linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities
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: - DMA engine subsystem; - GPU drivers; - HSI subsystem; - Ethernet team driver; - TTY drivers; - Ext4 file system; - Timer subsystem; - DCCP (Datagram Congestion Control Protocol); - IPv6 networking; - NET/ROM layer; - SCTP protocol; - USB sound devices; (CVE-2021-47294, CVE-2021-47330, CVE-2023-52574, CVE-2023-52650, CVE-2024-50006, CVE-2024-50299, CVE-2024-53124, CVE-2024-53150, CVE-2024-56767, CVE-2025-37838, CVE-2025-38352)
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
112 explicit affected versions
157 explicit affected versions
180 explicit affected versions
136 explicit affected versions
113 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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: - DMA engine subsystem; - GPU drivers; - HSI subsystem; - Ethernet team driver; - TTY drivers; - Ext4 file system; - Timer subsystem; - DCCP (Datagram Congestion Control Protocol); - IPv6 networking; - NET/ROM layer; - SCTP protocol; - USB sound devices; (CVE-2021-47294, CVE-2021-47330, CVE-2023-52574, CVE-2023-52650, CVE-2024-50006, CVE-2024-50299, CVE-2024-53124, CVE-2024-53150, CVE-2024-56767, CVE-2025-37838, CVE-2025-38352)
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-47294
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-47330
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-52574
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-52650
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-50006
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-50299
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-53124
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-53150
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-56767
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-37838
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-38352
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40300
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7863-1