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High 1 exploited CVE USN-7907-3 22 CVEs

linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-hwe vulnerabilities

Published Dec 4, 2025 · Updated Nov 3, 2026

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:
- Cryptographic API;
- ACPI drivers;
- Hardware monitoring drivers;
- InfiniBand drivers;
- Mailbox framework;
- Network drivers;
- AFS file system;
- Ceph distributed file system;
- Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
- NILFS2 file system;
- File systems infrastructure;
- KVM subsystem;
- L3 Master device support module;
- Tracing infrastructure;
- Memory management;
- Appletalk network protocol;
- Netfilter;
- Open vSwitch;
(CVE-2021-47385, CVE-2022-49026, CVE-2022-49390, CVE-2024-49935,
CVE-2024-49963, CVE-2024-50067, CVE-2024-50095, CVE-2024-50179,
CVE-2024-53090, CVE-2024-53112, CVE-2024-53217, CVE-2024-58083,
CVE-2025-21715, CVE-2025-21722, CVE-2025-21761, CVE-2025-21791,
CVE-2025-21811, CVE-2025-21855, CVE-2025-37958, CVE-2025-38666,
CVE-2025-39964, CVE-2025-40018)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS linux-gcp 4.15.0-1180.197~16.04.1
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS linux-hwe 4.15.0-245.257~16.04.1
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-4.15 4.15.0-1180.197

Vulnerabilities 22

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2025-39964 Exploited Public exploit

    crypto: af_alg - Disallow concurrent writes in af_alg_sendmsg

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: af_alg - Disallow concurrent writes in af_alg_sendmsg Issuing two writes to the same af_alg socket is bogus as the data will be interleaved in an unpredictable fashion. Furthermore, c…

    KEV Sep 18, 2026
  • High 8.6

    ibmvnic: Don't reference skb after sending to VIOS

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ibmvnic: Don't reference skb after sending to VIOS Previously, after successfully flushing the xmit buffer to VIOS, the tx_bytes stat was incremented by the length of the skb. It is invalid t…

  • High 7.8

    e100: Fix possible use after free in e100_xmit_prepare

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: e100: Fix possible use after free in e100_xmit_prepare In e100_xmit_prepare(), if we can't map the skb, then return -ENOMEM, so e100_xmit_frame() will return NETDEV_TX_BUSY and the upper laye…

  • High 7.8

    macsec: fix UAF bug for real_dev

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: macsec: fix UAF bug for real_dev Create a new macsec device but not get reference to real_dev. That can not ensure that real_dev is freed after macsec. That will trigger the UAF bug for real_…

  • High 7.8

    uprobe: avoid out-of-bounds memory access of fetching args

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: uprobe: avoid out-of-bounds memory access of fetching args Uprobe needs to fetch args into a percpu buffer, and then copy to ring buffer to avoid non-atomic context problem. Sometimes user-sp…

  • High 7.8

    KVM: Explicitly verify target vCPU is online in kvm_get_vcpu()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: Explicitly verify target vCPU is online in kvm_get_vcpu() Explicitly verify the target vCPU is fully online _prior_ to clamping the index in kvm_get_vcpu(). If the index is "bad", the no…

  • High 7.8

    net: davicom: fix UAF in dm9000_drv_remove

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: davicom: fix UAF in dm9000_drv_remove dm is netdev private data and it cannot be used after free_netdev() call. Using dm after free_netdev() can cause UAF bug. Fix it by moving free_netd…

  • High 7.8

    nilfs2: do not force clear folio if buffer is referenced

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: do not force clear folio if buffer is referenced Patch series "nilfs2: protect busy buffer heads from being force-cleared". This series fixes the buffer head state inconsistency issue…

  • High 7.8

    openvswitch: use RCU protection in ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: openvswitch: use RCU protection in ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info() ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info() can be called without RTNL or RCU. Use RCU protection and dev_net_rcu() to avoid potential UAF.

  • High 7.8

    vrf: use RCU protection in l3mdev_l3_out()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vrf: use RCU protection in l3mdev_l3_out() l3mdev_l3_out() can be called without RCU being held: raw_sendmsg() ip_push_pending_frames() ip_send_skb() ip_local_out() __ip_local_out() l3mdev_ip…

  • High 7.8

    nilfs2: protect access to buffers with no active references

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: protect access to buffers with no active references nilfs_lookup_dirty_data_buffers(), which iterates through the buffers attached to dirty data folios/pages, accesses the attached bu…

  • High 7.8

    ipvs: Defer ip_vs_ftp unregister during netns cleanup

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipvs: Defer ip_vs_ftp unregister during netns cleanup On the netns cleanup path, __ip_vs_ftp_exit() may unregister ip_vs_ftp before connections with valid cp->app pointers are flushed, leadin…

  • High 7.5

    RDMA/mad: Improve handling of timed out WRs of mad agent

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/mad: Improve handling of timed out WRs of mad agent Current timeout handler of mad agent acquires/releases mad_agent_priv lock for every timed out WRs. This causes heavy locking contenti…

  • High 7.5

    afs: Fix lock recursion

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Fix lock recursion afs_wake_up_async_call() can incur lock recursion. The problem is that it is called from AF_RXRPC whilst holding the ->notify_lock, but it tries to take a ref on the a…

  • High 7.5

    NFSD: Prevent NULL dereference in nfsd4_process_cb_update()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSD: Prevent NULL dereference in nfsd4_process_cb_update() @ses is initialized to NULL. If __nfsd4_find_backchannel() finds no available backchannel session, setup_callback_client() will try…

  • Medium 5.5

    ceph: remove the incorrect Fw reference check when dirtying pages

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: remove the incorrect Fw reference check when dirtying pages When doing the direct-io reads it will also try to mark pages dirty, but for the read path it won't hold the Fw caps and ther…

  • Unscored —

    hwmon: (w83792d) Fix NULL pointer dereference by removing unnecessary structure field

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (w83792d) Fix NULL pointer dereference by removing unnecessary structure field If driver read val value sufficient for (val & 0x08) && (!(val & 0x80)) && ((val & 0x7) == ((val >> 4) & …

  • Unscored —

    ACPI: PAD: fix crash in exit_round_robin()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: PAD: fix crash in exit_round_robin() The kernel occasionally crashes in cpumask_clear_cpu(), which is called within exit_round_robin(), because when executing clear_bit(nr, addr) with n…

  • Unscored —

    mailbox: bcm2835: Fix timeout during suspend mode

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mailbox: bcm2835: Fix timeout during suspend mode During noirq suspend phase the Raspberry Pi power driver suffer of firmware property timeouts. The reason is that the IRQ of the underlying B…

  • Unscored —

    ocfs2: uncache inode which has failed entering the group

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: uncache inode which has failed entering the group Syzbot has reported the following BUG: kernel BUG at fs/ocfs2/uptodate.c:509! ... Call Trace: <TASK> ? __die_body+0x5f/0xb0 ? die+0x9e…

  • Unscored —

    mm/huge_memory: fix dereferencing invalid pmd migration entry

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/huge_memory: fix dereferencing invalid pmd migration entry When migrating a THP, concurrent access to the PMD migration entry during a deferred split scan can lead to an invalid address ac…

  • Unscored —

    net: appletalk: Fix use-after-free in AARP proxy probe

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: appletalk: Fix use-after-free in AARP proxy probe The AARP proxy‐probe routine (aarp_proxy_probe_network) sends a probe, releases the aarp_lock, sleeps, then re-acquires the lock. During…

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-47385
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49026
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49390
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-49935
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-49963
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-50067
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-50095
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-50179
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-53090
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-53112
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-53217
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-58083
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21715
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21722
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21761
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21791
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21811
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21855
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-37958
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-38666
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-39964
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40018