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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7651-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 242282

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7651-1 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:

 - PowerPC architecture;

 - S390 architecture;

 - Block layer subsystem;

 - Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers;

 - Drivers core;

 - Network block device driver;

 - Character device driver;

 - TPM device driver;

 - Clock framework and drivers;

 - FireWire subsystem;

 - GPU drivers;

 - HID subsystem;

 - I3C subsystem;

 - InfiniBand drivers;

 - IOMMU subsystem;

 - Media drivers;

 - NVIDIA Tegra memory controller driver;

 - Fastrpc Driver;

 - Network drivers;

 - Operating Performance Points (OPP) driver;

 - PCI subsystem;

 - x86 platform drivers;

 - PPS (Pulse Per Second) driver;

 - PTP clock framework;

 - Remote Processor subsystem;

 - Real Time Clock drivers;

 - SCSI subsystem;

 - QCOM SoC drivers;

 - Media staging drivers;

 - TTY drivers;

 - UFS subsystem;

 - USB Gadget drivers;

 - USB Host Controller drivers;

 - File systems infrastructure;

 - BTRFS file system;

 - F2FS file system;

 - NILFS2 file system;

 - SMB network file system;

 - UBI file system;

 - Timer subsystem;

 - KVM subsystem;

 - Networking core;

 - ptr_ring data structure definitions;

 - Networking subsytem;

 - Amateur Radio drivers;

 - XFRM subsystem;

 - Tracing infrastructure;

 - BPF subsystem;

 - Padata parallel execution mechanism;

 - printk logging mechanism;

 - Memory management;

 - Bluetooth subsystem;

 - IPv4 networking;

 - IPv6 networking;

 - MAC80211 subsystem;

 - Multipath TCP;

 - Netfilter;

 - NFC subsystem;

 - Rose network layer;

 - RxRPC session sockets;

 - Network traffic control;

 - Landlock security;

 - Linux Security Modules (LSM) Framework;

 - Tomoyo security module;

 - SoC audio core drivers; (CVE-2024-57980, CVE-2024-58061, CVE-2025-21742, CVE-2025-21820, CVE-2024-57993, CVE-2024-58071, CVE-2024-58017, CVE-2024-58019, CVE-2025-21745, CVE-2024-58016, CVE-2024-58011, CVE-2024-58054, CVE-2025-21731, CVE-2024-58058, CVE-2024-58082, CVE-2025-21722, CVE-2024-58063, CVE-2024-58014, CVE-2025-21735, CVE-2025-21828, CVE-2025-21804, CVE-2024-58018, CVE-2025-21814, CVE-2024-58005, CVE-2024-58078, CVE-2025-21832, CVE-2025-21725, CVE-2025-21732, CVE-2025-21718, CVE-2024-58069, CVE-2024-58052, CVE-2024-57973, CVE-2025-21825, CVE-2024-58056, CVE-2024-58080, CVE-2025-21810, CVE-2024-57953, CVE-2025-37974, CVE-2024-57979, CVE-2025-21708, CVE-2024-57974, CVE-2025-21753, CVE-2025-21736, CVE-2025-21728, CVE-2025-21743, CVE-2025-21815, CVE-2025-21802, CVE-2025-21739, CVE-2024-57986, CVE-2024-57982, CVE-2025-21749, CVE-2025-21806, CVE-2025-21754, CVE-2025-21738, CVE-2025-21716, CVE-2025-21705, CVE-2024-57998, CVE-2024-58006, CVE-2024-58068, CVE-2025-21748, CVE-2024-58077, CVE-2025-21723, CVE-2024-58013, CVE-2025-21719, CVE-2024-58002, CVE-2025-21750, CVE-2024-58053, CVE-2024-58070, CVE-2025-21809, CVE-2024-57975, CVE-2025-21816, CVE-2025-21798, CVE-2024-58051, CVE-2024-58083, CVE-2025-21808, CVE-2025-21799, CVE-2024-57996, CVE-2024-58085, CVE-2025-21744, CVE-2024-57994, CVE-2024-58055, CVE-2024-58076, CVE-2025-21710, CVE-2025-21707, CVE-2024-58072, CVE-2025-21726, CVE-2025-21811, CVE-2025-37750, CVE-2024-58001, CVE-2025-21714, CVE-2025-21711, CVE-2025-21830, CVE-2024-58007, CVE-2025-21812, CVE-2025-21734, CVE-2024-58034, CVE-2024-58081, CVE-2024-58079, CVE-2024-58003, CVE-2025-21721, CVE-2024-49887, CVE-2024-57984, CVE-2025-21715, CVE-2025-21801, CVE-2024-57997, CVE-2025-21741, CVE-2025-21727, CVE-2024-58057, CVE-2025-21724, CVE-2024-57990, CVE-2024-57981, CVE-2024-57999, CVE-2025-21733, CVE-2025-21829, CVE-2024-58010, CVE-2025-21720, CVE-2025-21826)

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-7651-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 242282

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7651-1.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: 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-2025-21735

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:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-64-generic-64k, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1032-aws-64k, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-64-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1031-oem, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1032-aws

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/17/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-49887, CVE-2024-57953, CVE-2024-57973, CVE-2024-57974, CVE-2024-57975, CVE-2024-57979, CVE-2024-57980, CVE-2024-57981, CVE-2024-57982, CVE-2024-57984, CVE-2024-57986, CVE-2024-57990, CVE-2024-57993, CVE-2024-57994, CVE-2024-57996, CVE-2024-57997, CVE-2024-57998, CVE-2024-57999, CVE-2024-58001, CVE-2024-58002, CVE-2024-58003, CVE-2024-58005, CVE-2024-58006, CVE-2024-58007, CVE-2024-58010, CVE-2024-58011, CVE-2024-58013, CVE-2024-58014, CVE-2024-58016, CVE-2024-58017, CVE-2024-58018, CVE-2024-58019, CVE-2024-58034, CVE-2024-58051, CVE-2024-58052, CVE-2024-58053, CVE-2024-58054, CVE-2024-58055, CVE-2024-58056, CVE-2024-58057, CVE-2024-58058, CVE-2024-58061, CVE-2024-58063, CVE-2024-58068, CVE-2024-58069, CVE-2024-58070, CVE-2024-58071, CVE-2024-58072, CVE-2024-58076, CVE-2024-58077, CVE-2024-58078, CVE-2024-58079, CVE-2024-58080, CVE-2024-58081, CVE-2024-58082, CVE-2024-58083, CVE-2024-58085, CVE-2025-21705, CVE-2025-21707, CVE-2025-21708, CVE-2025-21710, CVE-2025-21711, CVE-2025-21714, CVE-2025-21715, CVE-2025-21716, CVE-2025-21718, CVE-2025-21719, CVE-2025-21720, CVE-2025-21721, CVE-2025-21722, CVE-2025-21723, CVE-2025-21724, CVE-2025-21725, CVE-2025-21726, CVE-2025-21727, CVE-2025-21728, CVE-2025-21731, CVE-2025-21732, CVE-2025-21733, CVE-2025-21734, CVE-2025-21735, CVE-2025-21736, CVE-2025-21738, CVE-2025-21739, CVE-2025-21741, CVE-2025-21742, CVE-2025-21743, CVE-2025-21744, CVE-2025-21745, CVE-2025-21748, CVE-2025-21749, CVE-2025-21750, CVE-2025-21753, CVE-2025-21754, CVE-2025-21798, CVE-2025-21799, CVE-2025-21801, CVE-2025-21802, CVE-2025-21804, CVE-2025-21806, CVE-2025-21808, CVE-2025-21809, CVE-2025-21810, CVE-2025-21811, CVE-2025-21812, CVE-2025-21814, CVE-2025-21815, CVE-2025-21816, CVE-2025-21820, CVE-2025-21825, CVE-2025-21826, CVE-2025-21828, CVE-2025-21829, CVE-2025-21830, CVE-2025-21832, CVE-2025-37750, CVE-2025-37974

USN: 7651-1