========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7889-6 December 11, 2025
linux-hwe-6.8, linux-oracle-6.8 vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software Description: - linux-hwe-6.8: Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel - linux-oracle-6.8: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud 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: - Media drivers; - Network drivers; - Netfilter; - TLS protocol; (CVE-2025-21729, CVE-2025-38227, CVE-2025-38616, CVE-2025-38678) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-image-6.8.0-1040-oracle 6.8.0-1040.41~22.04.1 linux-image-6.8.0-1040-oracle-64k 6.8.0-1040.41~22.04.1 linux-image-6.8.0-88-generic 6.8.0-88.89~22.04.2 linux-image-6.8.0-88-generic-64k 6.8.0-88.89~22.04.2 linux-image-generic-6.8 6.8.0-88.89~22.04.2 linux-image-generic-64k-6.8 6.8.0-88.89~22.04.2 linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04 6.8.0-88.89~22.04.2 linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04 6.8.0-88.89~22.04.2 linux-image-oem-22.04 6.8.0-88.89~22.04.2 linux-image-oem-22.04a 6.8.0-88.89~22.04.2 linux-image-oem-22.04b 6.8.0-88.89~22.04.2 linux-image-oem-22.04c 6.8.0-88.89~22.04.2 linux-image-oem-22.04d 6.8.0-88.89~22.04.2 linux-image-oracle 6.8.0-1040.41~22.04.1 linux-image-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1040.41~22.04.1 linux-image-oracle-64k 6.8.0-1040.41~22.04.1 linux-image-oracle-64k-6.8 6.8.0-1040.41~22.04.1 linux-image-virtual-6.8 6.8.0-88.89~22.04.2 linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04 6.8.0-88.89~22.04.2 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-7889-6 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7889-5 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7889-4 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7889-3 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7889-2 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7889-1 CVE-2025-21729, CVE-2025-38227, CVE-2025-38616, CVE-2025-38678 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-hwe-6.8/6.8.0-88.89~22.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oracle-6.8/6.8.0-1040.41~22.04.1
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