USN-7238-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

USN-7238-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
28 January 2025

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Releases

• Ubuntu 24.10
• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Packages

• linux - Linux kernel
• linux-azure - Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems
• linux-gcp - Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems
• linux-oem-6.11 - Linux kernel for OEM systems
• linux-raspi - Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi systems
• linux-realtime - Linux kernel for Real-time 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:

• Network traffic control;
• VMware vSockets driver;
  (CVE-2024-53103, CVE-2024-53164)

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

Ubuntu 24.10

• linux-image-6.11.0-1004-realtime - 6.11.0-1004.4
• linux-image-6.11.0-1007-gcp - 6.11.0-1007.7
• linux-image-6.11.0-1007-raspi - 6.11.0-1007.7
• linux-image-6.11.0-1008-azure - 6.11.0-1008.8
• linux-image-6.11.0-1008-azure-fde - 6.11.0-1008.8
• linux-image-6.11.0-14-generic - 6.11.0-14.15
• linux-image-6.11.0-14-generic-64k - 6.11.0-14.15
• linux-image-azure - 6.11.0-1008.8
• linux-image-azure-fde - 6.11.0-1008.8
• linux-image-gcp - 6.11.0-1007.7
• linux-image-generic - 6.11.0-14.15
• linux-image-generic-64k - 6.11.0-14.15
• linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04 - 6.11.0-14.15
• linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04 - 6.11.0-14.15
• linux-image-oem-24.04 - 6.11.0-14.15
• linux-image-oem-24.04a - 6.11.0-14.15
• linux-image-raspi - 6.11.0-1007.7
• linux-image-realtime - 6.11.0-1004.4
• linux-image-virtual - 6.11.0-14.15
• linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04 - 6.11.0-14.15
  Ubuntu 24.04
• linux-image-6.11.0-1013-oem - 6.11.0-1013.13
• linux-image-oem-24.04b - 6.11.0-1013.13
  After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
  all the necessary changes.