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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-8033-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 298893

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-8033-1 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:

 - Nios II architecture;

 - Sun Sparc architecture;

 - User-Mode Linux (UML);

 - x86 architecture;

 - Block layer subsystem;

 - Cryptographic API;

 - Drivers core;

 - Bus devices;

 - Hardware random number generator core;

 - Data acquisition framework and drivers;

 - CPU frequency scaling framework;

 - DMA engine subsystem;

 - GPU drivers;

 - HW tracing;

 - Input Device (Miscellaneous) drivers;

 - Multiple devices driver;

 - Media drivers;

 - MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport) drivers;

 - MTD block device drivers;

 - Network drivers;

 - NVME drivers;

 - PCI subsystem;

 - Performance monitor drivers;

 - Pin controllers subsystem;

 - x86 platform drivers;

 - PPS (Pulse Per Second) driver;

 - PWM drivers;

 - SCSI subsystem;

 - TCM subsystem;

 - Userspace I/O drivers;

 - USB Gadget drivers;

 - USB Host Controller drivers;

 - Framebuffer layer;

 - BTRFS file system;

 - File systems infrastructure;

 - Ext4 file system;

 - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;

 - NTFS3 file system;

 - SMB network file system;

 - padata parallel execution mechanism;

 - IP tunnels definitions;

 - Network sockets;

 - XFRM subsystem;

 - Control group (cgroup);

 - Padata parallel execution mechanism;

 - PID allocator;

 - Tracing infrastructure;

 - Memory management;

 - 9P file system network protocol;

 - Ethernet bridge;

 - Ceph Core library;

 - Networking core;

 - IPv4 networking;

 - IPv6 networking;

 - NFC subsystem;

 - RF switch subsystem;

 - SCTP protocol;

 - Unix domain sockets;

 - VMware vSockets driver;

 - Intel ASoC drivers;

 - USB sound devices; (CVE-2024-53114, CVE-2024-56538, CVE-2024-58011, CVE-2025-21861, CVE-2025-22058, CVE-2025-23143, CVE-2025-38236, CVE-2025-38248, CVE-2025-38584, CVE-2025-39869, CVE-2025-39873, CVE-2025-39876, CVE-2025-39880, CVE-2025-39883, CVE-2025-39885, CVE-2025-39907, CVE-2025-39911, CVE-2025-39913, CVE-2025-39923, CVE-2025-39934, CVE-2025-39937, CVE-2025-39943, CVE-2025-39945, CVE-2025-39949, CVE-2025-39951, CVE-2025-39953, CVE-2025-39955, CVE-2025-39967, CVE-2025-39968, CVE-2025-39969, CVE-2025-39970, CVE-2025-39971, CVE-2025-39972, CVE-2025-39973, CVE-2025-39980, CVE-2025-39985, CVE-2025-39986, CVE-2025-39987, CVE-2025-39988, CVE-2025-39994, CVE-2025-39995, CVE-2025-39996, CVE-2025-39998, CVE-2025-40001, CVE-2025-40006, CVE-2025-40011, CVE-2025-40020, CVE-2025-40021, CVE-2025-40026, CVE-2025-40027, CVE-2025-40029, CVE-2025-40030, CVE-2025-40035, CVE-2025-40042, CVE-2025-40043, CVE-2025-40044, CVE-2025-40048, CVE-2025-40049, CVE-2025-40053, CVE-2025-40055, CVE-2025-40060, CVE-2025-40068, CVE-2025-40070, CVE-2025-40078, CVE-2025-40081, CVE-2025-40085, CVE-2025-40087, CVE-2025-40088, CVE-2025-40092, CVE-2025-40094, CVE-2025-40105, CVE-2025-40106, CVE-2025-40109, CVE-2025-40111, CVE-2025-40112, CVE-2025-40115, CVE-2025-40116, CVE-2025-40118, CVE-2025-40120, CVE-2025-40121, CVE-2025-40124, CVE-2025-40125, CVE-2025-40126, CVE-2025-40127, CVE-2025-40134, CVE-2025-40140, CVE-2025-40153, CVE-2025-40154, CVE-2025-40167, CVE-2025-40171, CVE-2025-40173, CVE-2025-40178, CVE-2025-40179, CVE-2025-40183, CVE-2025-40187, CVE-2025-40188, CVE-2025-40194, CVE-2025-40200, CVE-2025-40204, CVE-2025-40205, CVE-2025-40215, CVE-2025-40219, CVE-2025-40220, CVE-2025-40223, CVE-2025-40231, CVE-2025-40233, CVE-2025-40240, CVE-2025-40243, CVE-2025-40244, CVE-2025-40245, CVE-2025-40346, CVE-2025-40349, CVE-2025-40351, CVE-2025-68249)

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-8033-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 298893

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8033-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/13/2026

Updated: 2/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

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-2025-39955

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-170-lowlatency, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-170-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-170-generic-lpae, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1096-gke, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1100-gcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-170-generic-64k, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1094-ibm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-170-lowlatency-64k, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1083-gkeop

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/2/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-53114, CVE-2024-56538, CVE-2024-58011, CVE-2025-21861, CVE-2025-22058, CVE-2025-23143, CVE-2025-38236, CVE-2025-38248, CVE-2025-38584, CVE-2025-39869, CVE-2025-39873, CVE-2025-39876, CVE-2025-39880, CVE-2025-39883, CVE-2025-39885, CVE-2025-39907, CVE-2025-39911, CVE-2025-39913, CVE-2025-39923, CVE-2025-39934, CVE-2025-39937, CVE-2025-39943, CVE-2025-39945, CVE-2025-39949, CVE-2025-39951, CVE-2025-39953, CVE-2025-39955, CVE-2025-39967, CVE-2025-39968, CVE-2025-39969, CVE-2025-39970, CVE-2025-39971, CVE-2025-39972, CVE-2025-39973, CVE-2025-39980, CVE-2025-39985, CVE-2025-39986, CVE-2025-39987, CVE-2025-39988, CVE-2025-39994, CVE-2025-39995, CVE-2025-39996, CVE-2025-39998, CVE-2025-40001, CVE-2025-40006, CVE-2025-40011, CVE-2025-40020, CVE-2025-40021, CVE-2025-40026, CVE-2025-40027, CVE-2025-40029, CVE-2025-40030, CVE-2025-40035, CVE-2025-40042, CVE-2025-40043, CVE-2025-40044, CVE-2025-40048, CVE-2025-40049, CVE-2025-40053, CVE-2025-40055, CVE-2025-40060, CVE-2025-40068, CVE-2025-40070, CVE-2025-40078, CVE-2025-40081, CVE-2025-40085, CVE-2025-40087, CVE-2025-40088, CVE-2025-40092, CVE-2025-40094, CVE-2025-40105, CVE-2025-40106, CVE-2025-40109, CVE-2025-40111, CVE-2025-40112, CVE-2025-40115, CVE-2025-40116, CVE-2025-40118, CVE-2025-40120, CVE-2025-40121, CVE-2025-40124, CVE-2025-40125, CVE-2025-40126, CVE-2025-40127, CVE-2025-40134, CVE-2025-40140, CVE-2025-40153, CVE-2025-40154, CVE-2025-40167, CVE-2025-40171, CVE-2025-40173, CVE-2025-40178, CVE-2025-40179, CVE-2025-40183, CVE-2025-40187, CVE-2025-40188, CVE-2025-40194, CVE-2025-40200, CVE-2025-40204, CVE-2025-40205, CVE-2025-40215, CVE-2025-40219, CVE-2025-40220, CVE-2025-40223, CVE-2025-40231, CVE-2025-40233, CVE-2025-40240, CVE-2025-40243, CVE-2025-40244, CVE-2025-40245, CVE-2025-40346, CVE-2025-40349, CVE-2025-40351, CVE-2025-68249

USN: 8033-1