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Oracle Linux 10 : kernel (ELSA-2025-21118)

high Nessus Plugin ID 277391

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-21118 advisory.

 - fs/smb: Fix inconsistent refcnt update (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-124955] {CVE-2025-39819}
 - tcp: Clear tcp_sk(sk)->fastopen_rsk in tcp_disconnect(). (Antoine Tenart) [RHEL-120672] {CVE-2025-39955}
 - NFS: Fix filehandle bounds checking in nfs_fh_to_dentry() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-113613] {CVE-2025-39730}
 - of_numa: fix uninitialized memory nodes causing kernel panic (Charles Mirabile) [RHEL-123154] {CVE-2025-39903}
 - wifi: cfg80211: fix use-after-free in cmp_bss() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-122880] {CVE-2025-39864}
 - selftests: tls: test skb copy under mem pressure and OOB (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-120380] {CVE-2025-39946}
 - tls: make sure to abort the stream if headers are bogus (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-120380] {CVE-2025-39946}
 - eventpoll: Fix semi-unbounded recursion (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-111055] {CVE-2025-38614}
 - use uniform permission checks for all mount propagation changes (Ian Kent) [RHEL-121702] {CVE-2025-38498}
 - do_change_type(): refuse to operate on unmounted/not ours mounts (Ian Kent) [RHEL-121702] {CVE-2025-38498}
 - cgroup/psi: Set of->priv to NULL upon file release (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-119143] {CVE-2025-39881}
 - kernfs: Fix UAF in polling when open file is released (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-119143] {CVE-2025-39881}
 - scsi: lpfc: Fix buffer free/clear order in deferred receive path (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-119132] {CVE-2025-39841}
 - efivarfs: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in efivarfs_d_compare (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-118462] {CVE-2025-39817}
 - wifi: cfg80211: sme: cap SSID length in __cfg80211_connect_result() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-117585] {CVE-2025-39849}
 - ipv6: sr: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-116387] {CVE-2025-39702}
 - x86/vmscape: Add old Intel CPUs to affected list (Waiman Long) [RHEL-114276] {CVE-2025-40300}
 - x86/vmscape: Warn when STIBP is disabled with SMT (Waiman Long) [RHEL-114276] {CVE-2025-40300}
 - x86/bugs: Move cpu_bugs_smt_update() down (Waiman Long) [RHEL-114276] {CVE-2025-40300}
 - x86/vmscape: Enable the mitigation (Waiman Long) [RHEL-114276] {CVE-2025-40300}
 - x86/vmscape: Add conditional IBPB mitigation (Waiman Long) [RHEL-114276] {CVE-2025-40300}
 - x86/vmscape: Enumerate VMSCAPE bug (Waiman Long) [RHEL-114276] {CVE-2025-40300}
 - Documentation/hw-vuln: Add VMSCAPE documentation (Waiman Long) [RHEL-114276] {CVE-2025-40300}
 - mm: swap: fix potential buffer overflow in setup_clusters() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-114862] {CVE-2025-39727}
 - ALSA: hda/ca0132: Fix buffer overflow in add_tuning_control (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-114852] {CVE-2025-39751}
 - ALSA: usb-audio: Validate UAC3 power domain descriptors, too (Jaroslav Kysela) [RHEL-114693] {CVE-2025-38729}
 - ALSA: usb-audio: Validate UAC3 cluster segment descriptors (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-114693] {CVE-2025-39757}
 - vsock/virtio: Validate length in packet header before skb_put() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-114301] {CVE-2025-39718}

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-2025-21118.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 277391

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-21118.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/4/2025

Updated: 12/4/2025

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: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-39727

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/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-modules-extra-matched, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rtla, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rv, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10:1:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libperf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uki-virt-addons, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel

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: 12/3/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-38498, CVE-2025-39697, CVE-2025-39702, CVE-2025-39718, CVE-2025-39727, CVE-2025-39757, CVE-2025-39817, CVE-2025-39841, CVE-2025-39849, CVE-2025-39881, CVE-2025-40300