USN-7793-2

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: - Packet sockets; - Network traffic control; - VMware vSockets driver; (CVE-2025-38617, CVE-2025-38477, CVE-2025-38618)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / linux-oracle-5.15

Package

Name: linux-oracle-5.15
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.15@5.15.0-1091.97~20.04.1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/focal

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

5.15.0-1091.97~20.04.1

Affected versions

5.*

5.15.0-1007.9~20.04.1

5.15.0-1013.17~20.04.1

5.15.0-1016.20~20.04.1

5.15.0-1017.22~20.04.1

5.15.0-1018.23~20.04.1

5.15.0-1019.24~20.04.1

5.15.0-1021.27~20.04.1

5.15.0-1022.28~20.04.1

5.15.0-1025.31~20.04.2

5.15.0-1027.33~20.04.1

5.15.0-1029.35~20.04.1

5.15.0-1030.36~20.04.1

5.15.0-1032.38~20.04.1

5.15.0-1033.39~20.04.1

5.15.0-1034.40~20.04.1

5.15.0-1035.41~20.04.1

5.15.0-1036.42~20.04.1

5.15.0-1037.43~20.04.1

5.15.0-1038.44~20.04.1

5.15.0-1039.45~20.04.1

5.15.0-1040.46~20.04.1

5.15.0-1041.47~20.04.1

5.15.0-1042.48~20.04.1

5.15.0-1044.50~20.04.1

5.15.0-1045.51~20.04.1

5.15.0-1046.52~20.04.1

5.15.0-1047.53~20.04.1

5.15.0-1048.54~20.04.1

5.15.0-1049.55~20.04.1

5.15.0-1050.56~20.04.1

5.15.0-1051.57~20.04.1

5.15.0-1052.58~20.04.1

5.15.0-1053.59~20.04.1

5.15.0-1054.60~20.04.1

5.15.0-1055.61~20.04.1

5.15.0-1058.64~20.04.1

5.15.0-1059.65~20.04.1

5.15.0-1061.67~20.04.1

5.15.0-1062.68~20.04.1

5.15.0-1063.69~20.04.1

5.15.0-1065.71~20.04.1

5.15.0-1066.72~20.04.1

5.15.0-1067.73~20.04.1

5.15.0-1068.74~20.04.1

5.15.0-1069.75~20.04.1

5.15.0-1070.76~20.04.1

5.15.0-1071.77~20.04.1

5.15.0-1072.78~20.04.1

5.15.0-1073.79~20.04.1

5.15.0-1074.80~20.04.1

5.15.0-1075.81~20.04.1

5.15.0-1076.82~20.04.1

5.15.0-1077.83~20.04.1

5.15.0-1078.84~20.04.1

5.15.0-1079.85~20.04.1

5.15.0-1080.86~20.04.1

5.15.0-1081.87~20.04.1

5.15.0-1083.89~20.04.1

5.15.0-1084.90~20.04.1

5.15.0-1085.91~20.04.3

5.15.0-1086.92~20.04.1

5.15.0-1088.94~20.04.1

5.15.0-1090.96~20.04.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.15.0-1091.97~20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "linux-buildinfo-5.15.0-1091-oracle"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.15.0-1091.97~20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "linux-headers-5.15.0-1091-oracle"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.15.0-1091.97~20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "linux-image-unsigned-5.15.0-1091-oracle"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.15.0-1091.97~20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "linux-modules-5.15.0-1091-oracle"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.15.0-1091.97~20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "linux-modules-extra-5.15.0-1091-oracle"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.15.0-1091.97~20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "linux-oracle-5.15-headers-5.15.0-1091"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.15.0-1091.97~20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "linux-oracle-5.15-tools-5.15.0-1091"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.15.0-1091.97~20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "linux-tools-5.15.0-1091-oracle"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2025-38477"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2025-38617"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2025-38618"
        }
    ]
}