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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities (USN-7512-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 236879

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7512-1 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:

 - ARM64 architecture;

 - PowerPC architecture;

 - x86 architecture;

 - Block layer subsystem;

 - Network block device driver;

 - Bus devices;

 - Character device driver;

 - TPM device driver;

 - Clock framework and drivers;

 - GPIO subsystem;

 - GPU drivers;

 - HID subsystem;

 - I2C subsystem;

 - InfiniBand drivers;

 - Media drivers;

 - NVIDIA Tegra memory controller driver;

 - Network drivers;

 - PCI subsystem;

 - PPS (Pulse Per Second) driver;

 - PTP clock framework;

 - RapidIO drivers;

 - Real Time Clock drivers;

 - SLIMbus drivers;

 - QCOM SoC drivers;

 - Trusted Execution Environment drivers;

 - TTY drivers;

 - USB DSL drivers;

 - USB Device Class drivers;

 - USB core drivers;

 - USB Gadget drivers;

 - USB Host Controller drivers;

 - Renesas USBHS Controller drivers;

 - ACRN Hypervisor Service Module driver;

 - File systems infrastructure;

 - BTRFS file system;

 - F2FS file system;

 - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;

 - NILFS2 file system;

 - Overlay file system;

 - SMB network file system;

 - UBI file system;

 - KVM subsystem;

 - L3 Master device support module;

 - Netfilter;

 - Process Accounting mechanism;

 - Padata parallel execution mechanism;

 - printk logging mechanism;

 - Scheduler infrastructure;

 - Timer subsystem;

 - Tracing infrastructure;

 - Memory management;

 - 802.1Q VLAN protocol;

 - B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;

 - Networking core;

 - IPv4 networking;

 - IPv6 networking;

 - Logical Link layer;

 - Multipath TCP;

 - NFC subsystem;

 - Open vSwitch;

 - Rose network layer;

 - Network traffic control;

 - Wireless networking;

 - Landlock security;

 - Linux Security Modules (LSM) Framework;

 - Tomoyo security module; (CVE-2025-21914, CVE-2024-58090, CVE-2024-58017, CVE-2024-58069, CVE-2025-21920, CVE-2025-21935, CVE-2024-57977, CVE-2025-21763, CVE-2025-21684, CVE-2025-21721, CVE-2025-21736, CVE-2024-58020, CVE-2025-21799, CVE-2025-21904, CVE-2025-21934, CVE-2025-21719, CVE-2025-21811, CVE-2025-21727, CVE-2024-58071, CVE-2025-21905, CVE-2024-26982, CVE-2025-21820, CVE-2024-58052, CVE-2025-21925, CVE-2025-21796, CVE-2025-21779, CVE-2025-21823, CVE-2024-58063, CVE-2025-21772, CVE-2025-21924, CVE-2025-21765, CVE-2024-56721, CVE-2025-21859, CVE-2025-21760, CVE-2025-21753, CVE-2025-21835, CVE-2025-21887, CVE-2024-58002, CVE-2024-58086, CVE-2025-21744, CVE-2025-21848, CVE-2024-57986, CVE-2025-21865, CVE-2025-21766, CVE-2025-21715, CVE-2023-52664, CVE-2025-21764, CVE-2024-58085, CVE-2025-21704, CVE-2024-58072, CVE-2024-58079, CVE-2025-21846, CVE-2025-21647, CVE-2025-21726, CVE-2024-58034, CVE-2025-21943, CVE-2025-21875, CVE-2025-21871, CVE-2025-21898, CVE-2024-58083, CVE-2025-21748, CVE-2024-57834, CVE-2024-58051, CVE-2025-21862, CVE-2025-21722, CVE-2025-21912, CVE-2025-21950, CVE-2025-21917, CVE-2024-57973, CVE-2024-56599, CVE-2025-21922, CVE-2025-21787, CVE-2025-21919, CVE-2025-21971, CVE-2024-57979, CVE-2024-35889, CVE-2025-21804, CVE-2025-21782, CVE-2025-21910, CVE-2025-21909, CVE-2025-21708, CVE-2025-21830, CVE-2025-21791, CVE-2024-58016, CVE-2025-21711, CVE-2025-21928, CVE-2024-58007, CVE-2024-58005, CVE-2023-52927, CVE-2025-21802, CVE-2024-58010, CVE-2024-58001, CVE-2024-47726, CVE-2024-57978, CVE-2024-58055, CVE-2025-21735, CVE-2025-21795, CVE-2025-21745, CVE-2025-21878, CVE-2025-21877, CVE-2025-21826, CVE-2024-58076, CVE-2025-21806, CVE-2025-21858, CVE-2025-21866, CVE-2025-21776, CVE-2025-21785, CVE-2025-21758, CVE-2024-57980, CVE-2025-21728, CVE-2024-58014, CVE-2025-21814, CVE-2025-21762, CVE-2025-21951, CVE-2025-21767, CVE-2025-21844, CVE-2025-21781, CVE-2024-58058, CVE-2025-21761, CVE-2025-21707, CVE-2025-21731, CVE-2024-44964, CVE-2025-21749, CVE-2024-57981, CVE-2025-21948, CVE-2025-21926, CVE-2025-21916, CVE-2025-21718)

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-7512-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 236879

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7512-1.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: 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-2025-21934

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: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1083-gcp, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-: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: 4/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52664, CVE-2023-52927, CVE-2024-26982, CVE-2024-35889, CVE-2024-44964, CVE-2024-47726, CVE-2024-56599, CVE-2024-56721, CVE-2024-57834, CVE-2024-57973, CVE-2024-57977, CVE-2024-57978, CVE-2024-57979, CVE-2024-57980, CVE-2024-57981, CVE-2024-57986, CVE-2024-58001, CVE-2024-58002, CVE-2024-58005, CVE-2024-58007, CVE-2024-58010, CVE-2024-58014, CVE-2024-58016, CVE-2024-58017, CVE-2024-58020, CVE-2024-58034, CVE-2024-58051, CVE-2024-58052, CVE-2024-58055, CVE-2024-58058, CVE-2024-58063, CVE-2024-58069, CVE-2024-58071, CVE-2024-58072, CVE-2024-58076, CVE-2024-58079, CVE-2024-58083, CVE-2024-58085, CVE-2024-58086, CVE-2024-58090, CVE-2025-21647, CVE-2025-21684, CVE-2025-21704, CVE-2025-21707, CVE-2025-21708, CVE-2025-21711, CVE-2025-21715, CVE-2025-21718, CVE-2025-21719, CVE-2025-21721, CVE-2025-21722, CVE-2025-21726, CVE-2025-21727, CVE-2025-21728, CVE-2025-21731, CVE-2025-21735, CVE-2025-21736, CVE-2025-21744, CVE-2025-21745, CVE-2025-21748, CVE-2025-21749, CVE-2025-21753, CVE-2025-21758, CVE-2025-21760, CVE-2025-21761, CVE-2025-21762, CVE-2025-21763, CVE-2025-21764, CVE-2025-21765, CVE-2025-21766, CVE-2025-21767, CVE-2025-21772, CVE-2025-21776, CVE-2025-21779, CVE-2025-21781, CVE-2025-21782, CVE-2025-21785, CVE-2025-21787, CVE-2025-21791, CVE-2025-21795, CVE-2025-21796, CVE-2025-21799, CVE-2025-21802, CVE-2025-21804, CVE-2025-21806, CVE-2025-21811, CVE-2025-21814, CVE-2025-21820, CVE-2025-21823, CVE-2025-21826, CVE-2025-21830, CVE-2025-21835, CVE-2025-21844, CVE-2025-21846, CVE-2025-21848, CVE-2025-21858, CVE-2025-21859, CVE-2025-21862, CVE-2025-21865, CVE-2025-21866, CVE-2025-21871, CVE-2025-21875, CVE-2025-21877, CVE-2025-21878, CVE-2025-21887, CVE-2025-21898, CVE-2025-21904, CVE-2025-21905, CVE-2025-21909, CVE-2025-21910, CVE-2025-21912, CVE-2025-21914, CVE-2025-21916, CVE-2025-21917, CVE-2025-21919, CVE-2025-21920, CVE-2025-21922, CVE-2025-21924, CVE-2025-21925, CVE-2025-21926, CVE-2025-21928, CVE-2025-21934, CVE-2025-21935, CVE-2025-21943, CVE-2025-21948, CVE-2025-21950, CVE-2025-21951, CVE-2025-21971

USN: 7512-1