RockyLinux 8 : kernel-rt (RLSA-2025:2474)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 243173

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2025:2474 advisory.

* kernel: HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer (CVE-2024-50302)

* kernel: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential out-of-bound accesses for Extigy and Mbox devices (CVE-2024-53197)

* kernel: scsi: megaraid_sas: Fix for a potential deadlock (CVE-2024-57807)

* kernel: pps: Fix a use-after-free (CVE-2024-57979)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:2474

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2327169

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2334412

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2337098

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2348562

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 243173

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2025-2474.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/30/2025

Updated: 7/30/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-50302

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-kvm, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-kvm, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-core

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2024

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/25/2025, 4/30/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-50302, CVE-2024-53197, CVE-2024-57807, CVE-2024-57979