Back Linuxsecurity Debian 11 Kernel High Privilege Abuse Vulnerability CVE-2023
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 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-gcp: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems - linux-gkeop: Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems - linux-ibm: Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems - linux-intel-iotg: Linux kernel for Intel IoT platforms - linux-kvm: Linux kernel for cloud environments - linux-lowlatency: Linux low latency kernel - linux-nvidia: Linux kernel for NVIDIA systems - linux-nvidia-tegra: Linux kernel for NVIDIA Tegra systems - linux-oracle: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems - linux-xilinx-zynqmp: Linux kernel for Xilinx ZynqMP processors - linux-ibm-5.15: Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems - linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15: Linux kernel for NVIDIA Tegra systems Details:
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 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-gcp: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems - linux-gkeop: Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems - linux-ibm: Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems - linux-intel-iotg: Linux kernel for Intel IoT platforms - linux-kvm: Linux kernel for cloud environments - linux-lowlatency: Linux low latency kernel - linux-nvidia: Linux kernel for NVIDIA systems - linux-nvidia-tegra: Linux kernel for NVIDIA Tegra systems - linux-oracle: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems - linux-xilinx-zynqmp: Linux kernel for Xilinx ZynqMP processors - linux-ibm-5.15: Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems - linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15: Linux kernel for NVIDIA Tegra systems Details:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-image-5.15.0-1055-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1055.55 linux-image-5.15.0-1055-nvidia-tegra-rt 5.15.0-1055.55 linux-image-5.15.0-1067-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1067.71 linux-image-5.15.0-1086-gkeop 5.15.0-1086.94 linux-image-5.15.0-1095-kvm 5.15.0-1095.100 linux-image-5.15.0-1097-ibm 5.15.0-1097.100 linux-image-5.15.0-1098-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1098.104 linux-image-5.15.0-1098-nvidia 5.15.0-1098.99 linux-image-5.15.0-1098-nvidia-lowlatency 5.15.0-1098.99 linux-image-5.15.0-1100-oracle 5.15.0-1100.106 linux-image-5.15.0-1103-aws 5.15.0-1103.110 linux-image-5.15.0-1103-aws-64k 5.15.0-1103.110 linux-image-5.15.0-1103-gcp 5.15.0-1103.112 linux-image-5.15.0-173-generic 5.15.0-173.183 linux-image-5.15.0-173-generic-64k 5.15.0-173.183 linux-image-5.15.0-173-generic-lpae 5.15.0-173.183 linux-image-5.15.0-173-lowlatency 5.15.0-173.183 linux-image-5.15.0-173-lowlatency-64k 5.15.0-173.183 linux-image-aws-5.15 5.15.0.1103.106 linux-image-aws-64k-5.15 5.15.0.1103.106 linux-image-aws-64k-lts-22.04 5.15.0.1103.106 linux-image-aws-lts-22.04 5.15.0.1103.106 linux-image-gcp-5.15 5.15.0.1103.99 linux-image-gcp-lts-22.04 5.15.0.1103.99 linux-image-generic 5.15.0.173.161 linux-image-generic-5.15 5.15.0.173.161 linux-image-generic-64k 5.15.0.173.161 linux-image-generic-64k-5.15 5.15.0.173.161 linux-image-generic-lpae 5.15.0.173.161 linux-image-generic-lpae-5.15 5.15.0.173.161 linux-image-gkeop 5.15.0.1086.85 linux-image-gkeop-5.15 5.15.0.1086.85 linux-image-ibm 5.15.0.1097.93 linux-image-ibm-5.15 5.15.0.1097.93 linux-image-intel-iotg 5.15.0.1098.98 linux-image-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0.1098.98 linux-image-kvm 5.15.0.1095.91 linux-image-kvm-5.15 5.15.0.1095.91 linux-image-lowlatency 5.15.0.173.146 linux-image-lowlatency-5.15 5.15.0.173.146 linux-image-lowlatency-64k 5.15.0.173.146 linux-image-lowlatency-64k-5.15 5.15.0.173.146 linux-image-nvidia 5.15.0.1098.98 linux-image-nvidia-5.15 5.15.0.1098.98 linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency 5.15.0.1098.98 linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-5.15 5.15.0.1098.98 linux-image-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0.1055.55 linux-image-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0.1055.55 linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rt 5.15.0.1055.55 linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rt-5.15 5.15.0.1055.55 linux-image-oracle-5.15 5.15.0.1100.96 linux-image-oracle-lts-22.04 5.15.0.1100.96 linux-image-virtual 5.15.0.173.161 linux-image-virtual-5.15 5.15.0.173.161 linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0.1067.70 linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp-5.15 5.15.0.1067.70 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-image-5.15.0-1055-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1055.55~20.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-5.15.0-1055-nvidia-tegra-rt 5.15.0-1055.55~20.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-5.15.0-1097-ibm 5.15.0-1097.100~20.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-ibm 5.15.0.1097.100~20.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-ibm-5.15 5.15.0.1097.100~20.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0.1055.55~20.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0.1055.55~20.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rt 5.15.0.1055.55~20.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rt-5.15 5.15.0.1055.55~20.04.1 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.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-image-5.15.0-1055-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1055.55 linux-image-5.15.0-1055-nvidia-tegra-rt 5.15.0-1055.55 linux-image-5.15.0-1067-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1067.71 linux-image-5.15.0-1086-gkeop 5.15.0-1086.94 linux-image-5.15.0-1095-kvm 5.15.0-1095.100 linux-image-5.15.0-1097-ibm 5.15.0-1097.100 linux-image-5.15.0-1098-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1098.104 linux-image-5.15.0-1098-nvidia 5.15.0-1098.99 linux-image-5.15.0-1098-nvidia-lowlatency 5.15.0-1098.99 linux-image-5.15.0-1100-oracle 5.15.0-1100.106 linux-image-5.15.0-1103-aws 5.15.0-1103.110 linux-image-5.15.0-1103-aws-64k 5.15.0-1103.110 linux-image-5.15.0-1103-gcp 5.15.0-1103.112 linux-image-5.15.0-173-generic 5.15.0-173.183 linux-image-5.15.0-173-generic-64k 5.15.0-173.183 linux-image-5.15.0-173-generic-lpae 5.15.0-173.183 linux-image-5.15.0-173-lowlatency 5.15.0-173.183 linux-image-5.15.0-173-lowlatency-64k 5.15.0-173.183 linux-image-aws-5.15 5.15.0.1103.106 linux-image-aws-64k-5.15 5.15.0.1103.106 linux-image-aws-64k-lts-22.04 5.15.0.1103.106 linux-image-aws-lts-22.04 5.15.0.1103.106 linux-image-gcp-5.15 5.15.0.1103.99 linux-image-gcp-lts-22.04 5.15.0.1103.99 linux-image-generic 5.15.0.173.161 linux-image-generic-5.15 5.15.0.173.161 linux-image-generic-64k 5.15.0.173.161 linux-image-generic-64k-5.15 5.15.0.173.161 linux-image-generic-lpae 5.15.0.173.161 linux-image-generic-lpae-5.15 5.15.0.173.161 linux-image-gkeop 5.15.0.1086.85 linux-image-gkeop-5.15 5.15.0.1086.85 linux-image-ibm 5.15.0.1097.93 linux-image-ibm-5.15 5.15.0.1097.93 linux-image-intel-iotg 5.15.0.1098.98 linux-image-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0.1098.98 linux-image-kvm 5.15.0.1095.91 linux-image-kvm-5.15 5.15.0.1095.91 linux-image-lowlatency 5.15.0.173.146 linux-image-lowlatency-5.15 5.15.0.173.146 linux-image-lowlatency-64k 5.15.0.173.146 linux-image-lowlatency-64k-5.15 5.15.0.173.146 linux-image-nvidia 5.15.0.1098.98 linux-image-nvidia-5.15 5.15.0.1098.98 linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency 5.15.0.1098.98 linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-5.15 5.15.0.1098.98 linux-image-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0.1055.55 linux-image-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0.1055.55 linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rt 5.15.0.1055.55 linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rt-5.15 5.15.0.1055.55 linux-image-oracle-5.15 5.15.0.1100.96 linux-image-oracle-lts-22.04 5.15.0.1100.96 linux-image-virtual 5.15.0.173.161 linux-image-virtual-5.15 5.15.0.173.161 linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0.1067.70 linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp-5.15 5.15.0.1067.70 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-image-5.15.0-1055-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1055.55~20.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-5.15.0-1055-nvidia-tegra-rt 5.15.0-1055.55~20.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-5.15.0-1097-ibm 5.15.0-1097.100~20.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-ibm 5.15.0.1097.100~20.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-ibm-5.15 5.15.0.1097.100~20.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0.1055.55~20.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0.1055.55~20.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rt 5.15.0.1055.55~20.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rt-5.15 5.15.0.1055.55~20.04.1 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.
CVE-2022-49465, CVE-2024-36903, CVE-2024-36927, CVE-2024-37354, CVE-2024-41014, CVE-2024-46830, CVE-2024-47666, CVE-2024-49968, CVE-2025-22022, CVE-2025-22111, CVE-2025-22121, CVE-2025-38022, CVE-2025-38129, CVE-2025-38556, CVE-2025-40040, CVE-2025-40083, CVE-2025-40110, CVE-2025-40211, CVE-2025-40248, CVE-2025-40252, CVE-2025-40253, CVE-2025-40254, CVE-2025-40257, CVE-2025-40258, CVE-2025-40259, CVE-2025-40261, CVE-2025-40262, CVE-2025-40263, CVE-2025-40264, CVE-2025-40269, CVE-2025-40271, CVE-2025-40272, CVE-2025-40273, CVE-2025-40275, CVE-2025-40277, CVE-2025-40278, CVE-2025-40279, CVE-2025-40280, CVE-2025-40281, CVE-2025-40282, CVE-2025-40283, CVE-2025-40304, CVE-2025-40306, CVE-2025-40308, CVE-2025-40309, CVE-2025-40312, CVE-2025-40313, CVE-2025-40314, CVE-2025-40315, CVE-2025-40317, CVE-2025-40319, CVE-2025-40321, CVE-2025-40322, CVE-2025-40324, CVE-2025-40331, CVE-2025-40342, CVE-2025-40343, CVE-2025-40345, CVE-2025-40360, CVE-2025-40363, CVE-2025-68168, CVE-2025-68176, CVE-2025-68177, CVE-2025-68185, CVE-2025-68191, CVE-2025-68192, CVE-2025-68194, CVE-2025-68200, CVE-2025-68204, CVE-2025-68217, CVE-2025-68220, CVE-2025-68227, CVE-2025-68229, CVE-2025-68238, CVE-2025-68241, CVE-2025-68244, CVE-2025-68245, CVE-2025-68254, CVE-2025-68255, CVE-2025-68257, CVE-2025-68258, CVE-2025-68261, CVE-2025-68264, CVE-2025-68266, CVE-2025-68282, CVE-2025-68284, CVE-2025-68285, CVE-2025-68286, CVE-2025-68287, CVE-2025-68288, CVE-2025-68289, CVE-2025-68290, CVE-2025-68295, CVE-2025-68301, CVE-2025-68302, CVE-2025-68303, CVE-2025-68308, CVE-2025-68312, CVE-2025-68321, CVE-2025-68325, CVE-2025-68327, CVE-2025-68328, CVE-2025-68330, CVE-2025-68331, CVE-2025-68332, CVE-2025-68335, CVE-2025-68336, CVE-2025-68337, CVE-2025-68339, CVE-2025-68344, CVE-2025-68346, CVE-2025-68349, CVE-2025-68354, CVE-2025-68362, CVE-2025-68364, CVE-2025-68366, CVE-2025-68367, CVE-2025-68372, CVE-2025-68724, CVE-2025-68727, CVE-2025-68728, CVE-2025-68732, CVE-2025-68733, CVE-2025-68734, CVE-2025-68740, CVE-2025-68746, CVE-2025-68757, CVE-2025-68758, CVE-2025-68759, CVE-2025-68764, CVE-2025-68765, CVE-2025-68767, CVE-2025-68769, CVE-2025-68771, CVE-2025-68774, CVE-2025-68776, CVE-2025-68777, CVE-2025-68780, CVE-2025-68782, CVE-2025-68783, CVE-2025-68785, CVE-2025-68787, CVE-2025-68788, CVE-2025-68795, CVE-2025-68796, CVE-2025-68797, CVE-2025-68799, CVE-2025-68800, CVE-2025-68801, CVE-2025-68803, CVE-2025-68804, CVE-2025-68808, CVE-2025-68813, CVE-2025-68814, CVE-2025-68815, CVE-2025-68816, CVE-2025-68818, CVE-2025-68819, CVE-2025-68820, CVE-2025-68821, CVE-2025-71064, CVE-2025-71066, CVE-2025-71068, CVE-2025-71069, CVE-2025-71075, CVE-2025-71077, CVE-2025-71078, CVE-2025-71079, CVE-2025-71081, CVE-2025-71082, CVE-2025-71083, CVE-2025-71084, CVE-2025-71085, CVE-2025-71086, CVE-2025-71087, CVE-2025-71091, CVE-2025-71093, CVE-2025-71094, CVE-2025-71096, CVE-2025-71097, CVE-2025-71098, CVE-2025-71102, CVE-2025-71104, CVE-2025-71105, CVE-2025-71108, CVE-2025-71111, CVE-2025-71112, CVE-2025-71113, CVE-2025-71114, CVE-2025-71116, CVE-2025-71118, CVE-2025-71120, CVE-2025-71121, CVE-2025-71125, CVE-2025-71127, CVE-2025-71131, CVE-2025-71132, CVE-2025-71133, CVE-2025-71136, CVE-2025-71137, CVE-2025-71147, CVE-2025-71154, CVE-2025-71180, CVE-2025-71182, CVE-2026-22976, CVE-2026-22977, CVE-2026-22978, CVE-2026-22980, CVE-2026-22982, CVE-2026-22984, CVE-2026-22990, CVE-2026-22991, CVE-2026-22992, CVE-2026-23019, CVE-2026-23020, CVE-2026-23021, CVE-2026-23047
CVE-2022-49465, CVE-2024-36903, CVE-2024-36927, CVE-2024-37354,
CVE-2024-41014, CVE-2024-46830, CVE-2024-47666, CVE-2024-49968,
CVE-2025-22022, CVE-2025-22111, CVE-2025-22121, CVE-2025-38022,
CVE-2025-38129, CVE-2025-38556, CVE-2025-40040, CVE-2025-40083,
CVE-2025-40110, CVE-2025-40211, CVE-2025-40248, CVE-2025-40252,
CVE-2025-40253, CVE-2025-40254, CVE-2025-40257, CVE-2025-40258,
CVE-2025-40259, CVE-2025-40261, CVE-2025-40262, CVE-2025-40263,
CVE-2025-40264, CVE-2025-40269, CVE-2025-40271, CVE-2025-40272,
CVE-2025-40273, CVE-2025-40275, CVE-2025-40277, CVE-2025-40278,
CVE-2025-40279, CVE-2025-40280, CVE-2025-40281, CVE-2025-40282,
CVE-2025-40283, CVE-2025-40304, CVE-2025-40306, CVE-2025-40308,
CVE-2025-40309, CVE-2025-40312, CVE-2025-40313, CVE-2025-40314,
CVE-2025-40315, CVE-2025-40317, CVE-2025-40319, CVE-2025-40321,
CVE-2025-40322, CVE-2025-40324, CVE-2025-40331, CVE-2025-40342,
CVE-2025-40343, CVE-2025-40345, CVE-2025-40360, CVE-2025-40363,
CVE-2025-68168, CVE-2025-68176, CVE-2025-68177, CVE-2025-68185,
CVE-2025-68191, CVE-2025-68192, CVE-2025-68194, CVE-2025-68200,
CVE-2025-68204, CVE-2025-68217, CVE-2025-68220, CVE-2025-68227,
CVE-2025-68229, CVE-2025-68238, CVE-2025-68241, CVE-2025-68244,
CVE-2025-68245, CVE-2025-68254, CVE-2025-68255, CVE-2025-68257,
CVE-2025-68258, CVE-2025-68261, CVE-2025-68264, CVE-2025-68266,
CVE-2025-68282, CVE-2025-68284, CVE-2025-68285, CVE-2025-68286,
CVE-2025-68287, CVE-2025-68288, CVE-2025-68289, CVE-2025-68290,
CVE-2025-68295, CVE-2025-68301, CVE-2025-68302, CVE-2025-68303,
CVE-2025-68308, CVE-2025-68312, CVE-2025-68321, CVE-2025-68325,
CVE-2025-68327, CVE-2025-68328, CVE-2025-68330, CVE-2025-68331,
CVE-2025-68332, CVE-2025-68335, CVE-2025-68336, CVE-2025-68337,
CVE-2025-68339, CVE-2025-68344, CVE-2025-68346, CVE-2025-68349,
CVE-2025-68354, CVE-2025-68362, CVE-2025-68364, CVE-2025-68366,
CVE-2025-68367, CVE-2025-68372, CVE-2025-68724, CVE-2025-68727,
CVE-2025-68728, CVE-2025-68732, CVE-2025-68733, CVE-2025-68734,
CVE-2025-68740, CVE-2025-68746, CVE-2025-68757, CVE-2025-68758,
CVE-2025-68759, CVE-2025-68764, CVE-2025-68765, CVE-2025-68767,
CVE-2025-68769, CVE-2025-68771, CVE-2025-68774, CVE-2025-68776,
CVE-2025-68777, CVE-2025-68780, CVE-2025-68782, CVE-2025-68783,
CVE-2025-68785, CVE-2025-68787, CVE-2025-68788, CVE-2025-68795,
CVE-2025-68796, CVE-2025-68797, CVE-2025-68799, CVE-2025-68800,
CVE-2025-68801, CVE-2025-68803, CVE-2025-68804, CVE-2025-68808,
CVE-2025-68813, CVE-2025-68814, CVE-2025-68815, CVE-2025-68816,
CVE-2025-68818, CVE-2025-68819, CVE-2025-68820, CVE-2025-68821,
CVE-2025-71064, CVE-2025-71066, CVE-2025-71068, CVE-2025-71069,
CVE-2025-71075, CVE-2025-71077, CVE-2025-71078, CVE-2025-71079,
CVE-2025-71081, CVE-2025-71082, CVE-2025-71083, CVE-2025-71084,
CVE-2025-71085, CVE-2025-71086, CVE-2025-71087, CVE-2025-71091,
CVE-2025-71093, CVE-2025-71094, CVE-2025-71096, CVE-2025-71097,
CVE-2025-71098, CVE-2025-71102, CVE-2025-71104, CVE-2025-71105,
CVE-2025-71108, CVE-2025-71111, CVE-2025-71112, CVE-2025-71113,
CVE-2025-71114, CVE-2025-71116, CVE-2025-71118, CVE-2025-71120,
CVE-2025-71121, CVE-2025-71125, CVE-2025-71127, CVE-2025-71131,
CVE-2025-71132, CVE-2025-71133, CVE-2025-71136, CVE-2025-71137,
CVE-2025-71147, CVE-2025-71154, CVE-2025-71180, CVE-2025-71182,
CVE-2026-22976, CVE-2026-22977, CVE-2026-22978, CVE-2026-22980,
CVE-2026-22982, CVE-2026-22984, CVE-2026-22990, CVE-2026-22991,
CVE-2026-22992, CVE-2026-23019, CVE-2026-23020, CVE-2026-23021,
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