Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-7492-1

USN-7492-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Publication date

6 May 2025

Overview

The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.

Releases

24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS

Packages

linux - Linux kernel
linux-aws - Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems
linux-aws-6.8 - Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems
linux-gcp - Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems
linux-gcp-6.8 - Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems
linux-gke - Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems
linux-gkeop - Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems
linux-hwe-6.8 - Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel
linux-ibm - Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems
linux-lowlatency - Linux low latency kernel
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 - Linux low latency kernel
linux-nvidia - Linux kernel for NVIDIA systems
linux-nvidia-6.8 - Linux kernel for NVIDIA systems
linux-nvidia-lowlatency - Linux low latency kernel for NVIDIA systems
linux-oem-6.8 - Linux kernel for OEM systems
linux-oracle - Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems
linux-oracle-6.8 - Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems

Details

A security issues was discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use this to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

Bluetooth drivers

A security issues was discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use this to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

Bluetooth drivers

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
24.04 noble	linux-image-6.8.0-1011-gkeop – 6.8.0-1011.13
	linux-image-6.8.0-1024-gke – 6.8.0-1024.28
	linux-image-6.8.0-1025-ibm – 6.8.0-1025.25
	linux-image-6.8.0-1025-oracle – 6.8.0-1025.26
	linux-image-6.8.0-1025-oracle-64k – 6.8.0-1025.26
	linux-image-6.8.0-1027-nvidia – 6.8.0-1027.30
	linux-image-6.8.0-1027-nvidia-64k – 6.8.0-1027.30
	linux-image-6.8.0-1027-nvidia-lowlatency – 6.8.0-1027.30.1
	linux-image-6.8.0-1027-nvidia-lowlatency-64k – 6.8.0-1027.30.1
	linux-image-6.8.0-1027-oem – 6.8.0-1027.27
	linux-image-6.8.0-1028-aws – 6.8.0-1028.30
	linux-image-6.8.0-1029-gcp – 6.8.0-1029.31
	linux-image-6.8.0-1029-gcp-64k – 6.8.0-1029.31
	linux-image-6.8.0-59-generic – 6.8.0-59.61
	linux-image-6.8.0-59-generic-64k – 6.8.0-59.61
	linux-image-6.8.0-59-lowlatency – 6.8.0-59.61.1
	linux-image-6.8.0-59-lowlatency-64k – 6.8.0-59.61.1
	linux-image-aws – 6.8.0-1028.30
	linux-image-aws-lts-24.04 – 6.8.0-1028.30
	linux-image-gcp-64k-lts-24.04 – 6.8.0-1029.31
	linux-image-gcp-lts-24.04 – 6.8.0-1029.31
	linux-image-generic – 6.8.0-59.61
	linux-image-generic-64k – 6.8.0-59.61
	linux-image-generic-lpae – 6.8.0-59.61
	linux-image-gke – 6.8.0-1024.28
	linux-image-gkeop – 6.8.0-1011.13
	linux-image-gkeop-6.8 – 6.8.0-1011.13
	linux-image-ibm – 6.8.0-1025.25
	linux-image-ibm-classic – 6.8.0-1025.25
	linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04 – 6.8.0-1025.25
	linux-image-kvm – 6.8.0-59.61
	linux-image-lowlatency – 6.8.0-59.61.1
	linux-image-lowlatency-64k – 6.8.0-59.61.1
	linux-image-nvidia – 6.8.0-1027.30
	linux-image-nvidia-64k – 6.8.0-1027.30
	linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency – 6.8.0-1027.30.1
	linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k – 6.8.0-1027.30.1
	linux-image-oem-24.04 – 6.8.0-1027.27
	linux-image-oem-24.04a – 6.8.0-1027.27
	linux-image-oracle – 6.8.0-1025.26
	linux-image-oracle-64k – 6.8.0-1025.26
	linux-image-oracle-64k-lts-24.04 – 6.8.0-1025.26
	linux-image-oracle-lts-24.04 – 6.8.0-1025.26
	linux-image-virtual – 6.8.0-59.61
22.04 jammy	linux-image-6.8.0-1025-oracle – 6.8.0-1025.26~22.04.1
	linux-image-6.8.0-1025-oracle-64k – 6.8.0-1025.26~22.04.1
	linux-image-6.8.0-1027-nvidia – 6.8.0-1027.30~22.04.1
	linux-image-6.8.0-1027-nvidia-64k – 6.8.0-1027.30~22.04.1
	linux-image-6.8.0-1028-aws – 6.8.0-1028.30~22.04.1
	linux-image-6.8.0-1029-gcp – 6.8.0-1029.31~22.04.1
	linux-image-6.8.0-1029-gcp-64k – 6.8.0-1029.31~22.04.1
	linux-image-6.8.0-59-generic – 6.8.0-59.61~22.04.1
	linux-image-6.8.0-59-generic-64k – 6.8.0-59.61~22.04.1
	linux-image-6.8.0-59-lowlatency – 6.8.0-59.61.1~22.04.1
	linux-image-6.8.0-59-lowlatency-64k – 6.8.0-59.61.1~22.04.1
	linux-image-aws – 6.8.0-1028.30~22.04.1
	linux-image-gcp – 6.8.0-1029.31~22.04.1
	linux-image-gcp-64k – 6.8.0-1029.31~22.04.1
	linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04 – 6.8.0-59.61~22.04.1
	linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04 – 6.8.0-59.61~22.04.1
	linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04 – 6.8.0-59.61.1~22.04.1
	linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04 – 6.8.0-59.61.1~22.04.1
	linux-image-nvidia-6.8 – 6.8.0-1027.30~22.04.1
	linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8 – 6.8.0-1027.30~22.04.1
	linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04 – 6.8.0-1027.30~22.04.1
	linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04 – 6.8.0-1027.30~22.04.1
	linux-image-oem-22.04 – 6.8.0-59.61~22.04.1
	linux-image-oem-22.04a – 6.8.0-59.61~22.04.1
	linux-image-oem-22.04b – 6.8.0-59.61~22.04.1
	linux-image-oem-22.04c – 6.8.0-59.61~22.04.1
	linux-image-oem-22.04d – 6.8.0-59.61~22.04.1
	linux-image-oracle – 6.8.0-1025.26~22.04.1
	linux-image-oracle-64k – 6.8.0-1025.26~22.04.1
	linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04 – 6.8.0-59.61~22.04.1

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References

CVE-2024-56653

CVE-2024-56653

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