RHEL 9 : kpatch-patch-5_14_0-570_17_1 (RHSA-2025:9393)

high Nessus Plugin ID 240285

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for kpatch-patch-5_14_0-570_17_1.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:9393 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-5.14.0-570.17.1.el9_6.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: smb: client: fix UAF in decryption with multichannel (CVE-2025-37750)

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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL kpatch-patch-5_14_0-570_17_1 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:9393.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 240285

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-9393.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 6/23/2025

Updated: 6/23/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-37750

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-5_14_0-570_17_1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/23/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-37750

CWE: 416

RHSA: 2025:9393

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