The remote Oracle Linux 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-20095 advisory.

    - macsec: Fix use-after-free while sending the offloading packet (Jianbo Liu)  [Orabug: 37268700]     {CVE-2024-50261}
    - net/mlx5e: Fix CT entry update leaks of modify header context (Chris Mi)  [Orabug: 36948578]     {CVE-2024-43864}
    - net/mlx5: Fix missing lock on sync reset reload (Moshe Shemesh)  [Orabug: 36948578] {CVE-2024-42268}
    - mlxsw: core_linecards: Fix double memory deallocation in case of invalid INI file (Aleksandr Mishin)     [Orabug: 36948578] {CVE-2024-42138}
    - mlxsw: spectrum_buffers: Fix memory corruptions on Spectrum-4 systems (Ido Schimmel)  [Orabug: 36948578]     {CVE-2024-42073}
    - net: wwan: iosm: Fix tainted pointer delete is case of region creation fail (Aleksandr Mishin)  [Orabug:
    36948578] {CVE-2024-40939}
    - net/mlx5: Always stop health timer during driver removal (Shay Drory)  [Orabug: 36948578]     {CVE-2024-40906}

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.

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Oracle Linux 8 / 9 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2025-20095)

high Nessus Plugin ID 215966

Version 1.5

Version 1.4

Version 1.1

Version 1.5 Mar 6, 2025, 7:23 AM CISA reference Plugin Feed: 202503060723
Version 1.4 Mar 5, 2025, 8:29 AM CISA reference Plugin Feed: 202503050829
Version 1.1 Feb 11, 2025, 6:40 AM New Plugin Feed: 202502110640