Ubuntu 24.04, 22.04 LTS: USN-7492-1 critical: Kernel admin privileges

ubuntu

May 6, 2025

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

Summary

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

Software Description:

- linux: Linux kernel

- linux-aws: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems

- linux-gcp: 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-ibm: Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems

- linux-lowlatency: Linux low latency kernel

- linux-nvidia: 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-aws-6.8: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems

- linux-gcp-6.8: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems

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

- linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8: Linux low latency kernel

- linux-nvidia-6.8: Linux kernel for NVIDIA systems

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Topics Covered

security advisory kernel update Ubuntu system crash admin privileges Bluetooth issue

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  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

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.