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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7766-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 265931

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7766-1 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:

 - ARM32 architecture;

 - ARM64 architecture;

 - x86 architecture;

 - Compute Acceleration Framework;

 - Bus devices;

 - AMD CDX bus driver;

 - DPLL subsystem;

 - EFI core;

 - GPIO subsystem;

 - GPU drivers;

 - HID subsystem;

 - I2C subsystem;

 - InfiniBand drivers;

 - Multiple devices driver;

 - Network drivers;

 - Mellanox network drivers;

 - NVME drivers;

 - Pin controllers subsystem;

 - RapidIO drivers;

 - Voltage and Current Regulator drivers;

 - SCSI subsystem;

 - SLIMbus drivers;

 - QCOM SoC drivers;

 - UFS subsystem;

 - USB DSL drivers;

 - Renesas USBHS Controller drivers;

 - USB Type-C Connector System Software Interface driver;

 - Framebuffer layer;

 - ACRN Hypervisor Service Module driver;

 - Network file system (NFS) client;

 - Proc file system;

 - SMB network file system;

 - Memory Management;

 - Scheduler infrastructure;

 - SoC audio core drivers;

 - Perf events;

 - Tracing infrastructure;

 - Memory management;

 - 802.1Q VLAN protocol;

 - Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) subsystem;

 - Bluetooth subsystem;

 - Devlink API;

 - IPv4 networking;

 - IPv6 networking;

 - Logical Link layer;

 - Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP);

 - Multipath TCP;

 - Netfilter;

 - Network traffic control;

 - Switch device API;

 - Wireless networking;

 - eXpress Data Path; (CVE-2025-21961, CVE-2025-21895, CVE-2025-21934, CVE-2025-21898, CVE-2024-58090, CVE-2025-21999, CVE-2025-22004, CVE-2025-21966, CVE-2025-21922, CVE-2025-21920, CVE-2025-21911, CVE-2025-21885, CVE-2025-21912, CVE-2025-21996, CVE-2025-21924, CVE-2025-21914, CVE-2025-21936, CVE-2025-21944, CVE-2025-21877, CVE-2025-21909, CVE-2025-21986, CVE-2025-21890, CVE-2025-22009, CVE-2025-21905, CVE-2025-21969, CVE-2025-21935, CVE-2025-21917, CVE-2025-22008, CVE-2025-21994, CVE-2025-21980, CVE-2025-22014, CVE-2025-21915, CVE-2025-21991, CVE-2025-22015, CVE-2025-21875, CVE-2025-21975, CVE-2025-21878, CVE-2025-21930, CVE-2025-21967, CVE-2025-21908, CVE-2025-22007, CVE-2025-21899, CVE-2025-21950, CVE-2025-21959, CVE-2025-21937, CVE-2025-22010, CVE-2025-21945, CVE-2025-21997, CVE-2025-21992, CVE-2025-22003, CVE-2025-22013, CVE-2025-21963, CVE-2025-22001, CVE-2025-21927, CVE-2025-21894, CVE-2025-21960, CVE-2025-21956, CVE-2025-21948, CVE-2025-21929, CVE-2025-21919, CVE-2025-21972, CVE-2025-21883, CVE-2025-21880, CVE-2025-21976, CVE-2025-22005, CVE-2025-22016, CVE-2025-21978, CVE-2025-21873, CVE-2025-21925, CVE-2025-21904, CVE-2025-21928, CVE-2025-21892, CVE-2025-21891, CVE-2025-21995, CVE-2025-21968, CVE-2025-21982, CVE-2025-21918, CVE-2025-21889, CVE-2025-21970, CVE-2025-21910, CVE-2025-21913, CVE-2025-21926, CVE-2025-21955, CVE-2025-21947, CVE-2025-21979, CVE-2025-21981, CVE-2025-22011, CVE-2025-21888, CVE-2025-37889, CVE-2025-21957, CVE-2025-21977, CVE-2025-21903, CVE-2025-21946, CVE-2025-21941, CVE-2025-21964, CVE-2025-21951, CVE-2025-21962, CVE-2025-22017, CVE-2025-21872, CVE-2025-21881, CVE-2025-21916)

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-7766-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 265931

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7766-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/25/2025

Updated: 9/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.1

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-2025-21991

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-6.8.0-1039-aws-64k, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1040-gcp-64k, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1039-aws, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1040-gcp

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-58090, CVE-2025-21872, CVE-2025-21873, CVE-2025-21875, CVE-2025-21877, CVE-2025-21878, CVE-2025-21880, CVE-2025-21881, CVE-2025-21883, CVE-2025-21885, CVE-2025-21888, CVE-2025-21889, CVE-2025-21890, CVE-2025-21891, CVE-2025-21892, CVE-2025-21894, CVE-2025-21895, CVE-2025-21898, CVE-2025-21899, CVE-2025-21903, CVE-2025-21904, CVE-2025-21905, CVE-2025-21908, CVE-2025-21909, CVE-2025-21910, CVE-2025-21911, CVE-2025-21912, CVE-2025-21913, CVE-2025-21914, CVE-2025-21915, CVE-2025-21916, CVE-2025-21917, CVE-2025-21918, CVE-2025-21919, CVE-2025-21920, CVE-2025-21922, CVE-2025-21924, CVE-2025-21925, CVE-2025-21926, CVE-2025-21927, CVE-2025-21928, CVE-2025-21929, CVE-2025-21930, CVE-2025-21934, CVE-2025-21935, CVE-2025-21936, CVE-2025-21937, CVE-2025-21941, CVE-2025-21944, CVE-2025-21945, CVE-2025-21946, CVE-2025-21947, CVE-2025-21948, CVE-2025-21950, CVE-2025-21951, CVE-2025-21955, CVE-2025-21956, CVE-2025-21957, CVE-2025-21959, CVE-2025-21960, CVE-2025-21961, CVE-2025-21962, CVE-2025-21963, CVE-2025-21964, CVE-2025-21966, CVE-2025-21967, CVE-2025-21968, CVE-2025-21969, CVE-2025-21970, CVE-2025-21972, CVE-2025-21975, CVE-2025-21976, CVE-2025-21977, CVE-2025-21978, CVE-2025-21979, CVE-2025-21980, CVE-2025-21981, CVE-2025-21982, CVE-2025-21986, CVE-2025-21991, CVE-2025-21992, CVE-2025-21994, CVE-2025-21995, CVE-2025-21996, CVE-2025-21997, CVE-2025-21999, CVE-2025-22001, CVE-2025-22003, CVE-2025-22004, CVE-2025-22005, CVE-2025-22007, CVE-2025-22008, CVE-2025-22009, CVE-2025-22010, CVE-2025-22011, CVE-2025-22013, CVE-2025-22014, CVE-2025-22015, CVE-2025-22016, CVE-2025-22017, CVE-2025-37889

USN: 7766-1