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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: USN-7907-4 Linux Kernel Critical Security Fixes

Ubuntu Large Esm H500
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7907-4
December 04, 2025

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

- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Software Description:
- linux-gcp-fips: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems with FIPS

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:
  - Cryptographic API;
  - ACPI drivers;
  - Hardware monitoring drivers;
  - InfiniBand drivers;
  - Mailbox framework;
  - Network drivers;
  - AFS file system;
  - Ceph distributed file system;
  - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
  - NILFS2 file system;
  - File systems infrastructure;
  - KVM subsystem;
  - L3 Master device support module;
  - Tracing infrastructure;
  - Memory management;
  - Appletalk network protocol;
  - Netfilter;
  - Open vSwitch;
(CVE-2021-47385, CVE-2022-49026, CVE-2022-49390, CVE-2024-49935,
CVE-2024-49963, CVE-2024-50067, CVE-2024-50095, CVE-2024-50179,
CVE-2024-53090, CVE-2024-53112, CVE-2024-53217, CVE-2024-58083,
CVE-2025-21715, CVE-2025-21722, CVE-2025-21761, CVE-2025-21791,
CVE-2025-21811, CVE-2025-21855, CVE-2025-37958, CVE-2025-38666,
CVE-2025-39964, CVE-2025-40018)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  linux-image-4.15.0-2088-gcp-fips  4.15.0-2088.94
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  linux-image-gcp-fips            4.15.0.2088.86
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  linux-image-gcp-fips-4.15       4.15.0.2088.86
                                  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-7907-4
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7907-3
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7907-2
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7907-1
  CVE-2021-47385, CVE-2022-49026, CVE-2022-49390, CVE-2024-49935,
  CVE-2024-49963, CVE-2024-50067, CVE-2024-50095, CVE-2024-50179,
  CVE-2024-53090, CVE-2024-53112, CVE-2024-53217, CVE-2024-58083,
  CVE-2025-21715, CVE-2025-21722, CVE-2025-21761, CVE-2025-21791,
  CVE-2025-21811, CVE-2025-21855, CVE-2025-37958, CVE-2025-38666,
  CVE-2025-39964, CVE-2025-40018

Package Information:
  

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: USN-7907-4 Linux Kernel Critical Security Fixes

ubuntu
Calendar Grey December 4, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Critical kernel security issues fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for GCP FIPS systems. Update now to maintain integrity.
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software Description: - linux-gcp-fips: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems with FIPS 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: - Cryptographic API; - ACPI drivers; - Hardware monitoring drivers; - InfiniBand drivers; - Mailbox framework; - Network drivers; - AFS file system; - Ceph distributed file system; - Network file system (NFS) server daemon; - NILFS2 file system; - File systems infrastructure; - KVM subsystem; - L3 Master device support module; - Tracing infrastructure; - Memory management; - Appletalk network protocol; - Netfilter; - Open vSwitch; (CVE-2021-47385, CVE-2022-49026, CVE-2022-49390, CVE-2024-49935, CVE-202...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-image-4.15.0-2088-gcp-fips 4.15.0-2088.94 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-gcp-fips 4.15.0.2088.86 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-gcp-fips-4.15 4.15.0.2088.86 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-7907-4

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7907-3

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7907-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7907-1

CVE-2021-47385, CVE-2022-49026, CVE-2022-49390, CVE-2024-49935,

CVE-2024-49963, CVE-2024-50067, CVE-2024-50095, CVE-2024-50179,

CVE-2024-53090, CVE-2024-53112, CVE-2024-53217, CVE-2024-58083,

CVE-2025-21715, CVE-2025-21722, CVE-2025-21761, CVE-2025-21791,

CVE-2025-21811, CVE-2025-21855, CVE-2025-37958, CVE-2025-38666,

CVE-2025-39964, CVE-2025-40018

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