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Unscored USN-7860-1 1 CVE

linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-6.14, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-6.14, linux-oem-6.14, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-6.14, linux-raspi, linux-realtime vulnerability

Published Nov 6, 2025 · Updated Jun 3, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

Jean-Claude Graf, Sandro Rüegge, Ali Hajiabadi, and Kaveh Razavi discovered
that the Linux kernel contained insufficient branch predictor isolation
between a guest and a userspace hypervisor for certain processors. This
flaw is known as VMSCAPE. An attacker in a guest VM could possibly use this
to expose sensitive information from the host OS.

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS linux-aws-6.14 6.14.0-1016.16~24.04.1
Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.14 6.14.0-1019.20~24.04.1
Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS linux-oem-6.14 6.14.0-1015.15
Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS linux-oracle-6.14 6.14.0-1016.16~24.04.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2025-40300

    x86/vmscape: Add conditional IBPB mitigation

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/vmscape: Add conditional IBPB mitigation VMSCAPE is a vulnerability that exploits insufficient branch predictor isolation between a guest and a userspace hypervisor (like QEMU). Existing …

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40300