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Ubuntu 25.04 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7649-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 242280

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 25.04 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7649-1 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;

 - PA-RISC architecture;

 - PowerPC architecture;

 - S390 architecture;

 - x86 architecture;

 - Compute Acceleration Framework;

 - Ublk userspace block driver;

 - Bluetooth drivers;

 - ARM SCMI message protocol;

 - GPU drivers;

 - IOMMU subsystem;

 - IRQ chip drivers;

 - Multiple devices driver;

 - Network drivers;

 - PCI subsystem;

 - PTP clock framework;

 - SPI subsystem;

 - BTRFS file system;

 - SMB network file system;

 - eXpress Data Path;

 - Universal MIDI packet (UMP) support module;

 - Tracing infrastructure;

 - Memory management;

 - IPv4 networking;

 - IPv6 networking;

 - Network traffic control;

 - AMD SoC Alsa drivers;

 - SoC Audio generic drivers; (CVE-2025-37898, CVE-2025-37990, CVE-2025-37974, CVE-2025-37991, CVE-2025-37894, CVE-2025-37906, CVE-2025-37896, CVE-2025-37909, CVE-2025-37923, CVE-2025-37899, CVE-2025-37901, CVE-2025-37914, CVE-2025-38216, CVE-2025-37931, CVE-2025-37928, CVE-2025-37916, CVE-2025-37908, CVE-2025-37915, CVE-2025-37917, CVE-2025-37921, CVE-2025-37903, CVE-2025-37922, CVE-2025-37895, CVE-2025-37936, CVE-2025-37933, CVE-2025-37891, CVE-2025-37926, CVE-2025-37912, CVE-2025-37920, CVE-2025-37924, CVE-2025-37927, CVE-2025-37946, CVE-2025-37907, CVE-2025-37930, CVE-2025-37911, CVE-2025-37905, CVE-2025-37900, CVE-2025-37929, CVE-2025-37910, CVE-2025-37913, CVE-2025-37935, CVE-2025-37919, CVE-2025-37918, CVE-2025-37897, CVE-2025-37904, CVE-2025-37934)

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-7649-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 242280

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7649-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/17/2025

Updated: 7/17/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.2

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-37891

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.14.0-24-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.14.0-24-generic-64k, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.14.0-1009-raspi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.14.0-1011-gcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.14.0-1006-realtime, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.14.0-1011-gcp-64k

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/17/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-37891, CVE-2025-37894, CVE-2025-37895, CVE-2025-37896, CVE-2025-37897, CVE-2025-37898, CVE-2025-37899, CVE-2025-37900, CVE-2025-37901, CVE-2025-37903, CVE-2025-37904, CVE-2025-37905, CVE-2025-37906, CVE-2025-37907, CVE-2025-37908, CVE-2025-37909, CVE-2025-37910, CVE-2025-37911, CVE-2025-37912, CVE-2025-37913, CVE-2025-37914, CVE-2025-37915, CVE-2025-37916, CVE-2025-37917, CVE-2025-37918, CVE-2025-37919, CVE-2025-37920, CVE-2025-37921, CVE-2025-37922, CVE-2025-37923, CVE-2025-37924, CVE-2025-37926, CVE-2025-37927, CVE-2025-37928, CVE-2025-37929, CVE-2025-37930, CVE-2025-37931, CVE-2025-37933, CVE-2025-37934, CVE-2025-37935, CVE-2025-37936, CVE-2025-37946, CVE-2025-37974, CVE-2025-37990, CVE-2025-37991, CVE-2025-38216

USN: 7649-1