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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-8179-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 307007

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8179-1 advisory.

 Josh Eads, Kristoffer Janke, Eduardo Vela Nava, Tavis Ormandy, and Matteo Rizzo discovered that some AMD Zen processors did not properly verify the signature of CPU microcode. This flaw is known as EntrySign. A privileged attacker could possibly use this issue to cause load malicious CPU microcode causing loss of integrity and confidentiality. (CVE-2024-36347)

 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:

 - MIPS architecture;

 - PowerPC architecture;

 - x86 architecture;

 - Block layer subsystem;

 - Cryptographic API;

 - ACPI drivers;

 - Network block device driver;

 - Bluetooth drivers;

 - Character device driver;

 - TPM device driver;

 - Clock framework and drivers;

 - Data acquisition framework and drivers;

 - Hardware crypto device drivers;

 - GPU drivers;

 - Hardware monitoring drivers;

 - InfiniBand drivers;

 - Input Device core drivers;

 - IOMMU subsystem;

 - IRQ chip drivers;

 - Macintosh device drivers;

 - Multiple devices driver;

 - Media drivers;

 - Network drivers;

 - Mellanox network drivers;

 - STMicroelectronics network drivers;

 - Ethernet team driver;

 - MediaTek network drivers;

 - NVME drivers;

 - PA-RISC drivers;

 - Chrome hardware platform drivers;

 - x86 platform drivers;

 - Voltage and Current Regulator drivers;

 - SCSI subsystem;

 - SPI subsystem;

 - Media Oriented Systems Transport (MOST) driver;

 - Realtek RTL8723BS SDIO drivers;

 - TCM subsystem;

 - USB Host Controller drivers;

 - USB Type-C Connector System Software Interface driver;

 - Backlight driver;

 - Watchdog drivers;

 - BFS file system;

 - BTRFS file system;

 - Ext4 file system;

 - F2FS file system;

 - FUSE (File system in Userspace);

 - HFS+ file system;

 - File systems infrastructure;

 - Journaling layer for block devices (JBD2);

 - Network file system (NFS) client;

 - File system notification infrastructure;

 - NTFS3 file system;

 - OCFS2 file system;

 - SMB network file system;

 - BPF subsystem;

 - Ethernet bridge;

 - io_uring subsystem;

 - Locking primitives;

 - Scheduler infrastructure;

 - Shadow Call Stack mechanism;

 - Tracing infrastructure;

 - Memory management;

 - CAIF protocol;

 - Ceph Core library;

 - Networking core;

 - Ethtool driver;

 - Handshake API;

 - HSR network protocol;

 - IPv4 networking;

 - IPv6 networking;

 - MAC80211 subsystem;

 - Multipath TCP;

 - Netfilter;

 - NET/ROM layer;

 - NFC subsystem;

 - Open vSwitch;

 - Rose network layer;

 - Network traffic control;

 - Network sockets;

 - Sun RPC protocol;

 - Integrity Measurement Architecture(IMA) framework;

 - Key management;

 - Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel framework;

 - FireWire sound drivers;

 - HD-audio driver;

 - Turtle Beach Wavefront ALSA driver;

 - STMicroelectronics SoC drivers;

 - USB sound devices;

 - KVM subsystem; (CVE-2024-57795, CVE-2025-22022, CVE-2025-22111, CVE-2025-38022, CVE-2025-38234, CVE-2025-40164, CVE-2025-40325, CVE-2025-68206, CVE-2025-68254, CVE-2025-68255, CVE-2025-68256, CVE-2025-68257, CVE-2025-68258, CVE-2025-68259, CVE-2025-68261, CVE-2025-68263, CVE-2025-68264, CVE-2025-68265, CVE-2025-68266, CVE-2025-68291, CVE-2025-68325, CVE-2025-68332, CVE-2025-68335, CVE-2025-68336, CVE-2025-68337, CVE-2025-68344, CVE-2025-68345, CVE-2025-68346, CVE-2025-68347, CVE-2025-68349, CVE-2025-68354, CVE-2025-68362, CVE-2025-68363, CVE-2025-68364, CVE-2025-68366, CVE-2025-68367, CVE-2025-68369, CVE-2025-68371, CVE-2025-68372, CVE-2025-68374, CVE-2025-68378, CVE-2025-68379, CVE-2025-68380, CVE-2025-68724, CVE-2025-68727, CVE-2025-68728, CVE-2025-68732, CVE-2025-68733, CVE-2025-68740, CVE-2025-68741, CVE-2025-68742, CVE-2025-68744, CVE-2025-68746, CVE-2025-68753, CVE-2025-68755, CVE-2025-68756, CVE-2025-68757, CVE-2025-68758, CVE-2025-68759, CVE-2025-68763, CVE-2025-68764, CVE-2025-68765, CVE-2025-68766, CVE-2025-68767, CVE-2025-68769, CVE-2025-68770, CVE-2025-68771, CVE-2025-68772, CVE-2025-68773, CVE-2025-68774, CVE-2025-68775, CVE-2025-68776, CVE-2025-68777, CVE-2025-68778, CVE-2025-68780, CVE-2025-68782, CVE-2025-68783, CVE-2025-68785, CVE-2025-68786, CVE-2025-68787, CVE-2025-68788, CVE-2025-68794, CVE-2025-68795, CVE-2025-68796, CVE-2025-68797, CVE-2025-68798, CVE-2025-68799, CVE-2025-68800, CVE-2025-68801, CVE-2025-68804, CVE-2025-68806, CVE-2025-68808, CVE-2025-68809, CVE-2025-68810, CVE-2025-68811, CVE-2025-68813, CVE-2025-68814, CVE-2025-68815, CVE-2025-68816, CVE-2025-68817, CVE-2025-68818, CVE-2025-68819, CVE-2025-68820, CVE-2025-68821, CVE-2025-71064, CVE-2025-71065, CVE-2025-71066, CVE-2025-71067, CVE-2025-71068, CVE-2025-71069, CVE-2025-71071, CVE-2025-71072, CVE-2025-71075, CVE-2025-71077, CVE-2025-71078, CVE-2025-71079, CVE-2025-71081, CVE-2025-71082, CVE-2025-71083, CVE-2025-71084, CVE-2025-71085, CVE-2025-71086, CVE-2025-71087, CVE-2025-71088, CVE-2025-71089, CVE-2025-71091, CVE-2025-71093, CVE-2025-71094, CVE-2025-71095, CVE-2025-71096, CVE-2025-71097, CVE-2025-71098, CVE-2025-71101, CVE-2025-71102, CVE-2025-71104, CVE-2025-71105, CVE-2025-71107, CVE-2025-71108, CVE-2025-71109, CVE-2025-71111, CVE-2025-71112, CVE-2025-71113, CVE-2025-71114, CVE-2025-71116, CVE-2025-71118, CVE-2025-71119, CVE-2025-71120, CVE-2025-71121, CVE-2025-71122, CVE-2025-71123, CVE-2025-71125, CVE-2025-71126, CVE-2025-71127, CVE-2025-71130, CVE-2025-71131, CVE-2025-71132, CVE-2025-71133, CVE-2025-71135, CVE-2025-71136, CVE-2025-71137, CVE-2025-71138, CVE-2025-71140, CVE-2025-71141, CVE-2025-71143, CVE-2025-71144, CVE-2025-71147, CVE-2025-71148, CVE-2025-71149, CVE-2025-71150, CVE-2025-71151, CVE-2025-71153, CVE-2025-71154, CVE-2026-23209)

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-8179-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 307007

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8179-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/17/2026

Updated: 4/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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-2026-23209

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-6.8.0-1051-ibm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1037-gkeop, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1052-aws-64k, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1054-gcp-64k, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-110-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-110-lowlatency-64k, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1050-gke, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1050-gke-64k, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1054-gcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1052-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: 4/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/15/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-36347, CVE-2024-57795, CVE-2025-22022, CVE-2025-22111, CVE-2025-38022, CVE-2025-38234, CVE-2025-40164, CVE-2025-40325, CVE-2025-68206, CVE-2025-68254, CVE-2025-68255, CVE-2025-68256, CVE-2025-68257, CVE-2025-68258, CVE-2025-68259, CVE-2025-68261, CVE-2025-68263, CVE-2025-68264, CVE-2025-68265, CVE-2025-68266, CVE-2025-68291, CVE-2025-68325, CVE-2025-68332, CVE-2025-68335, CVE-2025-68336, CVE-2025-68337, CVE-2025-68344, CVE-2025-68345, CVE-2025-68346, CVE-2025-68347, CVE-2025-68349, CVE-2025-68354, CVE-2025-68362, CVE-2025-68363, CVE-2025-68364, CVE-2025-68366, CVE-2025-68367, CVE-2025-68369, CVE-2025-68371, CVE-2025-68372, CVE-2025-68374, CVE-2025-68378, CVE-2025-68379, CVE-2025-68380, CVE-2025-68724, CVE-2025-68727, CVE-2025-68728, CVE-2025-68732, CVE-2025-68733, CVE-2025-68740, CVE-2025-68741, CVE-2025-68742, CVE-2025-68744, CVE-2025-68746, CVE-2025-68753, CVE-2025-68755, CVE-2025-68756, CVE-2025-68757, CVE-2025-68758, CVE-2025-68759, CVE-2025-68763, CVE-2025-68764, CVE-2025-68765, CVE-2025-68766, CVE-2025-68767, CVE-2025-68769, CVE-2025-68770, CVE-2025-68771, CVE-2025-68772, CVE-2025-68773, CVE-2025-68774, CVE-2025-68775, CVE-2025-68776, CVE-2025-68777, CVE-2025-68778, CVE-2025-68780, CVE-2025-68782, CVE-2025-68783, CVE-2025-68785, CVE-2025-68786, CVE-2025-68787, CVE-2025-68788, CVE-2025-68794, CVE-2025-68795, CVE-2025-68796, CVE-2025-68797, CVE-2025-68798, CVE-2025-68799, CVE-2025-68800, CVE-2025-68801, CVE-2025-68804, CVE-2025-68806, CVE-2025-68808, CVE-2025-68809, CVE-2025-68810, CVE-2025-68811, CVE-2025-68813, CVE-2025-68814, CVE-2025-68815, CVE-2025-68816, CVE-2025-68817, CVE-2025-68818, CVE-2025-68819, CVE-2025-68820, CVE-2025-68821, CVE-2025-71064, CVE-2025-71065, CVE-2025-71066, CVE-2025-71067, CVE-2025-71068, CVE-2025-71069, CVE-2025-71071, CVE-2025-71072, CVE-2025-71075, CVE-2025-71077, CVE-2025-71078, CVE-2025-71079, CVE-2025-71081, CVE-2025-71082, CVE-2025-71083, CVE-2025-71084, CVE-2025-71085, CVE-2025-71086, CVE-2025-71087, CVE-2025-71088, CVE-2025-71089, CVE-2025-71091, CVE-2025-71093, CVE-2025-71094, CVE-2025-71095, CVE-2025-71096, CVE-2025-71097, CVE-2025-71098, CVE-2025-71101, CVE-2025-71102, CVE-2025-71104, CVE-2025-71105, CVE-2025-71107, CVE-2025-71108, CVE-2025-71109, CVE-2025-71111, CVE-2025-71112, CVE-2025-71113, CVE-2025-71114, CVE-2025-71116, CVE-2025-71118, CVE-2025-71119, CVE-2025-71120, CVE-2025-71121, CVE-2025-71122, CVE-2025-71123, CVE-2025-71125, CVE-2025-71126, CVE-2025-71127, CVE-2025-71130, CVE-2025-71131, CVE-2025-71132, CVE-2025-71133, CVE-2025-71135, CVE-2025-71136, CVE-2025-71137, CVE-2025-71138, CVE-2025-71140, CVE-2025-71141, CVE-2025-71143, CVE-2025-71144, CVE-2025-71147, CVE-2025-71148, CVE-2025-71149, CVE-2025-71150, CVE-2025-71151, CVE-2025-71153, CVE-2025-71154, CVE-2026-23209

USN: 8179-1