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RockyLinux 8 : kernel (RLSA-2025:16372)
high Nessus Plugin ID 266694
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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-2025:16372 advisory.* kernel: vsock: Fix transport_* TOCTOU (CVE-2025-38461)
* kernel: do_change_type(): refuse to operate on unmounted/not ours mounts (CVE-2025-38498)
* kernel: HID: core: Harden s32ton() against conversion to 0 bits (CVE-2025-38556)
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-2025:16372
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2383513
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 266694
File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2025-16372.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 10/6/2025
Updated: 10/6/2025
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.3
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.4
Temporal Score: 4.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-38461
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:C/C:N/I:L/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-38498
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bpftool-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/3/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/10/2025