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Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2025-25755)

high Nessus Plugin ID 274583

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-25755 advisory.

 - i40e: add validation for ring_len param (Lukasz Czapnik) [Orabug: 38604171] {CVE-2025-39973}
 - i40e: increase max descriptors for XL710 (Justin Bronder) [Orabug: 38604171] {CVE-2025-39973}
 - scsi: lpfc: Fix buffer free/clear order in deferred receive path (John Evans) [Orabug: 38456754] {CVE-2025-39841}
 - iio: light: opt3001: fix deadlock due to concurrent flag access (Luca Ceresoli) [Orabug: 37977028] {CVE-2025-37968}
 - mm/slub: avoid accessing metadata when pointer is invalid in object_err() (Li Qiong) [Orabug: 38494761] {CVE-2025-39902}
 - e1000e: fix heap overflow in e1000_set_eeprom (Vitaly Lifshits) [Orabug: 38494740] {CVE-2025-39898}
 - wifi: mwifiex: Initialize the chan_stats array to zero (Rong Qianfeng) [Orabug: 38494723] {CVE-2025-39891}
 - ppp: fix memory leak in pad_compress_skb (Qingfang Deng) [Orabug: 38456781] {CVE-2025-39847}
 - i40e: Fix potential invalid access when MAC list is empty (Zhen Ni) [Orabug: 38456814] {CVE-2025-39853}
 - Bluetooth: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen() (Kuniyuki Iwashima) [Orabug: 38456834] {CVE-2025-39860}
 - wifi: cfg80211: fix use-after-free in cmp_bss() (Dmitry Antipov) [Orabug: 38456860] {CVE-2025-39864}

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-2025-25755.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 274583

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-25755.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2025

Updated: 11/10/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-39864

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-container, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:10:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-container-debug

Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-37968, CVE-2025-39841, CVE-2025-39847, CVE-2025-39853, CVE-2025-39860, CVE-2025-39864, CVE-2025-39891, CVE-2025-39902, CVE-2025-39973