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Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2025-17161)

high Nessus Plugin ID 270872

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-17161 advisory.

 - ALSA: usb-audio: Fix an out-of-bounds bug in __snd_usb_parse_audio_interface() {CVE-2022-48701} [Orabug:
 38493400]
 - md-raid10: fix KASAN warning {CVE-2022-50211} [Orabug: 38493400]
 - ALSA: bcd2000: Fix a UAF bug on the error path of probing {CVE-2022-50229} [Orabug: 38493400]
 - net: usb: smsc75xx: Limit packet length to skb->len {CVE-2023-53125} [Orabug: 38493400]
 - i40e: fix MMIO write access to an invalid page in i40e_clear_hw {CVE-2025-38200} [Orabug: 38493400]
 - net/sched: sch_qfq: Fix race condition on qfq_aggregate {CVE-2025-38477} [Orabug: 38493400]
 - scsi: lpfc: Use memcpy() for BIOS version (CVE-2025-38332) [Orabug: 38414589]
 - posix-cpu-timers: fix race between handle_posix_cpu_timers() and posix_cpu_timer_del() (CVE-2025-38352) [Orabug: 38414589]
 - kernel: media: uvcvideo: Fix double free in error path (CVE-2024-57980)
 - kernel: HID: intel-ish-hid: Fix use-after-free issue in ishtp_hid_remove() (CVE-2025-21928)
 - kernel: ext4: fix off-by-one error in do_split (CVE-2025-23150)
 - kernel: misc/vmw_vmci: fix an infoleak in vmci_host_do_receive_datagram() (CVE-2022-49788)
 - kernel: sch_hfsc: Fix qlen accounting bug when using peek in hfsc_enqueue() (CVE-2025-38000)
 - kernel: ext4: avoid resizing to a partial cluster size (CVE-2022-50020)
 - kernel: drivers:md:fix a potential use-after-free bug (CVE-2022-50022)
 - kernel: sch_hfsc: make hfsc_qlen_notify() idempotent (CVE-2025-38177)
 - kernel: net/sched: Always pass notifications when child class becomes empty (CVE-2025-38350)
 - crypto: algif_hash - fix double free in hash_accept (CVE-2025-38079)
 - net: atlantic: fix aq_vec index out of range error (Chia-Lin Kao) {CVE-2022-50066} [Orabug: 38201271]
 - net: atm: fix use after free in lec_send() (Dan Carpenter) {CVE-2025-22004} [Orabug: 38201271]
 - netfilter: ipset: add missing range check in bitmap_ip_uadt (Jeongjun Park) {CVE-2024-53141} [Orabug:
 37964173]
 - ALSA: usb-audio: Fix out of bounds reads when finding clock sources (Takashi Iwai) {CVE-2024-53150} [Orabug: 37830084]
 - ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential out-of-bound accesses for Extigy and Mbox devices (Benoit Sevens) {CVE-2024-53197} [Orabug: 37686305]
 - can: bcm: Fix UAF in bcm_proc_show() (YueHaibing) {CVE-2023-52922} [Orabug: 37686305]
 - HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer (Benoit Sevens) {CVE-2024-50302} [Orabug: 37686305]

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

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-17161.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 270872

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-17161.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/21/2025

Updated: 10/21/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-48701

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-whitelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel

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: 10/20/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48701, CVE-2022-50211, CVE-2022-50229, CVE-2023-53125, CVE-2025-38200, CVE-2025-38477