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RockyLinux 10 : kernel (RLSA-2025:7956)

high Nessus Plugin ID 266506

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Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2025:7956 advisory.

 * kernel: dm-flakey: Fix memory corruption in optional corrupt_bio_byte feature (CVE-2025-21966)

 * kernel: iscsi_ibft: Fix UBSAN shift-out-of-bounds warning in ibft_attr_show_nic() (CVE-2025-21993)

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-2025:7956

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2356605

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2356908

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 266506

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2025-7956.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 10/4/2025

Updated: 10/4/2025

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-2025-21966

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:rocky:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-kvm, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libperf, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rv, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-uki-virt-addons, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-kvm, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rtla, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libperf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-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: 10/3/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/1/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-21966, CVE-2025-21993