Summary
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:
- Device tree and open firmware driver;
- SCSI subsystem;
- TTY drivers;
- SMB network file system;
- Bluetooth subsystem;
- Network traffic control;
(CVE-2023-52757, CVE-2024-49950, CVE-2024-38541, CVE-2023-52975,
CVE-2024-50073, CVE-2025-38083, CVE-2025-37797)
Fixed packages 3
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS | linux-aws-fips | 5.4.0-1149.159+fips1 |
| Ubuntu · Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS | linux-fips | 5.4.0-1123.133 |
| Ubuntu · Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS | linux-gcp-fips | 5.4.0-1152.161+fips1 |
Vulnerabilities 7
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High 8.8
Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix uaf in l2cap_connect
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix uaf in l2cap_connect [Syzbot reported] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in l2cap_connect.constprop.0+0x10d8/0x1270 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:3949 Read of size 8 at addr …
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High 7.8
scsi: iscsi_tcp: Fix UAF during logout when accessing the shost ipaddress
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: iscsi_tcp: Fix UAF during logout when accessing the shost ipaddress Bug report and analysis from Ding Hui. During iSCSI session logout, if another task accesses the shost ipaddress attr…
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High 7.8
of: module: add buffer overflow check in of_modalias()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: of: module: add buffer overflow check in of_modalias() In of_modalias(), if the buffer happens to be too small even for the 1st snprintf() call, the len parameter will become negative and str…
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High 7.8
tty: n_gsm: Fix use-after-free in gsm_cleanup_mux
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: n_gsm: Fix use-after-free in gsm_cleanup_mux BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in gsm_cleanup_mux+0x77b/0x7b0 drivers/tty/n_gsm.c:3160 [n_gsm] Read of size 8 at addr ffff88815fe99c00 by ta…
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High 7.8
net_sched: hfsc: Fix a UAF vulnerability in class handling
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net_sched: hfsc: Fix a UAF vulnerability in class handling This patch fixes a Use-After-Free vulnerability in the HFSC qdisc class handling. The issue occurs due to a time-of-check/time-of-us…
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High 7.8
net_sched: prio: fix a race in prio_tune()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net_sched: prio: fix a race in prio_tune() Gerrard Tai reported a race condition in PRIO, whenever SFQ perturb timer fires at the wrong time. The race is as follows: CPU 0 CPU 1 [1]: lock roo…
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Unscored —
smb: client: fix potential deadlock when releasing mids
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix potential deadlock when releasing mids All release_mid() callers seem to hold a reference of @mid so there is no need to call kref_put(&mid->refcount, __release_mid) under @s…
References
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-52757
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-52975
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-38541
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-49950
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-50073
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-37797
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-38083