Ubuntu 24.10 & 24.04 LTS: USN-7238-1 Critical Linux Kernel Update

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January 28, 2025

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Software Description:

- linux: Linux kernel

- linux-azure: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems

- linux-gcp: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems

- linux-raspi: Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi systems

- linux-realtime: Linux kernel for Real-time systems

- linux-oem-6.11: Linux kernel for OEM 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)

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Ubuntu system update Linux kernel network control Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

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 LTS
   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.

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.