Oracle Linux 9 : kernel (ELSA-2025-19105)

high Nessus Plugin ID 271931

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-19105 advisory.

- pstore/ram: Check start of empty przs during init (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-122067] {CVE-2023-53331}
- vsock/virtio: Validate length in packet header before skb_put() (Jon Maloy) [RHEL-114299] {CVE-2025-39718}
- NFS: Fix filehandle bounds checking in nfs_fh_to_dentry() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-113610] {CVE-2025-39730}
- fs/smb: Fix inconsistent refcnt update (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-117879] {CVE-2025-39819}
- ALSA: hda/ca0132: Fix buffer overflow in add_tuning_control (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-114848] {CVE-2025-39751}

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 271931

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-19105.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/28/2025

Updated: 10/28/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-39718

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uki-virt-addons, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rv, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libperf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rtla, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:6:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules

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: 10/28/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-53331, CVE-2025-39718, CVE-2025-39730, CVE-2025-39819

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