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Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2025-13589)

high Nessus Plugin ID 249147

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-2025-13589 advisory.

 - ipv6: mcast: extend RCU protection in igmp6_send() (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-102392] {CVE-2025-21759}
 - net/sched: Always pass notifications when child class becomes empty (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-93376] {CVE-2025-38350}
 - sch_htb: make htb_deactivate() idempotent (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-93376] {CVE-2025-38350}
 - codel: remove sch->q.qlen check before qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-93376] {CVE-2025-38350}
 - sch_qfq: make qfq_qlen_notify() idempotent (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-93376] {CVE-2025-38350}
 - sch_drr: make drr_qlen_notify() idempotent (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-93376] {CVE-2025-38350}
 - sch_htb: make htb_qlen_notify() idempotent (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-93376] {CVE-2025-38350}
 - can: peak_usb: fix use after free bugs (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-99447] {CVE-2021-47670}
 - wifi: rtw88: fix the 'para' buffer size to avoid reading out of bounds (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-103141] {CVE-2025-38159}
 - net/ipv6: release expired exception dst cached in socket (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-105794] {CVE-2024-56644}
 - mm/hugetlb: fix huge_pmd_unshare() vs GUP-fast race (Rafael Aquini) [RHEL-101233] {CVE-2025-38085}
 - mm/khugepaged: fix collapse_pte_mapped_thp() to allow anon_vma (Rafael Aquini) [RHEL-101233] {CVE-2025-38085}
 - mm/khugepaged: fix GUP-fast interaction by sending IPI (Rafael Aquini) [RHEL-101233] {CVE-2025-38085}
 - mm/khugepaged: take the right locks for page table retraction (Rafael Aquini) [RHEL-101233] {CVE-2025-38085}
 - mm/khugepaged: unify collapse pmd clear, flush and free (Rafael Aquini) [RHEL-101233] {CVE-2025-38085}
 - padata: fix UAF in padata_reorder (Waiman Long) [RHEL-101398] {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-2025-13589.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 249147

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-13589.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/12/2025

Updated: 8/12/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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-2025-21759

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

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-47670, CVE-2024-56644, CVE-2025-21727, CVE-2025-21759, CVE-2025-38085, CVE-2025-38159