-47673, CVE-2024-47675, CVE-2024-47677, CVE-2024-47678, CVE-2024-47679, CVE-2024-47681, CVE-2024-47682, CVE-2024-47684, CVE-2024-47685, CVE-2024-47686, CVE-2024-47687, CVE-2024-47688, CVE-2024-47689, CVE-2024-47690, CVE-2024-47691, CVE-2024-47692, CVE-2024-47693, CVE-2024-47695, CVE-2024-47696, CVE-2024-47697, CVE-2024-47698, CVE-2024-47699, CVE-2024-47700, CVE-2024-47701, CVE-2024-47702, CVE-2024-47703, CVE-2024-47704, CVE-2024-47705, CVE-2024-47706, CVE-2024-47707, CVE-2024-47709, CVE-2024-47710, CVE-2024-47712, CVE-2024-47713, CVE-2024-47714, CVE-2024-47715, CVE-2024-47716, CVE-2024-47718, CVE-2024-47719, CVE-2024-47720, CVE-2024-47723, CVE-2024-47727, CVE-2024-47728, CVE-2024-47730, CVE-2024-47731, CVE-2024-47732, CVE-2024-47733, CVE-2024-47734, CVE-2024-47735, CVE-2024-47737, CVE-2024-47738, CVE-2024-47739, CVE-2024-47740, CVE-2024-47741, CVE-2024-47742, CVE-2024-47743, CVE-2024-47744, CVE-2024-47745, CVE-2024-47747, CVE-2024-47748, CVE-2024-47749, CVE-2024-47750, CVE-2024-47751, CVE-2024-47752, CVE-2024-47753, CVE-2024-47754, CVE-2024-47756, CVE-2024-47757, CVE-2024-49850, CVE-2024-49851, CVE-2024-49852, CVE-2024-49853, CVE-2024-49855, CVE-2024-49856, CVE-2024-49858, CVE-2024-49859, CVE-2024-49860, CVE-2024-49861, CVE-2024-49862, CVE-2024-49863, CVE-2024-49864, CVE-2024-49866, CVE-2024-49867, CVE-2024-49868, CVE-2024-49870, CVE-2024-49871, CVE-2024-49874, CVE-2024-49875, CVE-2024-49876, CVE-2024-49877, CVE-2024-49878, CVE-2024-49879, CVE-2024-49880, CVE-2024-49881, CVE-2024-49882, CVE-2024-49883, CVE-2024-49884, CVE-2024-49885, CVE-2024-49886, CVE-2024-49888, CVE-2024-49889, CVE-2024-49890, CVE-2024-49891, CVE-2024-49892, CVE-2024-49894, CVE-2024-49895, CVE-2024-49896, CVE-2024-49897, CVE-2024-49898, CVE-2024-49900, CVE-2024-49901, CVE-2024-49902, CVE-2024-49903, CVE-2024-49905, CVE-2024-49907, CVE-2024-49909, CVE-2024-49911, CVE-2024-49912, CVE-2024-49913, CVE-2024-49915, CVE-2024-49917, CVE-2024-49918, CVE-2024-49919, CVE-2024-49922, CVE-2024-49923, CVE-2024-49924, CVE-2024-49925, CVE-2024-49926, CVE-2024-49927, CVE-2024-49928, CVE-2024-49929, CVE-2024-49930, CVE-2024-49931, CVE-2024-49933, CVE-2024-49934, CVE-2024-49935, CVE-2024-49936, CVE-2024-49937, CVE-2024-49938, CVE-2024-49939, CVE-2024-49942, CVE-2024-49944, CVE-2024-49945, CVE-2024-49946, CVE-2024-49947, CVE-2024-49948, CVE-2024-49949, CVE-2024-49950, CVE-2024-49951, CVE-2024-49952, CVE-2024-49953, CVE-2024-49954, CVE-2024-49955, CVE-2024-49957, CVE-2024-49958, CVE-2024-49959, CVE-2024-49960, CVE-2024-49961, CVE-2024-49962, CVE-2024-49963, CVE-2024-49965, CVE-2024-49966, CVE-2024-49969, CVE-2024-49973, CVE-2024-49974, CVE-2024-49975, CVE-2024-49976, CVE-2024-49977, CVE-2024-49978, CVE-2024-49980, CVE-2024-49981, CVE-2024-49982, CVE-2024-49983, CVE-2024-49985, CVE-2024-49986, CVE-2024-49987, CVE-2024-49988, CVE-2024-49989, CVE-2024-49991, CVE-2024-49992, CVE-2024-49994, CVE-2024-49995, CVE-2024-49996, CVE-2024-49997, CVE-2024-49998, CVE-2024-49999, CVE-2024-50000, CVE-2024-50001, CVE-2024-50002, CVE-2024-50005, CVE-2024-50006, CVE-2024-50007, CVE-2024-50008, CVE-2024-50012, CVE-2024-50013, CVE-2024-50014, CVE-2024-50015, CVE-2024-50016, CVE-2024-50017, CVE-2024-50175, CVE-2024-50176, CVE-2024-50179, CVE-2024-53144

USN: 7303-1