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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS / Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-8729-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 343493

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS / Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8729-1 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;

 - PowerPC architecture;

 - Compute Acceleration Framework;

 - Drivers core;

 - Bluetooth drivers;

 - Arm Firmware Framework for ARMv8-A(FFA);

 - EFI core;

 - GPU drivers;

 - Hardware monitoring drivers;

 - InfiniBand drivers;

 - Network drivers;

 - Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver;

 - SCSI subsystem;

 - SPI subsystem;

 - Network file systems library;

 - NTFS3 file system;

 - SMB network file system;

 - File systems infrastructure;

 - Software nodes and device properties;

 - Bluetooth subsystem;

 - Netfilter;

 - Tracing infrastructure;

 - io_uring subsystem;

 - IRQ subsystem;

 - KProbes tracing;

 - Memory management;

 - B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;

 - Ethernet bridge;

 - Networking core;

 - IPv4 networking;

 - IPv6 networking;

 - Multipath TCP;

 - Phonet protocol;

 - SMC sockets;

 - TLS protocol;

 - Unix domain sockets;

 - VMware vSockets driver;

 - Wireless networking;

 - Key management;

 - Linux Security Modules (LSM) Framework;

 - ALSA framework;

 - AudioScience HPI driver; (CVE-2025-71289, CVE-2026-23469, CVE-2026-31420, CVE-2026-31486, CVE-2026-31560, CVE-2026-46158, CVE-2026-46170, CVE-2026-46275, CVE-2026-46315, CVE-2026-52912, CVE-2026-52915, CVE-2026-52916, CVE-2026-52918, CVE-2026-52919, CVE-2026-52921, CVE-2026-52922, CVE-2026-52926, CVE-2026-52941, CVE-2026-53357, CVE-2026-64015, CVE-2026-64018, CVE-2026-64025, CVE-2026-64029, CVE-2026-64032, CVE-2026-64033, CVE-2026-64034, CVE-2026-64039, CVE-2026-64046, CVE-2026-64047, CVE-2026-64048, CVE-2026-64051, CVE-2026-64055, CVE-2026-64056, CVE-2026-64064, CVE-2026-64073, CVE-2026-64083, CVE-2026-64084, CVE-2026-64085, CVE-2026-64086, CVE-2026-64087, CVE-2026-64088, CVE-2026-64089, CVE-2026-64092, CVE-2026-64096, CVE-2026-64097, CVE-2026-64098, CVE-2026-64102, CVE-2026-64103, CVE-2026-64106, CVE-2026-64108, CVE-2026-64109, CVE-2026-64111, CVE-2026-64113, CVE-2026-64114, CVE-2026-64115, CVE-2026-64116, CVE-2026-64118, CVE-2026-64121, CVE-2026-64125, CVE-2026-64126, CVE-2026-64127, CVE-2026-64128, CVE-2026-64133, CVE-2026-64134, CVE-2026-64135, CVE-2026-64136, CVE-2026-64137, CVE-2026-64138, CVE-2026-64144, CVE-2026-64147, CVE-2026-64148, CVE-2026-64153, CVE-2026-64155, CVE-2026-64163, CVE-2026-64165, CVE-2026-64166, CVE-2026-64168, CVE-2026-64170, CVE-2026-64173, CVE-2026-64174, CVE-2026-64177, CVE-2026-64178, CVE-2026-64179, CVE-2026-64180, CVE-2026-64182, CVE-2026-64183, CVE-2026-64184, CVE-2026-64185, CVE-2026-64214, CVE-2026-64217, CVE-2026-64218, CVE-2026-64219, CVE-2026-64220, CVE-2026-64221, CVE-2026-64225, CVE-2026-64231, CVE-2026-64518)

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-8729-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 343493

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8729-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2026

Updated: 9/7/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.7

Percentile: 99.04

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-2026-64225

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: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pro:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1049.53-gkeop, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1062.65-nvidia-64k, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1062.65-nvidia, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1062.65.1-nvidia-lowlatency-64k, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1062.65.1-nvidia-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1062.70-gke-64k, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1062.70-gke, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1064.68-raspi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1067.75-gcp-64k, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.0-1067.75-gcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.8.1-1059.60-realtime

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-71289, CVE-2026-23469, CVE-2026-31420, CVE-2026-31486, CVE-2026-31560, CVE-2026-46158, CVE-2026-46170, CVE-2026-46275, CVE-2026-46315, CVE-2026-52912, CVE-2026-52915, CVE-2026-52916, CVE-2026-52918, CVE-2026-52919, CVE-2026-52921, CVE-2026-52922, CVE-2026-52926, CVE-2026-52941, CVE-2026-53357, CVE-2026-64015, CVE-2026-64018, CVE-2026-64025, CVE-2026-64029, CVE-2026-64032, CVE-2026-64033, CVE-2026-64034, CVE-2026-64039, CVE-2026-64046, CVE-2026-64047, CVE-2026-64048, CVE-2026-64051, CVE-2026-64055, CVE-2026-64056, CVE-2026-64064, CVE-2026-64073, CVE-2026-64083, CVE-2026-64084, CVE-2026-64085, CVE-2026-64086, CVE-2026-64087, CVE-2026-64088, CVE-2026-64089, CVE-2026-64092, CVE-2026-64096, CVE-2026-64097, CVE-2026-64098, CVE-2026-64102, CVE-2026-64103, CVE-2026-64106, CVE-2026-64108, CVE-2026-64109, CVE-2026-64111, CVE-2026-64113, CVE-2026-64114, CVE-2026-64115, CVE-2026-64116, CVE-2026-64118, CVE-2026-64121, CVE-2026-64125, CVE-2026-64126, CVE-2026-64127, CVE-2026-64128, CVE-2026-64133, CVE-2026-64134, CVE-2026-64135, CVE-2026-64136, CVE-2026-64137, CVE-2026-64138, CVE-2026-64144, CVE-2026-64147, CVE-2026-64148, CVE-2026-64153, CVE-2026-64155, CVE-2026-64163, CVE-2026-64165, CVE-2026-64166, CVE-2026-64168, CVE-2026-64170, CVE-2026-64173, CVE-2026-64174, CVE-2026-64177, CVE-2026-64178, CVE-2026-64179, CVE-2026-64180, CVE-2026-64182, CVE-2026-64183, CVE-2026-64184, CVE-2026-64185, CVE-2026-64214, CVE-2026-64217, CVE-2026-64218, CVE-2026-64219, CVE-2026-64220, CVE-2026-64221, CVE-2026-64225, CVE-2026-64231, CVE-2026-64518

USN: 8729-1