The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:12209 advisory.

    The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: ipv6: mcast: extend RCU protection in igmp6_send() (CVE-2025-21759)

    * kernel: media: uvcvideo: Fix double free in error path (CVE-2024-57980)

    * kernel: wifi: iwlwifi: limit printed string from FW file (CVE-2025-21905)

    * kernel: ext4: avoid journaling sb update on error if journal is destroying (CVE-2025-22113)

    * kernel: mm/huge_memory: fix dereferencing invalid pmd migration entry (CVE-2025-37958)

    * kernel: net/tipc: fix slab-use-after-free Read in tipc_aead_encrypt_done (CVE-2025-38052)

    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.

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RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2025:12209)

high Nessus Plugin ID 242993

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.2 Jul 30, 2025, 9:50 PM CVE (set "CVE" coverage to "CVE-2024-57980,CVE-2025-21759,CVE-2025-21905,CVE-2025-22113,CVE-2025-37958,CVE-2025-38001,CVE-2025-38052") CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C") CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C") CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Exploit attributes ("Exploit available" set to "True") Exploit attributes ("Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available") Plugin Feed: 202507302150
Version 1.1 Jul 30, 2025, 1:46 AM New Plugin Feed: 202507300146