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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-8245-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 314219

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 25.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8245-1 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;

 - User-Mode Linux (UML);

 - x86 architecture;

 - Block layer subsystem;

 - Cryptographic API;

 - ACPI drivers;

 - Ublk userspace block driver;

 - Bluetooth drivers;

 - Character device driver;

 - TPM device driver;

 - Clock framework and drivers;

 - GPU drivers;

 - Hardware monitoring drivers;

 - Intel Trace Hub HW tracing drivers;

 - InfiniBand drivers;

 - Input Device core drivers;

 - Input Device (Mouse) drivers;

 - IOMMU subsystem;

 - Multiple devices driver;

 - Media drivers;

 - Network drivers;

 - Mellanox network drivers;

 - STMicroelectronics network drivers;

 - Ethernet team driver;

 - NVME drivers;

 - PA-RISC drivers;

 - Chrome hardware platform drivers;

 - x86 platform drivers;

 - SCSI subsystem;

 - SPI subsystem;

 - TCM subsystem;

 - Freescale USB OTG Transceiver Driver;

 - USB Type-C Connector System Software Interface driver;

 - Watchdog drivers;

 - BTRFS file system;

 - exFAT file system;

 - Ext4 file system;

 - F2FS file system;

 - FUSE (File system in Userspace);

 - HFS+ file system;

 - File systems infrastructure;

 - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;

 - File system notification infrastructure;

 - NTFS3 file system;

 - OCFS2 file system;

 - SMB network file system;

 - XFS file system;

 - User-space API (UAPI);

 - io_uring subsystem;

 - Scheduler infrastructure;

 - Shadow Call Stack mechanism;

 - Tracing infrastructure;

 - Memory management;

 - BPF subsystem;

 - CAIF protocol;

 - Ceph Core library;

 - Networking core;

 - Ethtool driver;

 - Handshake API;

 - HSR network protocol;

 - IPv4 networking;

 - IPv6 networking;

 - Multipath TCP;

 - Netfilter;

 - NET/ROM layer;

 - NFC subsystem;

 - Open vSwitch;

 - Rose network layer;

 - Network traffic control;

 - Sun RPC protocol;

 - Key management;

 - Landlock security;

 - STMicroelectronics SoC drivers;

 - USB sound devices;

 - KVM subsystem; (CVE-2025-68351, CVE-2025-68353, CVE-2025-68365, CVE-2025-68368, CVE-2025-68725, CVE-2025-68736, CVE-2025-68745, CVE-2025-68767, CVE-2025-68768, 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-2025-68781, CVE-2025-68782, CVE-2025-68783, CVE-2025-68784, CVE-2025-68785, CVE-2025-68786, CVE-2025-68787, CVE-2025-68788, CVE-2025-68791, CVE-2025-68792, CVE-2025-68793, 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-2025-68802, CVE-2025-68803, CVE-2025-68804, CVE-2025-68805, CVE-2025-68806, CVE-2025-68807, 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-2025-68822, CVE-2025-68823, CVE-2025-71064, CVE-2025-71065, CVE-2025-71066, CVE-2025-71067, CVE-2025-71068, CVE-2025-71069, CVE-2025-71070, CVE-2025-71071, CVE-2025-71072, CVE-2025-71073, CVE-2025-71075, CVE-2025-71076, 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-2025-71089, CVE-2025-71091, CVE-2025-71093, CVE-2025-71094, CVE-2025-71095, CVE-2025-71096, CVE-2025-71097, CVE-2025-71098, CVE-2025-71099, CVE-2025-71100, 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-2025-71115, CVE-2025-71116, CVE-2025-71117, CVE-2025-71118, CVE-2025-71119, CVE-2025-71120, CVE-2025-71121, CVE-2025-71122, CVE-2025-71123, CVE-2025-71124, CVE-2025-71125, CVE-2025-71126, 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-2025-71143, CVE-2025-71146, CVE-2025-71147, CVE-2025-71148, CVE-2025-71150, CVE-2025-71151, CVE-2025-71153, CVE-2025-71154, CVE-2025-71156, CVE-2025-71157, CVE-2026-23091, CVE-2026-23112, CVE-2026-23209, CVE-2026-23231)

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-8245-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 314219

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8245-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/11/2026

Updated: 5/11/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-23112

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-6.17.0-1020-oem, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.17.0-1013-azure, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts

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: 5/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-36347, CVE-2025-68351, CVE-2025-68353, CVE-2025-68365, CVE-2025-68368, CVE-2025-68725, CVE-2025-68736, CVE-2025-68745, CVE-2025-68767, CVE-2025-68768, 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-2025-68781, CVE-2025-68782, CVE-2025-68783, CVE-2025-68784, CVE-2025-68785, CVE-2025-68786, CVE-2025-68787, CVE-2025-68788, CVE-2025-68791, CVE-2025-68792, CVE-2025-68793, 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-2025-68802, CVE-2025-68803, CVE-2025-68804, CVE-2025-68805, CVE-2025-68806, CVE-2025-68807, 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-2025-68822, CVE-2025-68823, CVE-2025-71064, CVE-2025-71065, CVE-2025-71066, CVE-2025-71067, CVE-2025-71068, CVE-2025-71069, CVE-2025-71070, CVE-2025-71071, CVE-2025-71072, CVE-2025-71073, CVE-2025-71075, CVE-2025-71076, 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-2025-71089, CVE-2025-71091, CVE-2025-71093, CVE-2025-71094, CVE-2025-71095, CVE-2025-71096, CVE-2025-71097, CVE-2025-71098, CVE-2025-71099, CVE-2025-71100, 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-2025-71115, CVE-2025-71116, CVE-2025-71117, CVE-2025-71118, CVE-2025-71119, CVE-2025-71120, CVE-2025-71121, CVE-2025-71122, CVE-2025-71123, CVE-2025-71124, CVE-2025-71125, CVE-2025-71126, 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-2025-71143, CVE-2025-71146, CVE-2025-71147, CVE-2025-71148, CVE-2025-71150, CVE-2025-71151, CVE-2025-71153, CVE-2025-71154, CVE-2025-71156, CVE-2025-71157, CVE-2026-23091, CVE-2026-23112, CVE-2026-23209, CVE-2026-23231

USN: 8245-1