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Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: kernel / kernel-64k / kernel-64k-core / kernel-64k-debug / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2025_16880)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 357437

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2025_16880 advisory.

 * kernel: netfilter: nf_conntrack: fix crash due to removal of uninitialised entry (CVE-2025-38472)

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

 * kernel: sctp: linearize cloned gso packets in sctp_rcv (CVE-2025-38718)

 * kernel: tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list (CVE-2025-39682)

 * kernel: io_uring/futex: ensure io_futex_wait() cleans up properly on failure (CVE-2025-39698)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2025_16880.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16880

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2383916

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2388928

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2393166

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2393511

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2393519

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2025:16880

http://www.nessus.org/u?07d2bac4

http://www.nessus.org/u?3f209c81

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 357437

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2025_16880.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

Percentile: 99.77

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-39682

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2025

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 9/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-38472, CVE-2025-38527, CVE-2025-38718, CVE-2025-39682, CVE-2025-39698