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RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2025:21083)
high Nessus Plugin ID 275161
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kernel.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:21083 advisory.The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: wifi: mac80211: check S1G action frame size (CVE-2023-53257)
* kernel: wifi: brcmfmac: slab-out-of-bounds read in brcmf_get_assoc_ies() (CVE-2023-53213)
* kernel: wifi: ath9k: don't allow to overwrite ENDPOINT0 attributes (CVE-2023-53185)
* kernel: mt76: mt7921: fix kernel panic by accessing unallocated eeprom.data (CVE-2023-53232)
* kernel: mm: fix zswap writeback race condition (CVE-2023-53178)
* kernel: fs: fix UAF/GPF bug in nilfs_mdt_destroy (CVE-2022-50367)
* kernel: net: sched: sfb: fix null pointer access issue when sfb_init() fails (CVE-2022-50356)
* kernel: crypto: seqiv - Handle EBUSY correctly (CVE-2023-53373)
* kernel: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix user-after-free (CVE-2022-50386)
* kernel: wifi: cfg80211: fix use-after-free in cmp_bss() (CVE-2025-39864)
* kernel: scsi: lpfc: Fix buffer free/clear order in deferred receive path (CVE-2025-39841)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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 RHEL kernel package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:21083.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2395253
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2395267
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2395297
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2395322
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2395358
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2396114
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2396152
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2396379
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2396431
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2396934
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2396944
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 275161
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-21083.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/12/2025
Updated: 11/12/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.4
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:P/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-50386
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.6
Temporal Score: 6.6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perf
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-50356, CVE-2022-50367, CVE-2022-50386, CVE-2023-53178, CVE-2023-53185, CVE-2023-53213, CVE-2023-53232, CVE-2023-53257, CVE-2023-53373, CVE-2025-39841, CVE-2025-39864