USN-7120-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Published Nov 19, 2024
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Updated

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:

Affected Software

120 affected componentsFixes available
Ubuntu Linux kernel
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1014-gke<6.8.0-1014.18
6.8.0-1014.18
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1015-raspi<6.8.0-1015.17
6.8.0-1015.17
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1016-ibm<6.8.0-1016.16
6.8.0-1016.16
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1016-oracle<6.8.0-1016.17
6.8.0-1016.17
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1016-oracle-64k<6.8.0-1016.17
6.8.0-1016.17
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1017-oem<6.8.0-1017.17
6.8.0-1017.17
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1018-gcp<6.8.0-1018.20
6.8.0-1018.20
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1018-nvidia<6.8.0-1018.20
6.8.0-1018.20
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1018-nvidia-64k<6.8.0-1018.20
6.8.0-1018.20
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1018-nvidia-lowlatency<6.8.0-1018.20.1
6.8.0-1018.20.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1018-nvidia-lowlatency-64k<6.8.0-1018.20.1
6.8.0-1018.20.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1019-aws<6.8.0-1019.21
6.8.0-1019.21
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-49-generic<6.8.0-49.49
6.8.0-49.49
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-49-generic-64k<6.8.0-49.49
6.8.0-49.49
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-aws<6.8.0-1019.21
6.8.0-1019.21
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-gcp<6.8.0-1018.20
6.8.0-1018.20
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-generic<6.8.0-49.49
6.8.0-49.49
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-generic-64k<6.8.0-49.49
6.8.0-49.49
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04<6.8.0-49.49
6.8.0-49.49
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04<6.8.0-49.49
6.8.0-49.49
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-generic-lpae<6.8.0-49.49
6.8.0-49.49
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-gke<6.8.0-1014.18
6.8.0-1014.18
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-ibm<6.8.0-1016.16
6.8.0-1016.16
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-ibm-classic<6.8.0-1016.16
6.8.0-1016.16
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04<6.8.0-1016.16
6.8.0-1016.16
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-kvm<6.8.0-49.49
6.8.0-49.49
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-nvidia<6.8.0-1018.20
6.8.0-1018.20
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-nvidia-64k<6.8.0-1018.20
6.8.0-1018.20
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency<6.8.0-1018.20.1
6.8.0-1018.20.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k<6.8.0-1018.20.1
6.8.0-1018.20.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-oem-24.04<6.8.0-1017.17
6.8.0-1017.17
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-oem-24.04a<6.8.0-1017.17
6.8.0-1017.17
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-oracle<6.8.0-1016.17
6.8.0-1016.17
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-oracle-64k<6.8.0-1016.17
6.8.0-1016.17
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-raspi<6.8.0-1015.17
6.8.0-1015.17
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-virtual<6.8.0-49.49
6.8.0-49.49
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04<6.8.0-49.49
6.8.0-49.49
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1018-gcp<6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1018-nvidia<6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1018-nvidia-64k<6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-49-generic<6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-49-generic-64k<6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-gcp<6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04<6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04<6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-nvidia-6.8<6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8<6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04<6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04<6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-oem-22.04<6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-oem-22.04a<6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-oem-22.04c<6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of the following
ubuntu/linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04<6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.8<6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.8<6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.8<6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
ubuntu/linux<6.8.0-49.49
6.8.0-49.49
ubuntu/linux-aws<6.8.0-1019.21
6.8.0-1019.21
ubuntu/linux-gcp<6.8.0-1018.20
6.8.0-1018.20
ubuntu/linux-gke<6.8.0-1014.18
6.8.0-1014.18
ubuntu/linux-ibm<6.8.0-1016.16
6.8.0-1016.16
ubuntu/linux-nvidia<6.8.0-1018.20
6.8.0-1018.20
ubuntu/linux-nvidia-lowlatency<6.8.0-1018.20.1
6.8.0-1018.20.1
ubuntu/linux-oem-6.8<6.8.0-1017.17
6.8.0-1017.17
ubuntu/linux-oracle<6.8.0-1016.17
6.8.0-1016.17
ubuntu/linux-raspi<6.8.0-1015.17
6.8.0-1015.17

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1014-gke to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1014.18
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1015-raspi to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1015.17
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1016-ibm to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1016.16
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1016-oracle to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1016.17
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1016-oracle-64k to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1016.17
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1017-oem to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1017.17
  7. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1018-gcp to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1018.20
  8. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1018-nvidia to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1018.20
  9. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1018-nvidia-64k to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1018.20
  10. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1018-nvidia-lowlatency to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1018.20.1
  11. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1018-nvidia-lowlatency-64k to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1018.20.1
  12. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1019-aws to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1019.21
  13. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-49-generic to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-49.49
  14. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-49-generic-64k to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-49.49
  15. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-aws to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1019.21
  16. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-gcp to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1018.20
  17. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-generic to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-49.49
  18. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-generic-64k to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-49.49
  19. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-49.49
  20. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-49.49
  21. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-generic-lpae to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-49.49
  22. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-gke to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1014.18
  23. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-ibm to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1016.16
  24. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-ibm-classic to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1016.16
  25. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1016.16
  26. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-kvm to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-49.49
  27. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-nvidia to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1018.20
  28. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-nvidia-64k to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1018.20
  29. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1018.20.1
  30. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1018.20.1
  31. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-oem-24.04 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1017.17
  32. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-oem-24.04a to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1017.17
  33. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-oracle to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1016.17
  34. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-oracle-64k to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1016.17
  35. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-raspi to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1015.17
  36. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-virtual to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-49.49
  37. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-49.49
  38. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1018-gcp to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
  39. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1018-nvidia to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
  40. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1018-nvidia-64k to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
  41. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-49-generic to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
  42. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-49-generic-64k to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
  43. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-gcp to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
  44. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
  45. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
  46. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-nvidia-6.8 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
  47. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
  48. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
  49. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
  50. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-oem-22.04 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
  51. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-oem-22.04a to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
  52. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-oem-22.04b to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
  53. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-oem-22.04c to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
  54. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-oem-22.04d to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
  55. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
  56. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.8 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
  57. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.8 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-49.49~22.04.1
  58. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.8 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1018.20~22.04.1
  59. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-49.49
  60. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-aws to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1019.21
  61. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-gcp to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1018.20
  62. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-gke to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1014.18
  63. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-ibm to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1016.16
  64. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-nvidia to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1018.20
  65. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-nvidia-lowlatency to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1018.20.1
  66. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-oem-6.8 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1017.17
  67. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-oracle to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1016.17
  68. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/linux-raspi to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.8.0-1015.17
  69. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch USN-7120-1

Event History

Nov 19, 2024
Advisory Published
via Ubuntu·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·12:00 AM
DescriptionAffected Software
Advisory Published
via OSV·11:39 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·11:39 PM
DescriptionAffected Software

Child vulnerabilities

Contains the following vulnerabilities.

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of USN-7120-1?

The severity of USN-7120-1 is classified as high due to multiple security issues found in the Linux kernel.

2

How do I fix USN-7120-1?

To fix USN-7120-1, update your system to the latest kernel version provided by Ubuntu, specifically targeting the affected packages.

3

What systems are affected by USN-7120-1?

USN-7120-1 affects Ubuntu 24.04 users running specific versions of the Linux kernel packages listed in the advisory.

4

What types of vulnerabilities are addressed in USN-7120-1?

USN-7120-1 addresses several security vulnerabilities within the Linux kernel that could potentially allow attackers to compromise the system.

5

Should I upgrade my kernel immediately after USN-7120-1 is released?

Yes, it is recommended to upgrade your kernel as soon as USN-7120-1 is released to mitigate any security risks associated with the vulnerabilities.

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