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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7391-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 233669

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7391-1 advisory.

 Chenyuan Yang discovered that the CEC driver driver in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-23848)

 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:

 - PowerPC architecture;

 - S390 architecture;

 - SuperH RISC architecture;

 - User-Mode Linux (UML);

 - x86 architecture;

 - Cryptographic API;

 - Virtio block driver;

 - Data acquisition framework and drivers;

 - Hardware crypto device drivers;

 - DMA engine subsystem;

 - EDAC drivers;

 - ARM SCPI message protocol;

 - GPIO subsystem;

 - GPU drivers;

 - HID subsystem;

 - Microsoft Hyper-V drivers;

 - I3C subsystem;

 - IIO ADC drivers;

 - IIO subsystem;

 - InfiniBand drivers;

 - LED subsystem;

 - Multiple devices driver;

 - Media drivers;

 - Multifunction device drivers;

 - MMC subsystem;

 - MTD block device drivers;

 - Network drivers;

 - Mellanox network drivers;

 - NVME drivers;

 - PCI subsystem;

 - Pin controllers subsystem;

 - x86 platform drivers;

 - Real Time Clock drivers;

 - SCSI subsystem;

 - SuperH / SH-Mobile drivers;

 - QCOM SoC drivers;

 - SPI subsystem;

 - USB Gadget drivers;

 - USB Serial drivers;

 - USB Type-C Port Controller Manager driver;

 - VFIO drivers;

 - Framebuffer layer;

 - Xen hypervisor drivers;

 - BTRFS file system;

 - Ext4 file system;

 - F2FS file system;

 - GFS2 file system;

 - File systems infrastructure;

 - JFFS2 file system;

 - JFS file system;

 - Network file system (NFS) client;

 - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;

 - NILFS2 file system;

 - Overlay file system;

 - Proc file system;

 - Diskquota system;

 - SMB network file system;

 - UBI file system;

 - Timer subsystem;

 - VLANs driver;

 - LAPB network protocol;

 - Kernel init infrastructure;

 - BPF subsystem;

 - Kernel CPU control infrastructure;

 - Tracing infrastructure;

 - Memory management;

 - 9P file system network protocol;

 - Bluetooth subsystem;

 - CAN network layer;

 - Networking core;

 - DCCP (Datagram Congestion Control Protocol);

 - IEEE802154.4 network protocol;

 - IPv4 networking;

 - IPv6 networking;

 - IEEE 802.15.4 subsystem;

 - Netfilter;

 - Netlink;

 - NET/ROM layer;

 - Packet sockets;

 - Network traffic control;

 - SCTP protocol;

 - Sun RPC protocol;

 - TIPC protocol;

 - eXpress Data Path;

 - SELinux security module;

 - USB sound devices; (CVE-2024-53172, CVE-2024-56572, CVE-2024-56739, CVE-2024-56643, CVE-2024-53131, CVE-2024-57904, CVE-2024-53145, CVE-2024-57908, CVE-2024-53155, CVE-2024-56691, CVE-2024-57901, CVE-2024-56595, CVE-2024-55916, CVE-2024-50051, CVE-2024-49936, CVE-2024-57900, CVE-2024-53239, CVE-2024-53142, CVE-2024-57889, CVE-2024-53217, CVE-2024-56619, CVE-2025-21653, CVE-2024-53140, CVE-2024-53130, CVE-2024-43098, CVE-2024-56746, CVE-2024-56650, CVE-2024-56723, CVE-2024-56558, CVE-2024-57884, CVE-2024-56601, CVE-2024-56581, CVE-2024-57906, CVE-2024-57948, CVE-2024-49996, CVE-2024-56598, CVE-2025-21638, CVE-2024-49925, CVE-2024-56767, CVE-2024-53127, CVE-2024-53181, CVE-2024-53194, CVE-2024-57902, CVE-2024-56630, CVE-2024-56567, CVE-2024-56602, CVE-2024-56562, CVE-2024-56596, CVE-2024-56570, CVE-2024-56670, CVE-2024-53135, CVE-2024-56629, CVE-2024-56769, CVE-2024-56637, CVE-2024-56681, CVE-2024-57910, CVE-2024-57892, CVE-2024-56574, CVE-2024-53121, CVE-2024-56532, CVE-2025-21689, CVE-2024-53156, CVE-2024-57912, CVE-2024-56597, CVE-2025-21640, CVE-2024-53690, CVE-2024-56548, CVE-2024-56633, CVE-2024-43900, CVE-2024-56631, CVE-2021-47219, CVE-2024-56659, CVE-2024-53158, CVE-2025-21639, CVE-2024-53136, CVE-2024-56615, CVE-2024-56586, CVE-2024-57946, CVE-2024-57911, CVE-2025-21699, CVE-2025-21664, CVE-2024-53174, CVE-2024-53184, CVE-2024-53138, CVE-2024-53680, CVE-2024-56593, CVE-2024-56644, CVE-2024-56720, CVE-2024-53197, CVE-2024-57802, CVE-2024-53157, CVE-2024-56756, CVE-2024-53171, CVE-2024-57931, CVE-2024-56600, CVE-2024-53112, CVE-2024-56770, CVE-2024-53214, CVE-2024-57849, CVE-2024-57890, CVE-2024-56634, CVE-2024-44938, CVE-2024-53183, CVE-2025-21697, CVE-2024-57929, CVE-2024-53165, CVE-2024-53161, CVE-2024-53150, CVE-2024-56606, CVE-2024-56748, CVE-2024-48881, CVE-2024-56594, CVE-2024-56645, CVE-2024-56781, CVE-2024-56531, CVE-2024-56605, CVE-2024-56779, CVE-2025-21678, CVE-2024-53227, CVE-2024-56688, CVE-2024-56576, CVE-2024-56587, CVE-2024-53124, CVE-2024-49884, CVE-2024-57850, CVE-2024-56569, CVE-2024-53148, CVE-2025-21694, CVE-2024-56700, CVE-2024-53173, CVE-2024-53198, CVE-2024-52332, CVE-2024-47707, CVE-2024-56539, CVE-2024-56704, CVE-2024-56747, CVE-2025-21687, CVE-2024-56690, CVE-2022-49034, CVE-2024-57938, CVE-2024-57951, CVE-2024-38588, CVE-2024-56603, CVE-2024-57807, CVE-2024-56780, CVE-2024-57922, CVE-2024-56642, CVE-2024-57913, CVE-2024-53146, CVE-2024-56614, CVE-2024-56694, CVE-2024-56724)

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-7391-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 233669

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7391-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/1/2025

Updated: 4/1/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2025-21687

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, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-211-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-211-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-211-generic

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/28/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-47219, CVE-2022-49034, CVE-2024-23848, CVE-2024-38588, CVE-2024-43098, CVE-2024-43900, CVE-2024-44938, CVE-2024-47707, CVE-2024-48881, CVE-2024-49884, CVE-2024-49925, CVE-2024-49936, CVE-2024-49996, CVE-2024-50051, CVE-2024-52332, CVE-2024-53112, CVE-2024-53121, CVE-2024-53124, CVE-2024-53127, CVE-2024-53130, CVE-2024-53131, CVE-2024-53135, CVE-2024-53136, CVE-2024-53138, CVE-2024-53140, CVE-2024-53142, CVE-2024-53145, CVE-2024-53146, CVE-2024-53148, CVE-2024-53150, CVE-2024-53155, CVE-2024-53156, CVE-2024-53157, CVE-2024-53158, CVE-2024-53161, CVE-2024-53165, CVE-2024-53171, CVE-2024-53172, CVE-2024-53173, CVE-2024-53174, CVE-2024-53181, CVE-2024-53183, CVE-2024-53184, CVE-2024-53194, CVE-2024-53197, CVE-2024-53198, CVE-2024-53214, CVE-2024-53217, CVE-2024-53227, CVE-2024-53239, CVE-2024-53680, CVE-2024-53690, CVE-2024-55916, CVE-2024-56531, CVE-2024-56532, CVE-2024-56539, CVE-2024-56548, CVE-2024-56558, CVE-2024-56562, CVE-2024-56567, CVE-2024-56569, CVE-2024-56570, CVE-2024-56572, CVE-2024-56574, CVE-2024-56576, CVE-2024-56581, CVE-2024-56586, CVE-2024-56587, CVE-2024-56593, CVE-2024-56594, CVE-2024-56595, CVE-2024-56596, CVE-2024-56597, CVE-2024-56598, CVE-2024-56600, CVE-2024-56601, CVE-2024-56602, CVE-2024-56603, CVE-2024-56605, CVE-2024-56606, CVE-2024-56614, CVE-2024-56615, CVE-2024-56619, CVE-2024-56629, CVE-2024-56630, CVE-2024-56631, CVE-2024-56633, CVE-2024-56634, CVE-2024-56637, CVE-2024-56642, CVE-2024-56643, CVE-2024-56644, CVE-2024-56645, CVE-2024-56650, CVE-2024-56659, CVE-2024-56670, CVE-2024-56681, CVE-2024-56688, CVE-2024-56690, CVE-2024-56691, CVE-2024-56694, CVE-2024-56700, CVE-2024-56704, CVE-2024-56720, CVE-2024-56723, CVE-2024-56724, CVE-2024-56739, CVE-2024-56746, CVE-2024-56747, CVE-2024-56748, CVE-2024-56756, CVE-2024-56767, CVE-2024-56769, CVE-2024-56770, CVE-2024-56779, CVE-2024-56780, CVE-2024-56781, CVE-2024-57802, CVE-2024-57807, CVE-2024-57849, CVE-2024-57850, CVE-2024-57884, CVE-2024-57889, CVE-2024-57890, CVE-2024-57892, CVE-2024-57900, CVE-2024-57901, CVE-2024-57902, CVE-2024-57904, CVE-2024-57906, CVE-2024-57908, CVE-2024-57910, CVE-2024-57911, CVE-2024-57912, CVE-2024-57913, CVE-2024-57922, CVE-2024-57929, CVE-2024-57931, CVE-2024-57938, CVE-2024-57946, CVE-2024-57948, CVE-2024-57951, CVE-2025-21638, CVE-2025-21639, CVE-2025-21640, CVE-2025-21653, CVE-2025-21664, CVE-2025-21678, CVE-2025-21687, CVE-2025-21689, CVE-2025-21694, CVE-2025-21697, CVE-2025-21699

USN: 7391-1