RockyLinux 9 : kernel (RLSA-2025:9080)

high Nessus Plugin ID 266699

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2025:9080 advisory.

* kernel: eth: bnxt: fix truesize for mb-xdp-pass case (CVE-2025-21961)

* kernel: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in l2cap_send_cmd (CVE-2025-21969)

* kernel: cifs: Fix integer overflow while processing acdirmax mount option (CVE-2025-21963)

* kernel: wifi: cfg80211: cancel wiphy_work before freeing wiphy (CVE-2025-21979)

* kernel: proc: fix UAF in proc_get_inode() (CVE-2025-21999)

* kernel: md: fix mddev uaf while iterating all_mddevs list (CVE-2025-22126)

* kernel: smb: client: fix UAF in decryption with multichannel (CVE-2025-37750)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 266699

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2025-9080.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/6/2025

Updated: 10/6/2025

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-2025-21979

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-64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-kvm, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rv, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-devel, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libperf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-uki-virt-addons, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-modules-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-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libperf, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rtla, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-kvm, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt

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: 10/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/1/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-21961, CVE-2025-21963, CVE-2025-21969, CVE-2025-21979, CVE-2025-21999, CVE-2025-22126, CVE-2025-37750

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