Oracle Linux 10 / 9 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2025-20608)

high Nessus Plugin ID 265746

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 10 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-20608 advisory.

- x86/sev: Evict cache lines during SNP memory validation (Tom Lendacky) [Orabug: 38453836] {CVE-2025-38560}
- xfrm: interface: fix use-after-free after changing collect_md xfrm interface (Eyal Birger) [Orabug:
38453837] {CVE-2025-38500}
- sunrpc: fix handling of server side tls alerts (Olga Kornievskaia) [Orabug: 38453835] {CVE-2025-38566}
- sunrpc: fix client side handling of tls alerts (Olga Kornievskaia) [Orabug: 38453834] {CVE-2025-38571}
- vsock: Do not allow binding to VMADDR_PORT_ANY (Budimir Markovic) [Orabug: 38453833] {CVE-2025-38618}

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 265746

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-20608.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/23/2025

Updated: 9/23/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-38571

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-38500

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules-usb, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules-wireless, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules-wireless, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules-deprecated, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules-desktop, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-modules-extra-netfilter, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-modules-desktop, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-modules-usb, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra-netfilter, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-modules-deprecated, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-modules-wireless, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules-deprecated, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules-extra-netfilter, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules-desktop, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules-usb, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10

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: 9/22/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-38500, CVE-2025-38560, CVE-2025-38566, CVE-2025-38571, CVE-2025-38618, CVE-2025-39682

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