The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7704-1 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:

    - Cryptographic API;

    - Arm Firmware Framework for ARMv8-A(FFA);

    - Multiple devices driver;

    - Media drivers;

    - Network drivers;

    - NVDIMM (Non-Volatile Memory Device) drivers;

    - NVME drivers;

    - x86 platform drivers;

    - TCM subsystem;

    - Virtio drivers;

    - File systems infrastructure;

    - SMB network file system;

    - LZO compression library;

    - Digital Audio (PCM) driver;

    - Tracing infrastructure;

    - Padata parallel execution mechanism;

    - CAN network layer;

    - Networking core;

    - TIPC protocol;

    - ALSA framework; (CVE-2025-38079, CVE-2025-38048, CVE-2025-38075, CVE-2025-38077, CVE-2025-38035,     CVE-2025-38037, CVE-2025-38034, CVE-2025-38058, CVE-2025-38004, CVE-2025-38031, CVE-2025-38078,     CVE-2025-38044, CVE-2025-38066, CVE-2025-38052, CVE-2025-38043, CVE-2025-38065, CVE-2025-38003,     CVE-2025-38061, CVE-2025-38051, CVE-2025-38072, CVE-2025-38068)

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 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7704-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 252945

Version 1.3

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Version 1.3 Oct 6, 2026, 7:18 PM Detection (removed incorrect Ubuntu Pro subscription notice on Ubuntu 22.04 hosts running standard kernels) Plugin Feed: 202610061918
Version 1.2 Jun 3, 2026, 10:45 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202606031045
Version 1.1 Aug 20, 2025, 11:22 PM New Plugin Feed: 202508202322