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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: USN-7671-1 Linux Kernel Critical Security Flaws

Ubuntu Large Esm H500
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7671-1
July 25, 2025

linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-aws-fips, linux-bluefield,
linux-fips, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-gcp-fips, linux-hwe-5.4,
linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4,
linux-xilinx-zynqmp vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel
- linux-aws: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems
- linux-aws-fips: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems with FIPS
- linux-bluefield: Linux kernel for NVIDIA BlueField platforms
- linux-fips: Linux kernel with FIPS
- linux-gcp: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems
- linux-gcp-fips: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems with 
FIPS
- linux-ibm: Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems
- linux-kvm: Linux kernel for cloud environments
- linux-oracle: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems
- linux-xilinx-zynqmp: Linux kernel for Xilinx ZynqMP processors
- linux-aws-5.4: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems
- linux-gcp-5.4: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems
- linux-hwe-5.4: Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel
- linux-ibm-5.4: Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems
- linux-oracle-5.4: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud 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:
   - ACPI drivers;
   - GPU drivers;
   - SMB network file system;
   - Memory management;
   - Netfilter;
   - Network traffic control;
(CVE-2024-53051, CVE-2024-46787, CVE-2024-50047, CVE-2024-56662,
CVE-2025-37890, CVE-2025-38001, CVE-2025-37997, CVE-2025-37932,
CVE-2025-37798, CVE-2025-38177, CVE-2025-38000)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   linux-image-5.4.0-1066-xilinx-zynqmp  5.4.0-1066.70
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-5.4.0-1094-ibm      5.4.0-1094.99
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-5.4.0-1107-bluefield  5.4.0-1107.114
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-5.4.0-1122-fips     5.4.0-1122.132
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-5.4.0-1135-kvm      5.4.0-1135.144
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-5.4.0-1146-oracle   5.4.0-1146.156
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-5.4.0-1148-aws      5.4.0-1148.158
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-5.4.0-1148-aws-fips  5.4.0-1148.158+fips1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-5.4.0-1151-gcp      5.4.0-1151.160
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-5.4.0-1151-gcp-fips  5.4.0-1151.160+fips1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-5.4.0-219-generic   5.4.0-219.239
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-5.4.0-219-generic-lpae  5.4.0-219.239
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-5.4.0-219-lowlatency  5.4.0-219.239
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-aws-5.4             5.4.0.1148.145
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-aws-fips            5.4.0.1148.95
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-aws-fips-5.4        5.4.0.1148.95
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-aws-lts-20.04       5.4.0.1148.145
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-bluefield           5.4.0.1107.103
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-bluefield-5.4       5.4.0.1107.103
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-fips                5.4.0.1122.119
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-fips-5.4            5.4.0.1122.119
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-gcp-5.4             5.4.0.1151.153
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-gcp-fips            5.4.0.1151.93
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-gcp-fips-5.4        5.4.0.1151.93
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-gcp-lts-20.04       5.4.0.1151.153
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-generic             5.4.0.219.211
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-generic-5.4         5.4.0.219.211
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-generic-lpae        5.4.0.219.211
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-generic-lpae-5.4    5.4.0.219.211
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-ibm-5.4             5.4.0.1094.123
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-ibm-lts-20.04       5.4.0.1094.123
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-kvm                 5.4.0.1135.131
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-kvm-5.4             5.4.0.1135.131
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-lowlatency          5.4.0.219.211
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-lowlatency-5.4      5.4.0.219.211
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-oem                 5.4.0.219.211
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-oem-osp1            5.4.0.219.211
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-oracle-5.4          5.4.0.1146.140
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-oracle-lts-20.04    5.4.0.1146.140
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-virtual             5.4.0.219.211
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-virtual-5.4         5.4.0.219.211
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp       5.4.0.1066.66
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp-5.4   5.4.0.1066.66
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   linux-image-5.4.0-1094-ibm      5.4.0-1094.99~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-5.4.0-1146-oracle   5.4.0-1146.156~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-5.4.0-1148-aws      5.4.0-1148.158~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-5.4.0-1151-gcp      5.4.0-1151.160~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-5.4.0-219-generic   5.4.0-219.239~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-5.4.0-219-lowlatency  5.4.0-219.239~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-aws                 5.4.0.1148.158~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-aws-5.4             5.4.0.1148.158~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-gcp                 5.4.0.1151.160~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-gcp-5.4             5.4.0.1151.160~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-generic-5.4         5.4.0.219.239~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04   5.4.0.219.239~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-ibm                 5.4.0.1094.99~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-ibm-5.4             5.4.0.1094.99~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-lowlatency-5.4      5.4.0.219.239~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04  5.4.0.219.239~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-oem                 5.4.0.219.239~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-oem-osp1            5.4.0.219.239~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-oracle              5.4.0.1146.156~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-oracle-5.4          5.4.0.1146.156~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-snapdragon-5.4      5.4.0.219.239~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04  5.4.0.219.239~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-virtual-5.4         5.4.0.219.239~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04   5.4.0.219.239~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

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-7671-1
   CVE-2024-46787, CVE-2024-50047, CVE-2024-53051, CVE-2024-56662,
   CVE-2025-37798, CVE-2025-37890, CVE-2025-37932, CVE-2025-37997,
   CVE-2025-38000, CVE-2025-38001, CVE-2025-38177

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: USN-7671-1 Linux Kernel Critical Security Flaws

ubuntu
Calendar Grey July 25, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Remediations for critical Linux kernel vulnerabilities impacting Ubuntu 20.04 and 18.04, aimed at mitigating risks of system breaches.
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software Description: - linux: Linux kernel - linux-aws: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems - linux-aws-fips: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems with FIPS - linux-bluefield: Linux kernel for NVIDIA BlueField platforms - linux-fips: Linux kernel with FIPS - linux-gcp: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems - linux-gcp-fips: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems with FIPS - linux-ibm: Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems - linux-kvm: Linux kernel for cloud environments - linux-oracle: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems - linux-xilinx-zynqmp: Linux kernel for Xilinx ZynqMP processors - linux-aws-5.4: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems - linux-gcp-5.4: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems - li...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-image-5.4.0-1066-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1066.70 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-5.4.0-1094-ibm 5.4.0-1094.99 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-5.4.0-1107-bluefield 5.4.0-1107.114 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-5.4.0-1122-fips 5.4.0-1122.132 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-5.4.0-1135-kvm 5.4.0-1135.144 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-5.4.0-1146-oracle 5.4.0-1146.156 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-5.4.0-1148-aws 5.4.0-1148.158 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-5.4.0-1148-aws-fips 5.4.0-1148.158+fips1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-5.4.0-1151-gcp 5.4.0-1151.160 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-5.4.0-1151-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1151.160+fips1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-5.4.0-219-generic 5.4.0-219.239 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-5.4.0-219-generic-lpae 5.4.0-219.239 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-5.4.0-219-lowlatency 5.4.0-219.239 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-aws-5.4 5.4.0.1148.145 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-aws-fips 5.4.0.1148.95 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-aws-fips-5.4 5.4.0.1148.95 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-aws-lts-20.04 5.4.0.1148.145 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-bluefield 5.4.0.1107.103 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-bluefield-5.4 5.4.0.1107.103 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-fips 5.4.0.1122.119 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-fips-5.4 5.4.0.1122.119 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-gcp-5.4 5.4.0.1151.153 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-gcp-fips 5.4.0.1151.93 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-gcp-fips-5.4 5.4.0.1151.93 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-gcp-lts-20.04 5.4.0.1151.153 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-generic 5.4.0.219.211 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-generic-5.4 5.4.0.219.211 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-generic-lpae 5.4.0.219.211 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-generic-lpae-5.4 5.4.0.219.211 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-ibm-5.4 5.4.0.1094.123 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-ibm-lts-20.04 5.4.0.1094.123 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-kvm 5.4.0.1135.131 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-kvm-5.4 5.4.0.1135.131 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-lowlatency 5.4.0.219.211 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-lowlatency-5.4 5.4.0.219.211 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-oem 5.4.0.219.211 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-oem-osp1 5.4.0.219.211 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-oracle-5.4 5.4.0.1146.140 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-oracle-lts-20.04 5.4.0.1146.140 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-virtual 5.4.0.219.211 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-virtual-5.4 5.4.0.219.211 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0.1066.66 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp-5.4 5.4.0.1066.66 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-image-5.4.0-1094-ibm 5.4.0-1094.99~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-5.4.0-1146-oracle 5.4.0-1146.156~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-5.4.0-1148-aws 5.4.0-1148.158~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-5.4.0-1151-gcp 5.4.0-1151.160~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-5.4.0-219-generic 5.4.0-219.239~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-5.4.0-219-lowlatency 5.4.0-219.239~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-aws 5.4.0.1148.158~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-aws-5.4 5.4.0.1148.158~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-gcp 5.4.0.1151.160~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-gcp-5.4 5.4.0.1151.160~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-generic-5.4 5.4.0.219.239~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04 5.4.0.219.239~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-ibm 5.4.0.1094.99~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-ibm-5.4 5.4.0.1094.99~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-lowlatency-5.4 5.4.0.219.239~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04 5.4.0.219.239~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-oem 5.4.0.219.239~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-oem-osp1 5.4.0.219.239~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-oracle 5.4.0.1146.156~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-oracle-5.4 5.4.0.1146.156~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-snapdragon-5.4 5.4.0.219.239~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04 5.4.0.219.239~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-virtual-5.4 5.4.0.219.239~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04 5.4.0.219.239~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro 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-7671-1

CVE-2024-46787, CVE-2024-50047, CVE-2024-53051, CVE-2024-56662,

CVE-2025-37798, CVE-2025-37890, CVE-2025-37932, CVE-2025-37997,

CVE-2025-38000, CVE-2025-38001, CVE-2025-38177

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