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Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2025-11298)

high Nessus Plugin ID 242227

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-11298 advisory.

 - misc/vmw_vmci: fix an infoleak in vmci_host_do_receive_datagram() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-100343] {CVE-2022-49788}
 - media: uvcvideo: Remove dangling pointers (Desnes Nunes) [RHEL-98760] {CVE-2024-58002}
 - media: uvcvideo: Fix double free in error path (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-98788] {CVE-2024-57980}
 - cifs: potential buffer overflow in handling symlinks (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-97074] {CVE-2022-49058}
 - ext4: ignore xattrs past end (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-100375] {CVE-2025-37738}
 - ext4: fix off-by-one error in do_split (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-100361] {CVE-2025-23150}
 - net: atm: fix use after free in lec_send() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-93119] {CVE-2025-22004}

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-2025-11298.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 242227

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-11298.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/17/2025

Updated: 7/17/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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-2025-21991

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: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-core, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:10:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel

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: 7/16/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-49058, CVE-2022-49788, CVE-2024-57980, CVE-2024-58002, CVE-2025-21991, CVE-2025-22004, CVE-2025-23150, CVE-2025-37738