Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: bpftool / bpftool-debuginfo / kernel / kernel-abi-stablelists / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2025_16372)

high Nessus Plugin ID 359050

Synopsis

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

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2025_16372 advisory.

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

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

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

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_16372.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16372

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2383513

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2384422

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2389456

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2025:16372

http://www.nessus.org/u?6ad80356

http://www.nessus.org/u?cb95b5ab

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 359050

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2025_16372.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: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.8

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-38556

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/3/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-38461, CVE-2025-38498, CVE-2025-38556