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Ubuntu 22.04 & 24.04: Linux Kernel Critical Information Exposure USN-7864-1

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Calendar Grey November 7, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several issues in the Linux kernel fixed for Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04 LTS. Important updates address critical weaknesses.
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Software Description:

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

- linux-gke: Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems

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

Details:

Jean-Claude Graf, Sandro Rüegge, Ali Hajiabadi, and Kaveh Razavi discovered

that the Linux kernel contained insufficient branch predictor isolation

between a guest and a userspace hypervisor for certain processors. This

flaw is known as VMSCAPE. An attacker in a guest VM could possibly use this

to expose sensitive information from the host OS. (CVE-2025-40300)

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:

- HSI subsystem;

- I2C subsystem;

- Bluetooth subsystem;

- Timer subsystem;

(CVE-2025-37838, CVE-2025-38118, CVE-2025-3835...

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical Ubuntu information exposure linux-gke linux-gcp

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   linux-image-6.8.0-1039-gke      6.8.0-1039.44
   linux-image-6.8.0-1039-gke-64k  6.8.0-1039.44
   linux-image-6.8.0-1043-gcp      6.8.0-1043.46
   linux-image-6.8.0-1043-gcp-64k  6.8.0-1043.46
   linux-image-gcp-6.8             6.8.0-1043.46
   linux-image-gcp-64k-6.8         6.8.0-1043.46
   linux-image-gcp-64k-lts-24.04   6.8.0-1043.46
   linux-image-gcp-lts-24.04       6.8.0-1043.46
   linux-image-gke                 6.8.0-1039.44
   linux-image-gke-6.8             6.8.0-1039.44
   linux-image-gke-64k             6.8.0-1039.44
   linux-image-gke-64k-6.8         6.8.0-1039.44

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   linux-image-6.8.0-1043-gcp      6.8.0-1043.46~22.04.1
   linux-image-6.8.0-1043-gcp-64k  6.8.0-1043.46~22.04.1
   linux-image-gcp                 6.8.0-1043.46~22.04.1
   linux-image-gcp-6.8             6.8.0-1043.46~22.04.1
   linux-image-gcp-64k             6.8.0-1043.46~22.04.1
   linux-image-gcp-64k-6.8         6.8.0-1043.46~22.04.1

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-7864-1

CVE-2025-37838, CVE-2025-38118, CVE-2025-38352, CVE-2025-38425,

CVE-2025-40300

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7864-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical Ubuntu information exposure linux-gke linux-gcp

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gke/6.8.0-1039.44
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp-6.8/6.8.0-1043.46~22.04.1

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