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Oracle Linux 9 : kernel (ELSA-2026-2212)

high Nessus Plugin ID 298491

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-2212 advisory.

 - io_uring/net: commit partial buffers on retry (Jeff Moyer) [RHEL-137329] {CVE-2025-38730}
 - atm: clip: Fix infinite recursive call of clip_push(). (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-137601] {CVE-2025-38459}
 - net: use dst_dev_rcu() in sk_setup_caps() (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-129084] {CVE-2025-40170}
 - ipv6: use RCU in ip6_xmit() (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-129018] {CVE-2025-40135}
 - ipv6: use RCU in ip6_output() (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-128982] {CVE-2025-40158}
 - vsock/vmci: Clear the vmci transport packet properly when initializing it (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-137697] {CVE-2025-38403}
 - ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential overflow of PCM transfer buffer (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-136909] {CVE-2025-40269}
 - squashfs: fix memory leak in squashfs_fill_super (Abhi Das) [RHEL-138015] {CVE-2025-38415}
 - Squashfs: check return result of sb_min_blocksize (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-138015] {CVE-2025-38415}
 - usb: core: config: Prevent OOB read in SS endpoint companion parsing (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-137364] {CVE-2025-39760}
 - RDMA/rxe: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in rxe_queue_cleanup bug (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-137069] {CVE-2025-38024}
 - fs/proc: fix uaf in proc_readdir_de() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-137098] {CVE-2025-40271}
 - Bluetooth: hci_sync: fix race in hci_cmd_sync_dequeue_once (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-136256] {CVE-2025-40318}
 - RDMA/core: Fix 'KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in ib_register_device' problem (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-134352] {CVE-2025-38022}
 - irqchip/gic-v2m: Prevent use after free of gicv2m_get_fwnode() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-131974] {CVE-2025-37819}
 - net: openvswitch: fix nested key length validation in the set() action (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-131801] {CVE-2025-37789}

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-2026-2212.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 298491

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-2212.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/10/2026

Updated: 2/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2025-38730

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-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rtla, 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:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rv, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:7:baseos_patch, 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, 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: 2/9/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-37789, CVE-2025-37819, CVE-2025-38022, CVE-2025-38024, CVE-2025-38403, CVE-2025-38415, CVE-2025-38459, CVE-2025-38730, CVE-2025-39760, CVE-2025-40135, CVE-2025-40141, CVE-2025-40158, CVE-2025-40170, CVE-2025-40269, CVE-2025-40271, CVE-2025-40318