USN-7796-1

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:

Framebuffer layer;
BTRFS file system;
Ext4 file system;
Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
Packet sockets;
Network traffic control;
VMware vSockets driver; (CVE-2025-21796, CVE-2025-38477, CVE-2025-38617, CVE-2025-37785, CVE-2024-49924, CVE-2025-38618, CVE-2024-35849)

Affected Packages

linux-aws-hwe

Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS

Fixed in:

4.15.0-1185.198~16.04.1

linux-azure

Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS

Fixed in:

4.15.0-1193.208~16.04.1

linux-gcp

Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS

Fixed in:

4.15.0-1178.195~16.04.1

linux-hwe

Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS

Fixed in:

4.15.0-242.254~16.04.1

linux

Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS

Fixed in:

4.15.0-242.254

linux-aws

Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS

Fixed in:

4.15.0-1185.198

linux-azure-4.15

Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS

Fixed in:

4.15.0-1193.208

linux-gcp-4.15

Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS

Fixed in:

4.15.0-1178.195

linux-oracle

Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS

Fixed in:

4.15.0-1147.158

References

REPORThttps://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-35849 REPORThttps://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-49924 REPORThttps://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21796 REPORThttps://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-37785 REPORThttps://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-38477 REPORThttps://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-38617 REPORThttps://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-38618 ADVISORYhttps://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7796-1

USN-7796-1

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