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Ubuntu 25.10: Linux GCP Kernel Critical Security Issues USN-7906-2

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Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7906-2
December 05, 2025

linux-gcp vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 25.10

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Software Description:
- linux-gcp: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) 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:
  - x86 architecture;
  - Cryptographic API;
  - Android drivers;
  - TTY drivers;
  - F2FS file system;
  - 9P file system network protocol;
(CVE-2025-40025, CVE-2025-40026, CVE-2025-40027, CVE-2025-40028,
CVE-2025-40108, CVE-2025-40109)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 25.10
  linux-image-6.17.0-1004-gcp     6.17.0-1004.4
  linux-image-6.17.0-1004-gcp-64k  6.17.0-1004.4
  linux-image-gcp                 6.17.0-1004.4
  linux-image-gcp-6.17            6.17.0-1004.4
  linux-image-gcp-64k             6.17.0-1004.4
  linux-image-gcp-64k-6.17        6.17.0-1004.4

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-7906-2
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7906-1
  CVE-2025-40025, CVE-2025-40026, CVE-2025-40027, CVE-2025-40028,
  CVE-2025-40108, CVE-2025-40109

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp/6.17.0-1004.4

Ubuntu 25.10: Linux GCP Kernel Critical Security Issues USN-7906-2

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Calendar Grey December 5, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple critical security issues in the Ubuntu Linux kernel have been addressed with updates for GCP systems. Reboot needed.
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.10 Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software Description: - linux-gcp: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) 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: - x86 architecture; - Cryptographic API; - Android drivers; - TTY drivers; - F2FS file system; - 9P file system network protocol; (CVE-2025-40025, CVE-2025-40026, CVE-2025-40027, CVE-2025-40028, CVE-2025-40108, CVE-2025-40109)

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.10 linux-image-6.17.0-1004-gcp 6.17.0-1004.4 linux-image-6.17.0-1004-gcp-64k 6.17.0-1004.4 linux-image-gcp 6.17.0-1004.4 linux-image-gcp-6.17 6.17.0-1004.4 linux-image-gcp-64k 6.17.0-1004.4 linux-image-gcp-64k-6.17 6.17.0-1004.4 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-7906-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7906-1

CVE-2025-40025, CVE-2025-40026, CVE-2025-40027, CVE-2025-40028,

CVE-2025-40108, CVE-2025-40109

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7906-2

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp/6.17.0-1004.4

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