The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7448-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the CIFS network file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     verify the target namespace when handling upcalls. An attacker could use this to expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2025-2312)

    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:

    - GPIO subsystem;

    - GPU drivers;

    - IRQ chip drivers;

    - Network drivers;

    - Mellanox network drivers;

    - x86 platform drivers;

    - i.MX PM domains;

    - SCSI subsystem;

    - USB Serial drivers;

    - AFS file system;

    - GFS2 file system;

    - File systems infrastructure;

    - Proc file system;

    - SMB network file system;

    - Timer subsystem;

    - Kernel CPU control infrastructure;

    - Memory management;

    - Networking core;

    - Ethtool driver;

    - IEEE 802.15.4 subsystem;

    - Open vSwitch;

    - Network traffic control;

    - VMware vSockets driver; (CVE-2025-21694, CVE-2025-21993, CVE-2025-21684, CVE-2025-21681, CVE-2025-21675,     CVE-2025-21672, CVE-2025-21696, CVE-2025-21691, CVE-2025-21683, CVE-2025-21666, CVE-2025-21682,     CVE-2025-21697, CVE-2025-21668, CVE-2025-21701, CVE-2025-21670, CVE-2025-21676, CVE-2025-21695,     CVE-2025-21692, CVE-2025-21674, CVE-2025-21699, CVE-2024-57948, CVE-2025-21677, CVE-2024-57951,     CVE-2025-21702, CVE-2025-21700, CVE-2024-57949, CVE-2025-21669, CVE-2025-21703, CVE-2025-21756,     CVE-2025-21667, CVE-2024-57952, CVE-2024-57950, CVE-2025-21685, CVE-2025-21693, CVE-2025-21678,     CVE-2025-21665, CVE-2025-21680, CVE-2025-21689, CVE-2025-21690, CVE-2025-21673)

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 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7448-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 234778

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.2 May 2, 2025, 4:34 PM Plugin metadata (Add IAVM metadata) Plugin Feed: 202505021634
Version 1.1 Apr 24, 2025, 1:32 AM New Plugin Feed: 202504240132