The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7289-4 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:

    - ARM64 architecture;

    - x86 architecture;

    - Block layer subsystem;

    - ACPI drivers;

    - GPU drivers;

    - HID subsystem;

    - I2C subsystem;

    - IIO ADC drivers;

    - IIO subsystem;

    - InfiniBand drivers;

    - IOMMU subsystem;

    - IRQ chip drivers;

    - Multiple devices driver;

    - Media drivers;

    - Network drivers;

    - STMicroelectronics network drivers;

    - Parport drivers;

    - Pin controllers subsystem;

    - Direct Digital Synthesis drivers;

    - TCM subsystem;

    - TTY drivers;

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

    - USB Serial drivers;

    - USB Type-C support driver;

    - USB Type-C Connector System Software Interface driver;

    - BTRFS file system;

    - File systems infrastructure;

    - Network file system (NFS) client;

    - NILFS2 file system;

    - NTFS3 file system;

    - SMB network file system;

    - User-space API (UAPI);

    - io_uring subsystem;

    - BPF subsystem;

    - Timer substystem drivers;

    - Tracing infrastructure;

    - Closures library;

    - Memory management;

    - Amateur Radio drivers;

    - Bluetooth subsystem;

    - Networking core;

    - IPv4 networking;

    - MAC80211 subsystem;

    - Multipath TCP;

    - Netfilter;

    - Network traffic control;

    - SCTP protocol;

    - XFRM subsystem;

    - Key management;

    - FireWire sound drivers;

    - HD-audio driver;

    - QCOM ASoC drivers;

    - STMicroelectronics SoC drivers;

    - KVM core; (CVE-2024-50082, CVE-2024-50134, CVE-2024-50142, CVE-2023-52913, CVE-2024-50205,     CVE-2024-50127, CVE-2024-50208, CVE-2024-50143, CVE-2024-50163, CVE-2024-53059, CVE-2024-50282,     CVE-2024-50279, CVE-2024-50296, CVE-2024-50295, CVE-2024-50010, CVE-2024-53088, CVE-2024-50128,     CVE-2024-50290, CVE-2024-50099, CVE-2024-50234, CVE-2024-50154, CVE-2024-53052, CVE-2024-50116,     CVE-2024-50168, CVE-2024-50086, CVE-2024-50267, CVE-2024-50156, CVE-2024-50110, CVE-2024-50103,     CVE-2024-50192, CVE-2024-40953, CVE-2024-50085, CVE-2024-50247, CVE-2024-50257, CVE-2024-50237,     CVE-2024-50185, CVE-2024-50198, CVE-2024-50229, CVE-2024-50171, CVE-2024-50259, CVE-2024-50209,     CVE-2024-50233, CVE-2024-35887, CVE-2024-50251, CVE-2024-50141, CVE-2024-53061, CVE-2024-50232,     CVE-2024-50167, CVE-2024-50201, CVE-2024-50193, CVE-2024-50269, CVE-2024-39497, CVE-2024-50036,     CVE-2024-50299, CVE-2024-50072, CVE-2024-53101, CVE-2024-50262, CVE-2024-50194, CVE-2024-50202,     CVE-2024-50101, CVE-2024-50151, CVE-2024-41080, CVE-2024-42291, CVE-2024-50245, CVE-2024-50278,     CVE-2024-50195, CVE-2024-50265, CVE-2024-50074, CVE-2024-53063, CVE-2024-50131, CVE-2024-53058,     CVE-2024-50160, CVE-2024-50287, CVE-2024-40965, CVE-2024-50273, CVE-2024-50268, CVE-2024-50302,     CVE-2024-50218, CVE-2024-50199, CVE-2024-50196, CVE-2024-50083, CVE-2024-50244, CVE-2024-50117,     CVE-2024-50058, CVE-2024-53055, CVE-2024-50182, CVE-2024-53097, CVE-2024-50236, CVE-2024-50162,     CVE-2024-50301, CVE-2024-50249, CVE-2024-50292, CVE-2024-50150, CVE-2024-50153, CVE-2024-50115,     CVE-2024-26718, CVE-2024-53104, CVE-2024-42252, CVE-2024-53066, CVE-2024-50148, CVE-2024-53042,     CVE-2024-50230, CVE-2024-41066)

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.

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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7289-4)

high Nessus Plugin ID 216911

Version 1.5

Version 1.4

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.5 Mar 6, 2025, 7:23 AM CISA reference Plugin Feed: 202503060723
Version 1.4 Mar 5, 2025, 8:29 AM CISA reference CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202503050829
Version 1.2 Mar 5, 2025, 1:16 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202503050116
Version 1.1 Feb 27, 2025, 8:05 PM New Plugin Feed: 202502272005