RHEL 9 : kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_112_1, kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_121_1, kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_124_1, and kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_85_1 (RHSA-2025:8344)

high Nessus Plugin ID 237637

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_112_1 / kpatch- patch-5_14_0-70_121_1 / kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_124_1 / kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_85_1.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:8344 advisory.

This is a kernel live patch module which can be loaded by the kpatch command line utility to modify the code of a running kernel. This patch module is targeted for kernel-5.14.0-70.85.1.el9_0.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: netfilter: ipset: add missing range check in bitmap_ip_uadt (CVE-2024-53141)

* kernel: vsock: Keep the binding until socket destruction (CVE-2025-21756)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_112_1 / kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_121_1 / kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_124_1 / kpatch- patch-5_14_0-70_85_1 packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:8344.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2330763

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2348609

http://www.nessus.org/u?cd2e7f8f

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:8344

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 237637

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-8344.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/2/2025

Updated: 6/2/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-53141

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_121_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_112_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_124_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_85_1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/2/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-53141, CVE-2025-21756

CWE: 20, 416

RHSA: 2025:8344