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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7774-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 265983

Synopsis

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

Description

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-7774-1 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;

 - PowerPC architecture;

 - x86 architecture;

 - ACPI drivers;

 - Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers;

 - Drivers core;

 - ATA over ethernet (AOE) driver;

 - Network block device driver;

 - Bus devices;

 - Clock framework and drivers;

 - Hardware crypto device drivers;

 - DMA engine subsystem;

 - EDAC drivers;

 - GPU drivers;

 - HID subsystem;

 - InfiniBand drivers;

 - Input Device (Miscellaneous) drivers;

 - Multiple devices driver;

 - Media drivers;

 - VMware VMCI Driver;

 - MMC subsystem;

 - MTD block device drivers;

 - Network drivers;

 - Pin controllers subsystem;

 - x86 platform drivers;

 - PTP clock framework;

 - RapidIO drivers;

 - Voltage and Current Regulator drivers;

 - Remote Processor subsystem;

 - S/390 drivers;

 - SCSI subsystem;

 - ASPEED SoC drivers;

 - TCM subsystem;

 - Thermal drivers;

 - Thunderbolt and USB4 drivers;

 - TTY drivers;

 - UFS subsystem;

 - USB Gadget drivers;

 - Renesas USBHS Controller drivers;

 - USB Type-C support driver;

 - Virtio Host (VHOST) subsystem;

 - Backlight driver;

 - Framebuffer layer;

 - BTRFS file system;

 - File systems infrastructure;

 - Ext4 file system;

 - F2FS file system;

 - JFFS2 file system;

 - JFS file system;

 - Network file system (NFS) client;

 - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;

 - NTFS3 file system;

 - DRM display driver;

 - Memory Management;

 - Mellanox drivers;

 - Memory management;

 - Netfilter;

 - Network sockets;

 - IPC subsystem;

 - BPF subsystem;

 - Perf events;

 - Kernel exit() syscall;

 - Restartable seuqences system call mechanism;

 - Timer subsystem;

 - Tracing infrastructure;

 - Appletalk network protocol;

 - Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) subsystem;

 - Networking core;

 - IPv6 networking;

 - MultiProtocol Label Switching driver;

 - NetLabel subsystem;

 - Netlink;

 - NFC subsystem;

 - Open vSwitch;

 - Rose network layer;

 - RxRPC session sockets;

 - Network traffic control;

 - TIPC protocol;

 - VMware vSockets driver;

 - USB sound devices; (CVE-2025-38465, CVE-2025-38386, CVE-2025-38273, CVE-2025-38227, CVE-2025-38107, CVE-2025-37958, CVE-2025-38371, CVE-2025-38328, CVE-2025-38348, CVE-2025-38100, CVE-2025-38336, CVE-2025-38420, CVE-2025-38154, CVE-2025-38542, CVE-2025-38222, CVE-2025-38406, CVE-2025-37948, CVE-2025-38112, CVE-2025-38145, CVE-2025-38163, CVE-2025-38464, CVE-2025-38085, CVE-2025-38342, CVE-2025-38310, CVE-2025-38326, CVE-2025-38418, CVE-2025-38362, CVE-2025-38412, CVE-2025-38219, CVE-2025-38332, CVE-2025-38387, CVE-2025-38262, CVE-2025-38157, CVE-2025-38514, CVE-2025-38466, CVE-2025-38313, CVE-2025-38159, CVE-2024-44939, CVE-2025-38352, CVE-2025-38459, CVE-2025-38419, CVE-2025-38086, CVE-2025-38298, CVE-2025-38146, CVE-2025-38181, CVE-2025-38448, CVE-2025-38231, CVE-2025-38461, CVE-2025-38251, CVE-2025-38391, CVE-2025-38515, CVE-2024-26726, CVE-2025-38462, CVE-2025-38416, CVE-2025-38280, CVE-2025-38226, CVE-2025-38211, CVE-2025-38120, CVE-2025-38377, CVE-2025-38147, CVE-2025-38204, CVE-2025-38345, CVE-2025-38424, CVE-2025-38203, CVE-2025-38443, CVE-2025-38197, CVE-2025-38067, CVE-2025-38400, CVE-2025-38229, CVE-2025-38108, CVE-2025-38319, CVE-2025-38445, CVE-2025-38212, CVE-2025-38184, CVE-2025-38363, CVE-2025-38160, CVE-2024-57883, CVE-2025-38441, CVE-2025-38320, CVE-2025-38393, CVE-2025-38200, CVE-2025-38467, CVE-2025-38444, CVE-2025-38194, CVE-2025-38460, CVE-2025-38167, CVE-2025-38428, CVE-2025-38312, CVE-2025-38111, CVE-2025-38498, CVE-2025-38135, CVE-2025-38237, CVE-2025-38457, CVE-2025-38401, CVE-2025-38206, CVE-2025-38293, CVE-2025-38143, CVE-2025-38161, CVE-2025-38136, CVE-2022-48703, CVE-2025-38513, CVE-2025-38430, CVE-2025-38384, CVE-2025-38346, CVE-2025-38337, CVE-2025-38088, CVE-2025-38257, CVE-2025-38395, CVE-2025-38153, CVE-2025-38263, CVE-2025-38218, CVE-2024-26775, CVE-2025-38305, CVE-2025-38119, CVE-2025-38389, CVE-2025-38102, CVE-2025-38074, CVE-2025-38173, CVE-2025-38138, CVE-2025-38103, CVE-2025-38286, CVE-2025-38458, CVE-2025-38174, CVE-2025-38245, CVE-2025-38084, CVE-2025-38415, CVE-2025-38516, CVE-2025-38090, CVE-2025-38439, CVE-2025-38403, CVE-2025-38115, CVE-2025-38344, CVE-2025-38410, CVE-2025-38375, CVE-2025-37963, CVE-2025-38249, CVE-2025-38324, CVE-2025-38122, CVE-2025-38540, CVE-2025-38399, CVE-2025-21888, CVE-2025-38285)

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-7774-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 265983

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7774-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/26/2025

Updated: 9/26/2025

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: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-44939

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1045-nvidia-tegra, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-156-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1089-gke, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-156-lowlatency-64k, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1075-gkeop, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1090-oracle, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-156-generic-64k, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1086-ibm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1045-nvidia-tegra-rt, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-156-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-156-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1092-aws-64k, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1087-intel-iotg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1086-raspi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1056-xilinx-zynqmp, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1092-aws

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: 9/25/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/29/2024

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 9/25/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48703, CVE-2024-26726, CVE-2024-26775, CVE-2024-44939, CVE-2024-57883, CVE-2025-21888, CVE-2025-37948, CVE-2025-37958, CVE-2025-37963, CVE-2025-38067, CVE-2025-38074, CVE-2025-38084, CVE-2025-38085, CVE-2025-38086, CVE-2025-38088, CVE-2025-38090, CVE-2025-38100, CVE-2025-38102, CVE-2025-38103, CVE-2025-38107, CVE-2025-38108, CVE-2025-38111, CVE-2025-38112, CVE-2025-38115, CVE-2025-38119, CVE-2025-38120, CVE-2025-38122, CVE-2025-38135, CVE-2025-38136, CVE-2025-38138, CVE-2025-38143, CVE-2025-38145, CVE-2025-38146, CVE-2025-38147, CVE-2025-38153, CVE-2025-38154, CVE-2025-38157, CVE-2025-38159, CVE-2025-38160, CVE-2025-38161, CVE-2025-38163, CVE-2025-38167, CVE-2025-38173, CVE-2025-38174, CVE-2025-38181, CVE-2025-38184, CVE-2025-38194, CVE-2025-38197, CVE-2025-38200, CVE-2025-38203, CVE-2025-38204, CVE-2025-38206, CVE-2025-38211, CVE-2025-38212, CVE-2025-38218, CVE-2025-38219, CVE-2025-38222, CVE-2025-38226, CVE-2025-38227, CVE-2025-38229, CVE-2025-38231, CVE-2025-38237, CVE-2025-38245, CVE-2025-38249, CVE-2025-38251, CVE-2025-38257, CVE-2025-38262, CVE-2025-38263, CVE-2025-38273, CVE-2025-38280, CVE-2025-38285, CVE-2025-38286, CVE-2025-38293, CVE-2025-38298, CVE-2025-38305, CVE-2025-38310, CVE-2025-38312, CVE-2025-38313, CVE-2025-38319, CVE-2025-38320, CVE-2025-38324, CVE-2025-38326, CVE-2025-38328, CVE-2025-38332, CVE-2025-38336, CVE-2025-38337, CVE-2025-38342, CVE-2025-38344, CVE-2025-38345, CVE-2025-38346, CVE-2025-38348, CVE-2025-38352, CVE-2025-38362, CVE-2025-38363, CVE-2025-38371, CVE-2025-38375, CVE-2025-38377, CVE-2025-38384, CVE-2025-38386, CVE-2025-38387, CVE-2025-38389, CVE-2025-38391, CVE-2025-38393, CVE-2025-38395, CVE-2025-38399, CVE-2025-38400, CVE-2025-38401, CVE-2025-38403, CVE-2025-38406, CVE-2025-38410, CVE-2025-38412, CVE-2025-38415, CVE-2025-38416, CVE-2025-38418, CVE-2025-38419, CVE-2025-38420, CVE-2025-38424, CVE-2025-38428, CVE-2025-38430, CVE-2025-38439, CVE-2025-38441, CVE-2025-38443, CVE-2025-38444, CVE-2025-38445, CVE-2025-38448, CVE-2025-38457, CVE-2025-38458, CVE-2025-38459, CVE-2025-38460, CVE-2025-38461, CVE-2025-38462, CVE-2025-38464, CVE-2025-38465, CVE-2025-38466, CVE-2025-38467, CVE-2025-38498, CVE-2025-38513, CVE-2025-38514, CVE-2025-38515, CVE-2025-38516, CVE-2025-38540, CVE-2025-38542

USN: 7774-1