RockyLinux 8 : kernel (RLSA-2025:15008)

high Nessus Plugin ID 261713

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-2025:15008 advisory.

* kernel: RDMA/iwcm: Fix use-after-free of work objects after cm_id destruction (CVE-2025-38211)

* kernel: scsi: lpfc: Use memcpy() for BIOS version (CVE-2025-38332)

* kernel: tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_conn_close() (CVE-2025-38464)

* kernel: net/sched: sch_qfq: Fix race condition on qfq_aggregate (CVE-2025-38477)

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-2025:15008

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2376406

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2379246

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2383509

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2383922

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 261713

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2025-15008.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 9/8/2025

Updated: 9/8/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-38477

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bpftool-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/4/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-38211, CVE-2025-38332, CVE-2025-38464, CVE-2025-38477