Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-39974

critical Nessus Plugin ID 271523

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- tracing/osnoise: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in _parse_integer_limit() When config osnoise cpus by write() syscall, the following KASAN splat may be observed: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in
_parse_integer_limit+0x103/0x130 Read of size 1 at addr ffff88810121e3a1 by task test/447 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 447 Comm: test Not tainted 6.17.0-rc6-dirty #288 PREEMPT(voluntary) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x55/0x70 print_report+0xcb/0x610 kasan_report+0xb8/0xf0 _parse_integer_limit+0x103/0x130 bitmap_parselist+0x16d/0x6f0 osnoise_cpus_write+0x116/0x2d0 vfs_write+0x21e/0xcc0 ksys_write+0xee/0x1c0 do_syscall_64+0xa8/0x2a0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f </TASK> This issue can be reproduced by below code: const char *cpulist = 1; int fd=open(/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/osnoise/cpus, O_WRONLY);
write(fd, cpulist, strlen(cpulist)); Function bitmap_parselist() was called to parse cpulist, it require that the parameter 'buf' must be terminated with a '\0' or '\n'. Fix this issue by adding a '\0' to 'buf' in osnoise_cpus_write(). (CVE-2025-39974)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 271523

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_39974.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/27/2025

Updated: 10/27/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-39974

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-39974

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