1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-7233-1

USN-7233-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Publication date

28 January 2025

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Releases

Packages

  • linux - Linux kernel
  • linux-aws - Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems
  • linux-aws-hwe - Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS-HWE) systems
  • linux-gcp - Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems
  • linux-gcp-4.15 - Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems
  • linux-hwe - Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel
  • linux-kvm - Linux kernel for cloud environments
  • linux-oracle - Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems

Details

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:

  • Multiple devices driver;
  • Network drivers;
  • Mellanox network drivers;
  • S/390 drivers;
  • SCSI subsystem;
  • Sonic Silicon Backplane drivers;
  • File systems infrastructure;
  • Closures library;
  • Netfilter;
  • TIPC protocol;
  • VMware vSockets driver

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:

  • Multiple devices driver;
  • Network drivers;
  • Mellanox network drivers;
  • S/390 drivers;
  • SCSI subsystem;
  • Sonic Silicon Backplane drivers;
  • File systems infrastructure;
  • Closures library;
  • Netfilter;
  • TIPC protocol;
  • VMware vSockets driver

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed. Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic, linux-generic-lts-RELEASE, linux-virtual, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform this as well.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 bionic linux-image-4.15.0-1139-oracle –  4.15.0-1139.150  
linux-image-4.15.0-1160-kvm –  4.15.0-1160.165  
linux-image-4.15.0-1170-gcp –  4.15.0-1170.187  
linux-image-4.15.0-1177-aws –  4.15.0-1177.190  
linux-image-4.15.0-233-generic –  4.15.0-233.245  
linux-image-4.15.0-233-lowlatency –  4.15.0-233.245  
linux-image-aws-lts-18.04 –  4.15.0.1177.175  
linux-image-gcp-lts-18.04 –  4.15.0.1170.183  
linux-image-generic –  4.15.0.233.217  
linux-image-kvm –  4.15.0.1160.151  
linux-image-lowlatency –  4.15.0.233.217  
linux-image-oracle-lts-18.04 –  4.15.0.1139.144  
linux-image-virtual –  4.15.0.233.217  
16.04 xenial linux-image-4.15.0-1139-oracle –  4.15.0-1139.150~16.04.1  
linux-image-4.15.0-1170-gcp –  4.15.0-1170.187~16.04.1  
linux-image-4.15.0-1177-aws –  4.15.0-1177.190~16.04.1  
linux-image-4.15.0-233-generic –  4.15.0-233.245~16.04.1  
linux-image-4.15.0-233-lowlatency –  4.15.0-233.245~16.04.1  
linux-image-aws-hwe –  4.15.0.1177.190~16.04.1  
linux-image-gcp –  4.15.0.1170.187~16.04.1  
linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04 –  4.15.0.233.245~16.04.1  
linux-image-gke –  4.15.0.1170.187~16.04.1  
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04 –  4.15.0.233.245~16.04.1  
linux-image-oem –  4.15.0.233.245~16.04.1  
linux-image-oracle –  4.15.0.1139.150~16.04.1  
linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04 –  4.15.0.233.245~16.04.1  

Reduce your security exposure

Ubuntu Pro provides ten-year security coverage to 25,000+ packages in Main and Universe repositories, and it is free for up to five machines.

Get Ubuntu Pro

References

id="usn"

Have additional questions?

Talk to a member of the team ›