RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2025:22752)

high Nessus Plugin ID 277472

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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-2025:22752 advisory.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: ALSA: usb-audio: ALSA USB Audio Out-of-Bounds Bug (CVE-2022-48701)

* kernel: nfsd: don't ignore the return code of svc_proc_register() (CVE-2025-22026)

* kernel: udp: Fix memory accounting leak. (CVE-2025-22058)

* kernel: net_sched: hfsc: Fix a UAF vulnerability in class handling (CVE-2025-37797)

* kernel: net: usb: smsc75xx: Limit packet length to skb->len (CVE-2023-53125)

* kernel: net_sched: ets: Fix double list add in class with netem as child qdisc (CVE-2025-37914)

* kernel: ASoC: SOF: Intel: hda: Fix potential buffer overflow by snprintf() (CVE-2022-50050)

* kernel: mptcp: do not queue data on closed subflows (CVE-2022-50070)

* kernel: ALSA: bcd2000: Fix a UAF bug on the error path of probing (CVE-2022-50229)

* kernel: KVM: SVM: Don't BUG if userspace injects an interrupt with GIF=0 (CVE-2022-50228)

* kernel: firmware: arm_scpi: Ensure scpi_info is not assigned if the probe fails (CVE-2022-50087)

* kernel: bpf: Don't use tnum_range on array range checking for poke descriptors (CVE-2022-49985)

* kernel: drm/amd/display: clear optc underflow before turn off odm clock (CVE-2022-49969)

* kernel: md-raid10: fix KASAN warning (CVE-2022-50211)

* kernel: i40e: fix MMIO write access to an invalid page in i40e_clear_hw (CVE-2025-38200)

* kernel: RDMA/iwcm: Fix use-after-free of work objects after cm_id destruction (CVE-2025-38211)

* kernel: scsi: lpfc: Use memcpy() for BIOS version (CVE-2025-38332)

* kernel: vsock: Fix transport_* TOCTOU (CVE-2025-38461)

* kernel: drm/gem: Acquire references on GEM handles for framebuffers (CVE-2025-38449)

* kernel: net/sched: sch_qfq: Fix race condition on qfq_aggregate (CVE-2025-38477)

* kernel: do_change_type(): refuse to operate on unmounted/not ours mounts (CVE-2025-38498)

* kernel: smb: client: fix use-after-free in cifs_oplock_break (CVE-2025-38527)

* kernel: HID: core: Harden s32ton() against conversion to 0 bits (CVE-2025-38556)

* kernel: tls: separate no-async decryption request handling from async (CVE-2024-58240)

* kernel: NFS: Fix a race when updating an existing write (CVE-2025-39697)

* kernel: NFS: Fix filehandle bounds checking in nfs_fh_to_dentry() (CVE-2025-39730)

* kernel: ALSA: hda/ca0132: Fix buffer overflow in add_tuning_control (CVE-2025-39751)

* 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: mm: fix zswap writeback race condition (CVE-2023-53178)

* kernel: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free (CVE-2023-53305)

* 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: skbuff: skb_segment, Call zero copy functions before using skbuff frags (CVE-2023-53354)

* kernel: crypto: seqiv - Handle EBUSY correctly (CVE-2023-53373)

* kernel: Bluetooth: Fix potential use-after-free when clear keys (CVE-2023-53386)

* kernel: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix user-after-free (CVE-2022-50386)

* kernel: ext4: fix undefined behavior in bit shift for ext4_check_flag_values (CVE-2022-50403)

* kernel: wifi: brcmfmac: fix use-after-free bug in brcmf_netdev_start_xmit() (CVE-2022-50408)

* kernel: NFSD: Protect against send buffer overflow in NFSv2 READ (CVE-2022-50410)

* kernel: wifi: cfg80211: fix use-after-free in cmp_bss() (CVE-2025-39864)

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-2025:22752.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 277472

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-22752.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 12/4/2025

Updated: 12/4/2025

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: 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-2025-37914

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:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-core, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra

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: 12/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48701, CVE-2022-49969, CVE-2022-49985, CVE-2022-50050, CVE-2022-50070, CVE-2022-50087, CVE-2022-50211, CVE-2022-50228, CVE-2022-50229, CVE-2022-50356, CVE-2022-50367, CVE-2022-50386, CVE-2022-50408, CVE-2022-50410, CVE-2023-53125, CVE-2023-53178, CVE-2023-53185, CVE-2023-53213, CVE-2023-53305, CVE-2023-53354, CVE-2023-53373, CVE-2023-53386, CVE-2024-58240, CVE-2025-22026, CVE-2025-22058, CVE-2025-37797, CVE-2025-37914, CVE-2025-38200, CVE-2025-38211, CVE-2025-38332, CVE-2025-38449, CVE-2025-38461, CVE-2025-38477, CVE-2025-38498, CVE-2025-38527, CVE-2025-38556, CVE-2025-39697, CVE-2025-39730, CVE-2025-39864

CWE: 120, 123, 125, 1285, 170, 190, 191, 252, 362, 367, 416, 476, 664, 787, 823, 825

RHSA: 2025:22752

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