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Ubuntu 22.04: USN-7154-2 Critical Kernel Security Update

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Calendar Grey January 6, 2025
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Ensure your Ubuntu 22.04 installation is equipped with the most recent kernel updates to secure against various high-risk vulnerabilities that have been identified.
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Software Description:

- linux-hwe-6.8: Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel

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:

- ARM64 architecture;

- MIPS architecture;

- PowerPC architecture;

- RISC-V architecture;

- S390 architecture;

- User-Mode Linux (UML);

- x86 architecture;

- Block layer subsystem;

- Android drivers;

- ATM drivers;

- Drivers core;

- Ublk userspace block driver;

- Bluetooth drivers;

- Character device driver;

- Hardware crypto device drivers;

- Buffer Sharing and Synchronization framework;

- DMA engine subsystem;

- Qualcomm firmware drivers;

- GPIO subsystem;

- GPU drivers;

- HID subsystem;

- Hardware monitoring drivers;

- I2C subsystem;

- I3C subsystem;

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   linux-image-6.8.0-50-generic    6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1
   linux-image-6.8.0-50-generic-64k  6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1
   linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04  6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1
   linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04   6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1
   linux-image-oem-22.04           6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1
   linux-image-oem-22.04a          6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1
   linux-image-oem-22.04b          6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1
   linux-image-oem-22.04c          6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1
   linux-image-oem-22.04d          6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1
   linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04   6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1

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

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.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7154-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7154-1

CVE-2023-52889, CVE-2023-52918, CVE-2024-39472, CVE-2024-42258,

CVE-2024-42259, CVE-2024-42260, CVE-2024-42261, CVE-2024-42262,

CVE-2024-42263, CVE-2024-42264, CVE-2024-42265, CVE-2024-42267,

CVE-2024-42268, CVE-2024-42269, CVE-2024-42270, CVE-2024-42272,

CVE-2024-42273, CVE-2024-42274, CVE-2024-42276, CVE-2024-42277,

CVE-2024-42278, CVE-2024-42279, CVE-2024-42281, CVE-2024-42283,

CVE-2024-42284, CVE-2024-42285, CVE-2024-42286, CVE-2024-42287,

CVE-2024-42288, CVE-2024-42289, CVE-2024-42290, CVE-2024-42291,

CVE-2024-42292, CVE-2024-42294, CVE-2024-42295, CVE-2024-42296,

CVE-2024-42297, CVE-2024-42298, CVE-2024-42299, CVE-2024-42301,

CVE-2024-42302, CVE-2024-42303, CVE-2024-42304, CVE-2024-42305,

CVE-2024-42306, CVE-2024-42307, CVE-2024-42309, CVE-2024-42310,

CVE-2024-42311, CVE-2024-42312, CVE-2024-42313, CVE-2024-42314,

CVE-2024-42315, CVE-2024-42316, CVE-2024-42317, CVE-2024-42318,

CVE-2024-42319, CVE-2024-42320, CVE-2024-42321, CVE-2024-42322,

CVE-2024-43817, CVE-2024-43818, CVE-2024-43819, CVE-2024-43820,

CVE-2024-43821, CVE-2024-43823, CVE-2024-43824, CVE-2024-43825,

CVE-2024-43826, CVE-2024-43827, CVE-2024-43828, CVE-2024-43829,

CVE-2024-43830, CVE-2024-43831, CVE-2024-43832, CVE-2024-43833,

CVE-2024-43834, CVE-2024-43835, CVE-2024-43837, CVE-2024-43839,

CVE-2024-43840, CVE-2024-43841, CVE-2024-43842, CVE-2024-43843,

CVE-2024-43845, CVE-2024-43846, CVE-2024-43847, CVE-2024-43849,

CVE-2024-43850, CVE-2024-43852, CVE-2024-43853, CVE-2024-43854,

CVE-2024-43856, CVE-2024-43857, CVE-2024-43859, CVE-2024-43860,

CVE-2024-43861, CVE-2024-43863, CVE-2024-43864, CVE-2024-43866,

CVE-2024-43867, CVE-2024-43868, CVE-2024-43869, CVE-2024-43870,

CVE-2024-43871, CVE-2024-43873, CVE-2024-43875, CVE-2024-43876,

CVE-2024-43877, CVE-2024-43879, CVE-2024-43880, CVE-2024-43881,

CVE-2024-43883, CVE-2024-43884, CVE-2024-43886, CVE-2024-43887,

CVE-2024-43888, CVE-2024-43889, CVE-2024-43890, CVE-2024-43891,

CVE-2024-43892, CVE-2024-43893, CVE-2024-43894, CVE-2024-43895,

CVE-2024-43899, CVE-2024-43900, CVE-2024-43902, CVE-2024-43904,

CVE-2024-43905, CVE-2024-43906, CVE-2024-43907, CVE-2024-43908,

CVE-2024-43909, CVE-2024-43910, CVE-2024-43911, CVE-2024-43912,

CVE-2024-43913, CVE-2024-43914, CVE-2024-44931, CVE-2024-44934,

CVE-2024-44935, CVE-2024-44937, CVE-2024-44938, CVE-2024-44939,

CVE-2024-44940, CVE-2024-44941, CVE-2024-44942, CVE-2024-44943,

CVE-2024-44944, CVE-2024-44946, CVE-2024-44947, CVE-2024-44948,

CVE-2024-44950, CVE-2024-44953, CVE-2024-44954, CVE-2024-44956,

CVE-2024-44957, CVE-2024-44958, CVE-2024-44959, CVE-2024-44960,

CVE-2024-44961, CVE-2024-44962, CVE-2024-44963, CVE-2024-44965,

CVE-2024-44966, CVE-2024-44967, CVE-2024-44969, CVE-2024-44970,

CVE-2024-44971, CVE-2024-44972, CVE-2024-44973, CVE-2024-44974,

CVE-2024-44975, CVE-2024-44977, CVE-2024-44978, CVE-2024-44979,

CVE-2024-44980, CVE-2024-44982, CVE-2024-44983, CVE-2024-44984,

CVE-2024-44985, CVE-2024-44986, CVE-2024-44987, CVE-2024-44988,

CVE-2024-44989, CVE-2024-44990, CVE-2024-44991, CVE-2024-44993,

CVE-2024-44995, CVE-2024-44996, CVE-2024-44998, CVE-2024-44999,

CVE-2024-45000, CVE-2024-45001, CVE-2024-45002, CVE-2024-45003,

CVE-2024-45005, CVE-2024-45006, CVE-2024-45007, CVE-2024-45008,

CVE-2024-45009, CVE-2024-45010, CVE-2024-45011, CVE-2024-45012,

CVE-2024-45013, CVE-2024-45015, CVE-2024-45017, CVE-2024-45018,

CVE-2024-45019, CVE-2024-45020, CVE-2024-45021, CVE-2024-45022,

CVE-2024-45025, CVE-2024-45026, CVE-2024-45027, CVE-2024-45028,

CVE-2024-45029, CVE-2024-45030, CVE-2024-46672, CVE-2024-46673,

CVE-2024-46675, CVE-2024-46676, CVE-2024-46677, CVE-2024-46678,

CVE-2024-46679, CVE-2024-46680, CVE-2024-46681, CVE-2024-46683,

CVE-2024-46685, CVE-2024-46686, CVE-2024-46687, CVE-2024-46689,

CVE-2024-46691, CVE-2024-46692, CVE-2024-46693, CVE-2024-46694,

CVE-2024-46695, CVE-2024-46697, CVE-2024-46698, CVE-2024-46701,

CVE-2024-46702, CVE-2024-46703, CVE-2024-46705, CVE-2024-46706,

CVE-2024-46707, CVE-2024-46708, CVE-2024-46709, CVE-2024-46710,

CVE-2024-46711, CVE-2024-46713, CVE-2024-46714, CVE-2024-46715,

CVE-2024-46716, CVE-2024-46717, CVE-2024-46718, CVE-2024-46719,

CVE-2024-46720, CVE-2024-46721, CVE-2024-46722, CVE-2024-46723,

CVE-2024-46724, CVE-2024-46725, CVE-2024-46726, CVE-2024-46727,

CVE-2024-46728, CVE-2024-46729, CVE-2024-46730, CVE-2024-46731,

CVE-2024-46732, CVE-2024-46733, CVE-2024-46735, CVE-2024-46737,

CVE-2024-46738, CVE-2024-46739, CVE-2024-46740, CVE-2024-46741,

CVE-2024-46743, CVE-2024-46744, CVE-2024-46745, CVE-2024-46746,

CVE-2024-46747, CVE-2024-46749, CVE-2024-46750, CVE-2024-46751,

CVE-2024-46752, CVE-2024-46753, CVE-2024-46754, CVE-2024-46755,

CVE-2024-46756, CVE-2024-46757, CVE-2024-46758, CVE-2024-46759,

CVE-2024-46760, CVE-2024-46761, CVE-2024-46762, CVE-2024-46763,

CVE-2024-46765, CVE-2024-46766, CVE-2024-46767, CVE-2024-46768,

CVE-2024-46770, CVE-2024-46771, CVE-2024-46772, CVE-2024-46773,

CVE-2024-46774, CVE-2024-46775, CVE-2024-46776, CVE-2024-46777,

CVE-2024-46778, CVE-2024-46779, CVE-2024-46780, CVE-2024-46781,

CVE-2024-46782, CVE-2024-46783, CVE-2024-46784, CVE-2024-46785,

CVE-2024-46786, CVE-2024-46787, CVE-2024-46788, CVE-2024-46791,

CVE-2024-46792, CVE-2024-46793, CVE-2024-46794, CVE-2024-46795,

CVE-2024-46797, CVE-2024-46798, CVE-2024-46802, CVE-2024-46803,

CVE-2024-46804, CVE-2024-46805, CVE-2024-46806, CVE-2024-46807,

CVE-2024-46808, CVE-2024-46809, CVE-2024-46810, CVE-2024-46811,

CVE-2024-46812, CVE-2024-46813, CVE-2024-46814, CVE-2024-46815,

CVE-2024-46816, CVE-2024-46817, CVE-2024-46818, CVE-2024-46819,

CVE-2024-46821, CVE-2024-46822, CVE-2024-46823, CVE-2024-46824,

CVE-2024-46825, CVE-2024-46826, CVE-2024-46827, CVE-2024-46828,

CVE-2024-46829, CVE-2024-46830, CVE-2024-46831, CVE-2024-46832,

CVE-2024-46834, CVE-2024-46835, CVE-2024-46836, CVE-2024-46838,

CVE-2024-46840, CVE-2024-46841, CVE-2024-46842, CVE-2024-46843,

CVE-2024-46844, CVE-2024-46845, CVE-2024-46846, CVE-2024-46847,

CVE-2024-46848, CVE-2024-46849, CVE-2024-46850, CVE-2024-46851,

CVE-2024-46852, CVE-2024-46853, CVE-2024-46854, CVE-2024-46855,

CVE-2024-46857, CVE-2024-46858, CVE-2024-46859, CVE-2024-46860,

CVE-2024-46861, CVE-2024-46864, CVE-2024-46866, CVE-2024-46867,

CVE-2024-46868, CVE-2024-46870, CVE-2024-46871, CVE-2024-47658,

CVE-2024-47659, CVE-2024-47660, CVE-2024-47661, CVE-2024-47662,

CVE-2024-47663, CVE-2024-47664, CVE-2024-47665, CVE-2024-47666,

CVE-2024-47667, CVE-2024-47668, CVE-2024-47669, CVE-2024-47674,

CVE-2024-47683, CVE-2024-49984

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