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Ubuntu 25.04 : Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities (USN-7721-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 258130

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-7721-1 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;

 - RISC-V architecture;

 - S390 architecture;

 - x86 architecture;

 - Compute Acceleration Framework;

 - Ublk userspace block driver;

 - Bluetooth drivers;

 - Buffer Sharing and Synchronization framework;

 - DMA engine subsystem;

 - ARM SCMI message protocol;

 - GPU drivers;

 - HID subsystem;

 - IIO ADC drivers;

 - IIO subsystem;

 - InfiniBand drivers;

 - Input Device core drivers;

 - IOMMU subsystem;

 - IRQ chip drivers;

 - Multiple devices driver;

 - Network drivers;

 - Mellanox network drivers;

 - PCI subsystem;

 - PHY drivers;

 - PTP clock framework;

 - Voltage and Current Regulator drivers;

 - SPI subsystem;

 - VideoCore services drivers;

 - USB Type-C Connector System Software Interface driver;

 - Xen hypervisor drivers;

 - BTRFS file system;

 - EROFS file system;

 - Network file system (NFS) client;

 - File systems infrastructure;

 - SMB network file system;

 - Network traffic control;

 - eXpress Data Path;

 - Universal MIDI packet (UMP) support module;

 - io_uring subsystem;

 - Kernel command line parsing driver;

 - Scheduler infrastructure;

 - Tracing infrastructure;

 - Memory management;

 - Networking core;

 - IPv4 networking;

 - IPv6 networking;

 - MAC80211 subsystem;

 - Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP);

 - Netfilter;

 - Open vSwitch;

 - TLS protocol;

 - Wireless networking;

 - AMD SoC Alsa drivers;

 - SoC Audio generic drivers;

 - SOF drivers; (CVE-2025-37959, CVE-2025-37927, CVE-2025-37891, CVE-2025-37906, CVE-2025-37962, CVE-2025-37972, CVE-2025-37919, CVE-2025-37958, CVE-2025-37929, CVE-2025-37969, CVE-2025-37949, CVE-2025-37916, CVE-2025-38027, CVE-2025-37968, CVE-2025-37931, CVE-2025-37923, CVE-2025-37918, CVE-2025-37998, CVE-2025-37907, CVE-2025-37894, CVE-2025-38028, CVE-2025-37915, CVE-2025-38008, CVE-2025-37946, CVE-2025-38020, CVE-2025-37926, CVE-2025-37950, CVE-2025-38216, CVE-2025-37973, CVE-2025-38014, CVE-2025-37963, CVE-2025-38009, CVE-2025-38010, CVE-2025-37971, CVE-2025-38012, CVE-2025-38094, CVE-2025-37955, CVE-2025-37904, CVE-2025-38095, CVE-2025-37951, CVE-2025-37964, CVE-2025-37901, CVE-2025-37956, CVE-2025-38016, CVE-2025-37960, CVE-2025-37898, CVE-2025-37992, CVE-2025-38006, CVE-2025-37993, CVE-2025-37921, CVE-2025-38007, CVE-2025-37930, CVE-2025-37895, CVE-2025-37897, CVE-2025-37933, CVE-2025-37899, CVE-2025-37967, CVE-2025-38019, CVE-2025-37966, CVE-2025-37961, CVE-2025-37934, CVE-2025-37952, CVE-2025-37994, CVE-2025-37914, CVE-2025-38083, CVE-2025-37970, CVE-2025-37965, CVE-2025-38025, CVE-2025-38023, CVE-2025-38015, CVE-2025-37911, CVE-2025-38056, CVE-2025-37995, CVE-2025-37991, CVE-2025-37920, CVE-2025-38011, CVE-2025-37910, CVE-2025-37924, CVE-2025-37996, CVE-2025-37948, CVE-2025-37922, CVE-2025-37947, CVE-2025-37912, CVE-2025-37990, CVE-2025-37909, CVE-2025-38021, CVE-2025-38022, CVE-2025-37908, CVE-2025-37900, CVE-2025-37999, CVE-2025-37905, CVE-2025-37954, CVE-2025-37974, CVE-2025-38005, CVE-2025-37913, CVE-2025-37903, CVE-2025-37896, CVE-2025-38002, CVE-2025-37935, CVE-2025-38018, CVE-2025-37936, CVE-2025-38013, CVE-2025-37957, CVE-2025-37928, CVE-2025-37917, CVE-2025-38024)

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-7721-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 258130

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7721-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/29/2025

Updated: 8/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-38083

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-37914

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.14.0-1010-azure

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: 8/28/2025

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-2025-37947, CVE-2025-37948, CVE-2025-37949, CVE-2025-37950, CVE-2025-37951, CVE-2025-37952, CVE-2025-37954, CVE-2025-37955, CVE-2025-37956, CVE-2025-37957, CVE-2025-37958, CVE-2025-37959, CVE-2025-37960, CVE-2025-37961, CVE-2025-37962, CVE-2025-37963, CVE-2025-37964, CVE-2025-37965, CVE-2025-37966, CVE-2025-37967, CVE-2025-37968, CVE-2025-37969, CVE-2025-37970, CVE-2025-37971, CVE-2025-37972, CVE-2025-37973, CVE-2025-37974, CVE-2025-37990, CVE-2025-37991, CVE-2025-37992, CVE-2025-37993, CVE-2025-37994, CVE-2025-37995, CVE-2025-37996, CVE-2025-37998, CVE-2025-37999, CVE-2025-38002, CVE-2025-38005, CVE-2025-38006, CVE-2025-38007, CVE-2025-38008, CVE-2025-38009, CVE-2025-38010, CVE-2025-38011, CVE-2025-38012, CVE-2025-38013, CVE-2025-38014, CVE-2025-38015, CVE-2025-38016, CVE-2025-38018, CVE-2025-38019, CVE-2025-38020, CVE-2025-38021, CVE-2025-38022, CVE-2025-38023, CVE-2025-38024, CVE-2025-38025, CVE-2025-38027, CVE-2025-38028, CVE-2025-38056, CVE-2025-38083, CVE-2025-38094, CVE-2025-38095, CVE-2025-38216

USN: 7721-1