Oracle Linux 5 : Unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2010-2008)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68172

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2010-2008 advisory.

- [fs] xfs: always use iget in bulkstat (Dave Chinner) {CVE-2010-2943}
- [net] net sched: fix some kernel memory leaks (Eric Dumazet) {CVE-2010-2942}

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68172

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-2008.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 2/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-2943

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ofa-2.6.32-100.20.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-firmware

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2942, CVE-2010-2943

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