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Oracle Linux 8 / 9 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2025-20066)
high Nessus Plugin ID 214731
Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Oracle Linux 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-20066 advisory.- NFSD: Limit the number of concurrent async COPY operations (Chuck Lever) [Orabug: 37516381] {CVE-2024-49974}
- NFSD: Async COPY result needs to return a write verifier (Chuck Lever) [Orabug: 37516381] {CVE-2024-49974}
- security/keys: fix slab-out-of-bounds in key_task_permission (Chen Ridong) [Orabug: 37516370] {CVE-2024-50301}
- macsec: Fix use-after-free while sending the offloading packet (Jianbo Liu) [Orabug: 37516375] {CVE-2024-50261}
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
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 214731
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-20066.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 1/28/2025
Updated: 1/28/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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-2024-50261
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: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-container, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-container-debug, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules-extra, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::uekr7, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::uekr7, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9::baseos_latest, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:5:baseos_patch
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/27/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2024