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AlmaLinux 9 : kernel (ALSA-2025:0059)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 214050

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2025:0059 advisory.

 * kernel: perf/aux: Fix AUX buffer serialization (CVE-2024-46713)
 * kernel: RDMA/bnxt_re: Fix a bug while setting up Level-2 PBL pages (CVE-2024-50208)
 * kernel: mlxsw: spectrum_ipip: Fix memory leak when changing remote IPv6 address (CVE-2024-50252)
 * kernel: mptcp: cope racing subflow creation in mptcp_rcv_space_adjust (CVE-2024-53122)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2025-0059.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0059

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 214050

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-0059.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/14/2025

Updated: 1/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-53122

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libperf, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-uki-virt-addons, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rtla, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rv, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug-core, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-tools-libs, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-debug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/13/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-46713, CVE-2024-50208, CVE-2024-50252, CVE-2024-53122

CWE: 125, 369, 401, 662

RHSA: 2025:0059