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A vulnerability tracked as UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22072 has been found in linux.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade linux to 6.8.0-1041.43~22.04.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "linux UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22072" on the vendor's site.

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22072 (linux)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 6.8.0-1041.43~22.04.1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in linux.

Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of linux.

Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

How to fix

Update to 6.8.0-1041.43~22.04.1.

Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'linux' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

  1. 1
    Identify exposureidentify
    grep -r 'linux' . | grep -v node_modules

    リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で linux を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。

  2. 2
    Apply patchpatch
    Upgrade linux to 6.8.0-1041.43~22.04.1

    ステージング環境で 6.8.0-1041.43~22.04.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。

  3. 3
    Post-deployment verificationverify
    Confirm patched version is live in production

    パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux
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Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-aws
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Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-azure
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Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-lts-xenial
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Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux
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Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-aws
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Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-aws-hwe
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Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-azure
All versions
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Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-gcp
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Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-hwe
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Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge
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Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-kvm
All versions
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Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-oracle
All versions
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS linux-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux
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Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-aws
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.0
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.3
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Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.4
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure
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Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-azure-4.15
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.3
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Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.4
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-edge
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp
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Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-4.15
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.3
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Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.4
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.4
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.4
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe
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Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.4
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge
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Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-ibm-5.4
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Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-kvm
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem
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Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-oracle
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.0
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Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.3
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Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.4
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Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-raspi-5.4
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-aws-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-azure-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-aws-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-azure-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux
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Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-aws
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.11
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.13
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Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.15
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.8
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Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-azure
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.11
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.13
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Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.15
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.8
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde
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Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-bluefield
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Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-gcp
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.11
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.13
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Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.15
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.8
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke-5.15
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.15
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.11
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.13
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Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.15
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.8
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Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-ibm
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Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-ibm-5.15
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-intel-5.13
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Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15
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Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-iot
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Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-kvm
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Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15
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Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.10
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.13
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.14
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.6
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Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-oracle
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.11
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.13
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Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.15
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.8
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Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-raspi
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.11
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Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.15
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Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.8
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Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-aws-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-aws-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-allwinner-5.19
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-5.19
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-6.2
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-6.5
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-6.8
< 6.8.0-1041.43~22.04.1
6.8.0-1041.43~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-5.19
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-6.2
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-6.5
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-6.8
< 6.8.0-1041.47~22.04.1
6.8.0-1041.47~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-5.19
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-6.2
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.19
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.2
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.5
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.8
< 6.8.0-1042.45~22.04.1
6.8.0-1042.45~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gke
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gkeop
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.19
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.2
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.5
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.8
< 6.8.0-86.87~22.04.1
6.8.0-86.87~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-ibm
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-ibm-6.8
< 6.8.0-1039.39~22.04.1
6.8.0-1039.39~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iotg
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-kvm
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8
< 6.8.0-86.87.1~22.04.1
6.8.0-86.87.1~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia-6.2
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia-6.5
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia-6.8
< 6.8.0-1041.44~22.04.2
6.8.0-1041.44~22.04.2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia-tegra
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-5.17
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-6.0
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-6.1
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-6.5
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oracle
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oracle-6.5
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oracle-6.8
< 6.8.0-1038.39~22.04.1
6.8.0-1038.39~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-raspi
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.19
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv-6.5
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv-6.8
< 6.8.0-86.87~22.04.1
6.8.0-86.87~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-starfive-5.19
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-starfive-6.2
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-starfive-6.5
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Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp
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Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:22.04:LTS linux-bluefield
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-preview:22.04:LTS linux-aws-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-preview:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-preview:22.04:LTS linux-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-preview:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:22.04:LTS linux-aws-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:22.04:LTS linux-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime
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Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS linux-realtime
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Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS linux-realtime-6.8
< 6.8.1-1036.37~22.04.1
6.8.1-1036.37~22.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux
< 6.8.0-86.87
6.8.0-86.87
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-aws
< 6.8.0-1041.43
6.8.0-1041.43
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-azure
< 6.8.0-1041.47
6.8.0-1041.47
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-azure-6.11
< 6.11.0-1018.18~24.04.1
6.11.0-1018.18~24.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-6.17
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-azure-nvidia
< 6.8.0-1029.32
6.8.0-1029.32
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-gcp
< 6.8.0-1042.45
6.8.0-1042.45
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.11
< 6.11.0-1016.16~24.04.1
6.11.0-1016.16~24.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-gke
< 6.8.0-1038.43
6.8.0-1038.43
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-gkeop
< 6.8.0-1025.28
6.8.0-1025.28
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.11
< 6.11.0-28.28~24.04.1
6.11.0-28.28~24.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-ibm
< 6.8.0-1039.39
6.8.0-1039.39
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-intel
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-lowlatency
< 6.8.0-86.87.1
6.8.0-86.87.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11
< 6.11.0-1015.16~24.04.2
6.11.0-1015.16~24.04.2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-nvidia
< 6.8.0-1041.44
6.8.0-1041.44
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-nvidia-6.11
< 6.11.0-1012.12
6.11.0-1012.12
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency
< 6.8.0-1041.44.1
6.8.0-1041.44.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-nvidia-tegra
< 6.8.0-1012.12
6.8.0-1012.12
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-oem-6.11
< 6.11.0-1024.24
6.11.0-1024.24
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-oem-6.8
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-oracle
< 6.8.0-1038.39
6.8.0-1038.39
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi
< 6.8.0-1041.45
6.8.0-1041.45
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-realtime
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-riscv
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Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-xilinx
< 6.8.0-1018.19
6.8.0-1018.19
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS linux-aws-fips
< 6.8.0-1041.43+fips1
6.8.0-1041.43+fips1
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS linux-azure-fips
< 6.8.0-1044.50+fips1
6.8.0-1044.50+fips1
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS linux-fips
< 6.8.0-86.87+fips1
6.8.0-86.87+fips1
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips
< 6.8.0-1042.45+fips1
6.8.0-1042.45+fips1
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime
< 6.8.0-2032.33
6.8.0-2032.33
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS linux-realtime
< 6.8.1-1036.37
6.8.1-1036.37
Ubuntu:25.10 linux-azure-fde
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Ubuntu:26.04 linux-nvidia
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Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:24.04:LTS linux-bluefield
< 6.8.0-1012.16
6.8.0-1012.16
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:16.04:LTS linux-fips
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Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15
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Original description The description as published by the source.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spufs: fix gang directory lifetimes prior to "[POWERPC] spufs: Fix gang destroy leaks" we used to have a problem with gang lifetimes - creation of a gang returns opened gang directory, which normally gets removed when that gets closed, but if somebody has created a context belonging to that gang and kept it alive until the gang got closed, removal failed and we ended up with a leak. Unfortunately, it had been fixed the wrong way. Dentry of gang directory was no longer pinned, and rmdir on close was gone. One problem was that failure of open kept calling simple_rmdir() as cleanup, which meant an unbalanced dput(). Another bug was in the success case - gang creation incremented link count on root directory, but that was no longer undone when gang got destroyed. Fix consists of * reverting the commit in question * adding a counter to gang, protected by ->i_rwsem of gang directory inode. * having it set to 1 at creation time, dropped in both spufs_dir_close() and spufs_gang_close() and bumped in spufs_create_context(), provided that it's not 0. * using simple_recursive_removal() to take the gang directory out when counter reaches zero.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

References

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