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Oracle Linux 9 : kernel (ELSA-2025-12746)

high Nessus Plugin ID 244361

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-12746 advisory.

 - net_sched: hfsc: Address reentrant enqueue adding class to eltree twice (Davide Caratti) [RHEL-97522] {CVE-2025-38001 CVE-2025-37890}
 - sch_hfsc: Fix qlen accounting bug when using peek in hfsc_enqueue() (Davide Caratti) [RHEL-97522] {CVE-2025-38000}
 - net_sched: hfsc: Fix a UAF vulnerability in class with netem as child qdisc (Davide Caratti) [RHEL-97522] {CVE-2025-37890}
 - HID: intel-ish-hid: Fix use-after-free issue in ishtp_hid_remove() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-98847] {CVE-2025-21928}
 - HID: intel-ish-hid: Fix use-after-free issue in hid_ishtp_cl_remove() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-98871] {CVE-2025-21929}
 - Bluetooth: btusb: avoid NULL pointer dereference in skb_dequeue() (David Marlin) [RHEL-95324] {CVE-2025-37918}
 - memstick: rtsx_usb_ms: Fix slab-use-after-free in rtsx_usb_ms_drv_remove (Desnes Nunes) [RHEL-99029] {CVE-2025-22020}
 - misc/vmw_vmci: fix an infoleak in vmci_host_do_receive_datagram() (John W. Linville) [RHEL-97499] {CVE-2022-49788}
 - net/tipc: fix slab-use-after-free Read in tipc_aead_encrypt_done (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-103087] {CVE-2025-38052}
 - net/sched: fix use-after-free in taprio_dev_notifier (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-101317] {CVE-2025-38087}
 - padata: avoid UAF for reorder_work (Rafael Aquini) [RHEL-97031] {CVE-2025-21727 CVE-2025-21726}
 - padata: fix UAF in padata_reorder (Rafael Aquini) [RHEL-97031] {CVE-2025-21727}
 - padata: add pd get/put refcnt helper (Rafael Aquini) [RHEL-97031] {CVE-2025-21727}
 - padata: fix sysfs store callback check (Rafael Aquini) [RHEL-97031] {CVE-2025-21727}
 - padata: Clean up in padata_do_multithreaded() (Rafael Aquini) [RHEL-97031] {CVE-2025-21727}

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-2025-12746.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 244361

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-12746.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/6/2025

Updated: 8/6/2025

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-2025-22020

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:rtla, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rv, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libperf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uki-virt-addons, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:6: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: 8/5/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-49788, CVE-2025-21727, CVE-2025-21928, CVE-2025-21929, CVE-2025-21962, CVE-2025-22020, CVE-2025-37890, CVE-2025-38052, CVE-2025-38087