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RockyLinux 8 : kernel (RLSA-2025:19931)
high Nessus Plugin ID 275303
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Synopsis
The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2025:19931 advisory.* kernel: x86/vmscape: Add conditional IBPB mitigation (CVE-2025-40300)
* kernel: mm: fix zswap writeback race condition (CVE-2023-53178)
* kernel: fs: fix UAF/GPF bug in nilfs_mdt_destroy (CVE-2022-50367)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:19931
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2394627
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 275303
File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2025-19931.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 11/13/2025
Updated: 11/13/2025
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 4.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-53178
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.3
Temporal Score: 6.4
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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:rocky:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bpftool-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2021