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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.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 265746
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-20608.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Published: 9/23/2025
Updated: 9/18/2026
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.2
Percentile: 99.76
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.2
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-39682
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.1
Temporal Score: 6.6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules-deprecated, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules-desktop, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra-netfilter, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra, 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-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules-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-uek-modules-extra-netfilter, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules-usb, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules-wireless, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-modules-deprecated, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-modules-desktop, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-modules-extra-netfilter, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-modules-usb, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-modules-wireless, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek64k, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek
Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/22/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2025
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 9/21/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-38500, CVE-2025-38560, CVE-2025-38566, CVE-2025-38571, CVE-2025-38618, CVE-2025-39682