Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7513-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 236873

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-7513-1 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:

- RISC-V architecture;

- x86 architecture;

- Block layer subsystem;

- Compute Acceleration Framework;

- ACPI drivers;

- Drivers core;

- Ublk userspace block driver;

- Virtio block driver;

- DMA engine subsystem;

- GPU drivers;

- Microsoft Hyper-V drivers;

- Hardware monitoring drivers;

- IIO ADC drivers;

- IIO subsystem;

- InfiniBand drivers;

- Multiple devices driver;

- Media drivers;

- Microchip PCI driver;

- Network drivers;

- Mellanox network drivers;

- STMicroelectronics network drivers;

- PCI subsystem;

- Pin controllers subsystem;

- x86 platform drivers;

- Power supply drivers;

- SCSI subsystem;

- USB Gadget drivers;

- TDX Guest driver;

- AFS file system;

- BTRFS file system;

- Ceph distributed file system;

- EROFS file system;

- File systems infrastructure;

- Network file systems library;

- NILFS2 file system;

- Overlay file system;

- SMB network file system;

- VLANs driver;

- Memory management;

- LAPB network protocol;

- io_uring subsystem;

- BPF subsystem;

- Control group (cgroup);

- Tracing infrastructure;

- Workqueue subsystem;

- Bluetooth subsystem;

- Networking core;

- IPv4 networking;

- IPv6 networking;

- MAC80211 subsystem;

- Multipath TCP;

- Netfilter;

- NET/ROM layer;

- Packet sockets;

- RDS protocol;

- Network traffic control;

- SCTP protocol;

- SMC sockets;

- Wireless networking;

- SELinux security module;

- ALSA framework;

- SOF drivers; (CVE-2024-56372, CVE-2025-21639, CVE-2024-57897, CVE-2024-56770, CVE-2024-57898, CVE-2025-21655, CVE-2024-56667, CVE-2024-41013, CVE-2024-57888, CVE-2025-21658, CVE-2024-57911, CVE-2024-56654, CVE-2024-57904, CVE-2024-56664, CVE-2024-57806, CVE-2024-56758, CVE-2024-57912, CVE-2025-21649, CVE-2024-56369, CVE-2025-21656, CVE-2025-21643, CVE-2024-57884, CVE-2025-21640, CVE-2024-56769, CVE-2024-57939, CVE-2025-21635, CVE-2024-57902, CVE-2024-36476, CVE-2025-21646, CVE-2024-57887, CVE-2024-57882, CVE-2024-57792, CVE-2024-56759, CVE-2024-57901, CVE-2024-56764, CVE-2025-21654, CVE-2024-57899, CVE-2025-21664, CVE-2024-56715, CVE-2024-56760, CVE-2024-57926, CVE-2024-57938, CVE-2025-21637, CVE-2024-55881, CVE-2024-57916, CVE-2024-57908, CVE-2024-57910, CVE-2024-57892, CVE-2024-57890, CVE-2024-56662, CVE-2024-57793, CVE-2024-47408, CVE-2024-49568, CVE-2024-57946, CVE-2024-53690, CVE-2024-56716, CVE-2024-57801, CVE-2024-56670, CVE-2024-56709, CVE-2024-57885, CVE-2024-57791, CVE-2024-38608, CVE-2024-56763, CVE-2024-57906, CVE-2024-47736, CVE-2024-56761, CVE-2024-56659, CVE-2025-21636, CVE-2024-57913, CVE-2024-56710, CVE-2025-21660, CVE-2024-57945, CVE-2024-39282, CVE-2024-53687, CVE-2024-57907, CVE-2024-53179, CVE-2025-21659, CVE-2024-57805, CVE-2024-57889, CVE-2024-57940, CVE-2025-21645, CVE-2024-56660, CVE-2024-56718, CVE-2024-57802, CVE-2024-56767, CVE-2024-56717, CVE-2024-58087, CVE-2025-21647, CVE-2025-21650, CVE-2024-57895, CVE-2025-21632, CVE-2024-54193, CVE-2024-57893, CVE-2025-21652, CVE-2025-21634, CVE-2024-56652, CVE-2024-57929, CVE-2024-57804, CVE-2024-57925, CVE-2024-57932, CVE-2024-54683, CVE-2025-21663, CVE-2024-56665, CVE-2024-54455, CVE-2025-21642, CVE-2024-57931, CVE-2025-21971, CVE-2024-56656, CVE-2025-21651, CVE-2024-49571, CVE-2025-21631, CVE-2024-56675, CVE-2024-53125, CVE-2025-21938, CVE-2024-57879, CVE-2024-56657, CVE-2024-57807, CVE-2024-57841, CVE-2024-57903, CVE-2024-53685, CVE-2024-57896, CVE-2024-57900, CVE-2024-57883, CVE-2024-58237, CVE-2025-21638, CVE-2024-55639, CVE-2025-21653, CVE-2025-21648, CVE-2024-54460, CVE-2024-57933, CVE-2024-55916, CVE-2024-57917, CVE-2025-21662)

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-7513-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 236873

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7513-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/16/2025

Updated: 5/16/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-58087

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1026-oracle, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-60-lowlatency-64k, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1029-aws, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-60-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1026-oracle-64k, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-36476, CVE-2024-38608, CVE-2024-39282, CVE-2024-41013, CVE-2024-47408, CVE-2024-47736, CVE-2024-49568, CVE-2024-49571, CVE-2024-53125, CVE-2024-53179, CVE-2024-53685, CVE-2024-53687, CVE-2024-53690, CVE-2024-54193, CVE-2024-54455, CVE-2024-54460, CVE-2024-54683, CVE-2024-55639, CVE-2024-55881, CVE-2024-55916, CVE-2024-56369, CVE-2024-56372, CVE-2024-56652, CVE-2024-56654, CVE-2024-56656, CVE-2024-56657, CVE-2024-56659, CVE-2024-56660, CVE-2024-56662, CVE-2024-56664, CVE-2024-56665, CVE-2024-56667, CVE-2024-56670, CVE-2024-56675, CVE-2024-56709, CVE-2024-56710, CVE-2024-56715, CVE-2024-56716, CVE-2024-56717, CVE-2024-56718, CVE-2024-56758, CVE-2024-56759, CVE-2024-56760, CVE-2024-56761, CVE-2024-56763, CVE-2024-56764, CVE-2024-56767, CVE-2024-56769, CVE-2024-56770, CVE-2024-57791, CVE-2024-57792, CVE-2024-57793, CVE-2024-57801, CVE-2024-57802, CVE-2024-57804, CVE-2024-57805, CVE-2024-57806, CVE-2024-57807, CVE-2024-57841, CVE-2024-57879, CVE-2024-57882, CVE-2024-57883, CVE-2024-57884, CVE-2024-57885, CVE-2024-57887, CVE-2024-57888, CVE-2024-57889, CVE-2024-57890, CVE-2024-57892, CVE-2024-57893, CVE-2024-57895, CVE-2024-57896, CVE-2024-57897, CVE-2024-57898, CVE-2024-57899, CVE-2024-57900, CVE-2024-57901, CVE-2024-57902, CVE-2024-57903, CVE-2024-57904, CVE-2024-57906, CVE-2024-57907, CVE-2024-57908, CVE-2024-57910, CVE-2024-57911, CVE-2024-57912, CVE-2024-57913, CVE-2024-57916, CVE-2024-57917, CVE-2024-57925, CVE-2024-57926, CVE-2024-57929, CVE-2024-57931, CVE-2024-57932, CVE-2024-57933, CVE-2024-57938, CVE-2024-57939, CVE-2024-57940, CVE-2024-57945, CVE-2024-57946, CVE-2024-58087, CVE-2024-58237, CVE-2025-21631, CVE-2025-21632, CVE-2025-21634, CVE-2025-21635, CVE-2025-21636, CVE-2025-21637, CVE-2025-21638, CVE-2025-21639, CVE-2025-21640, CVE-2025-21642, CVE-2025-21643, CVE-2025-21645, CVE-2025-21646, CVE-2025-21647, CVE-2025-21648, CVE-2025-21649, CVE-2025-21650, CVE-2025-21651, CVE-2025-21652, CVE-2025-21653, CVE-2025-21654, CVE-2025-21655, CVE-2025-21656, CVE-2025-21658, CVE-2025-21659, CVE-2025-21660, CVE-2025-21662, CVE-2025-21663, CVE-2025-21664, CVE-2025-21938, CVE-2025-21971

USN: 7513-1