Ubuntu alert USN-7799-1 (linux-realtime, linux-realtime-6.8)

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Giampaolo Fresi Roglia <giampaolo.fresi.roglia@canonical.com>
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ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
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[USN-7799-1] Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
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Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:32:02 +0200
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7799-1
October 02, 2025

linux-realtime, linux-realtime-6.8 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Software Description:
- linux-realtime: Linux kernel for Real-time systems
- linux-realtime-6.8: Linux kernel for Real-time 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:
  - Ext4 file system;
  - Packet sockets;
  - Network traffic control;
  - TLS protocol;
  - VMware vSockets driver;
  - XFRM subsystem;
(CVE-2025-38500, CVE-2025-38617, CVE-2025-38477, CVE-2025-37785,
CVE-2025-38618, CVE-2025-37756)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  linux-image-6.8.1-1035-realtime  6.8.1-1035.36
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  linux-image-realtime            6.8.1-1035.36
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  linux-image-realtime-6.8.1      6.8.1-1035.36
                                  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-7799-1
  CVE-2025-37756, CVE-2025-37785, CVE-2025-38477, CVE-2025-38500,
  CVE-2025-38617, CVE-2025-38618

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-realtime/6.8.1...
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-realtime-6.8/6...



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