========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7861-5 December 03, 2025
linux-raspi, linux-raspi-realtime, linux-xilinx vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Software Description:
- linux-raspi: Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi systems
- linux-raspi-realtime: Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi Real-time systems
- linux-xilinx: Linux kernel for Xilinx systems
Details:
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. (CVE-2025-40300)
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:
- HSI subsystem;
- Bluetooth subsystem;
- Timer subsystem;
(CVE-2025-37838, CVE-2025-38118, CVE-2025-38352)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
linux-image-6.8.0-1019-xilinx 6.8.0-1019.20
linux-image-6.8.0-1042-raspi 6.8.0-1042.46
linux-image-6.8.0-2033-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2033.34
Available with Ubuntu Pro
linux-image-raspi 6.8.0-1042.46
linux-image-raspi-6.8 6.8.0-1042.46
linux-image-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2033.34
Available with Ubuntu Pro
linux-image-raspi-realtime-6.8 6.8.0-2033.34
Available with Ubuntu Pro
linux-image-xilinx 6.8.0.1019.20
linux-image-xilinx-6.8 6.8.0.1019.20
linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp 6.8.0.1019.20
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-7861-5
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7861-4
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7861-3
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7861-2
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7861-1
CVE-2025-37838, CVE-2025-38118, CVE-2025-38352, CVE-2025-40300
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-raspi/6.8.0-1042.46
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-raspi-realtime/6.8.0-2033.34
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-xilinx/6.8.0-1019.20
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