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Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2025-20372)

high Nessus Plugin ID 238321

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-20372 advisory.

 - net/mlx5e: Fix NULL deref in mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc() (Elena Salomatkina) [Orabug: 37206299,37670859] {CVE-2024-50000}
 - net/mlx5: Fix error path in multi-packet WQE transmit (Gerd Bayer) [Orabug: 37206302,37670859] {CVE-2024-50001}
 - net/mlx5: Discard command completions in internal error (Akiva Goldberger) [Orabug: 36753438,37670859] {CVE-2024-38555}
 - net/mlx5e: fix a potential double-free in fs_any_create_groups (Dinghao Liu) [Orabug: 36802351,37670859] {CVE-2023-52667}
 - tracing: Fix use-after-free in print_graph_function_flags during tracer switching (Tengda Wu) [Orabug:
 37844202] {CVE-2025-22035}
 - x86/mm: Fix flush_tlb_range() when used for zapping normal PMDs (Jann Horn) [Orabug: 37844275] {CVE-2025-22045}
 - arcnet: Add NULL check in com20020pci_probe() (Henry Martin) [Orabug: 37844303] {CVE-2025-22054}
 - net_sched: skbprio: Remove overly strict queue assertions (Cong Wang) [Orabug: 37855375] {CVE-2025-38637}
 - netlabel: Fix NULL pointer exception caused by CALIPSO on IPv4 sockets (Debin Zhu) [Orabug: 37844344] {CVE-2025-22063}
 - spufs: fix a leak in spufs_create_context() (Al Viro) [Orabug: 37844365] {CVE-2025-22071}
 - spufs: fix a leak on spufs_new_file() failure (Al Viro) [Orabug: 37844378] {CVE-2025-22073}
 - objtool, media: dib8000: Prevent divide-by-zero in dib8000_set_dds() (Josh Poimboeuf) [Orabug: 37976879] {CVE-2025-37937}
 - ocfs2: validate l_tree_depth to avoid out-of-bounds access (Vasiliy Kovalev) [Orabug: 37844394] {CVE-2025-22079}
 - RDMA/mlx5: Fix mlx5_poll_one() cur_qp update flow (Patrisious Haddad) [Orabug: 37844422] {CVE-2025-22086}
 - PCI/ASPM: Fix link state exit during switch upstream function removal (Daniel Stodden) [Orabug:
 37844108] {CVE-2024-58093}
 - thermal: int340x: Add NULL check for adev (Chenyuan Yang) [Orabug: 37844584] {CVE-2025-23136}
 - memstick: rtsx_usb_ms: Fix slab-use-after-free in rtsx_usb_ms_drv_remove (Luo Qiu) [Orabug: 37844141] {CVE-2025-22020}
 - netfilter: socket: Lookup orig tuple for IPv6 SNAT (Maxim Mikityanskiy) [Orabug: 37844145] {CVE-2025-22021}
 - atm: Fix NULL pointer dereference (Minjoong Kim) [Orabug: 37838897] {CVE-2025-22018}
 - drm/radeon: fix uninitialized size issue in radeon_vce_cs_parse() (Nikita Zhandarovich) [Orabug:
 37828196] {CVE-2025-21996}
 - net: atm: fix use after free in lec_send() (Dan Carpenter) [Orabug: 37828221] {CVE-2025-22004}
 - ipv6: Fix memleak of nhc_pcpu_rth_output in fib_check_nh_v6_gw(). (Kuniyuki Iwashima) [Orabug: 37828229] {CVE-2025-22005}
 - Bluetooth: Fix error code in chan_alloc_skb_cb() (Dan Carpenter) [Orabug: 37828235] {CVE-2025-22007}
 - drm/amd/display: Assign normalized_pix_clk when color depth = 14 (Alex Hung) [Orabug: 37828049] {CVE-2025-21956}
 - x86/microcode/AMD: Fix out-of-bounds on systems with CPU-less NUMA nodes (Florent Revest) [Orabug:
 37828167] {CVE-2025-21991}
 - HID: ignore non-functional sensor in HP 5MP Camera (Chia-Lin Kao) [Orabug: 37828174] {CVE-2025-21992}
 - scsi: qla1280: Fix kernel oops when debug level > 2 (Magnus Lindholm) [Orabug: 37828056] {CVE-2025-21957}
 - iscsi_ibft: Fix UBSAN shift-out-of-bounds warning in ibft_attr_show_nic() (Chengen Du) [Orabug:
 37828181] {CVE-2025-21993}
 - net_sched: Prevent creation of classes with TC_H_ROOT (Cong Wang) [Orabug: 37828110] {CVE-2025-21971}
 - netfilter: nf_conncount: Fully initialize struct nf_conncount_tuple in insert_tree() (Kohei Enju) [Orabug: 37828064] {CVE-2025-21959}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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 affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-20372.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 238321

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-20372.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/12/2025

Updated: 6/12/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-22020

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::uekr6, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:10:baseos_patch, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8::baseos_latest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-container, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:7:9:uekr6_els, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-container-debug

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/29/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52667, CVE-2024-38555, CVE-2024-50000, CVE-2024-50001, CVE-2024-58093, CVE-2025-21956, CVE-2025-21957, CVE-2025-21959, CVE-2025-21971, CVE-2025-21991, CVE-2025-21992, CVE-2025-21993, CVE-2025-21996, CVE-2025-22004, CVE-2025-22005, CVE-2025-22007, CVE-2025-22018, CVE-2025-22020, CVE-2025-22021, CVE-2025-22035, CVE-2025-22045, CVE-2025-22054, CVE-2025-22063, CVE-2025-22071, CVE-2025-22073, CVE-2025-22079, CVE-2025-22086, CVE-2025-23136, CVE-2025-37937, CVE-2025-38637