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Oracle Linux 10 / 9 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2025-20405)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 241570
Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Oracle Linux 10 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-20405 advisory.- Add Zen34 clients (Borislav Petkov (AMD)) [Orabug: 38129827] {CVE-2024-36350} {CVE-2024-36357}
- x86/process: Move the buffer clearing before MONITOR (Kim Phillips) [Orabug: 38129827] {CVE-2024-36350} {CVE-2024-36357}
- Add normal counters (Borislav Petkov (AMD)) [Orabug: 38129827] {CVE-2024-36350} {CVE-2024-36357}
- KVM: SVM: Advertize TSA CPUID bits to guests (Borislav Petkov (AMD)) [Orabug: 38129827] {CVE-2024-36350} {CVE-2024-36357}
- x86/bugs: Add a Transient Scheduler Attacks mitigation (Borislav Petkov (AMD)) [Orabug: 38129827] {CVE-2024-36350} {CVE-2024-36357}
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
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 241570
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-20405.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 7/8/2025
Updated: 7/8/2025
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.8
Temporal Score: 2.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-36350
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.6
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-36357
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-modules-extra-netfilter, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-modules-deprecated, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules-wireless, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-modules-desktop, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules-deprecated, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules-usb, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules-wireless, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra-netfilter, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-modules-usb, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules-desktop, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules-extra-netfilter, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules-desktop, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-modules-wireless, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules-usb, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules-deprecated
Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/7/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-36350, CVE-2024-36357