RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2025:2270)

high Nessus Plugin ID 225805

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kernel.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:2270 advisory.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: use after free in i2c (CVE-2019-25162)

* kernel: mm/swap: fix race when skipping swapcache (CVE-2024-26759)

* kernel: net/sched: act_mirred: use the backlog for mirred ingress (CVE-2024-26740)

* kernel: nvme-fc: do not wait in vain when unloading module (CVE-2024-26846)

* kernel: efi: runtime: Fix potential overflow of soft-reserved region size (CVE-2024-26843)

* kernel: ACPI: processor_idle: Fix memory leak in acpi_processor_power_exit() (CVE-2024-26894)

* kernel: drm/vmwgfx: Unmap the surface before resetting it on a plane state (CVE-2023-52648)

* kernel: net: openvswitch: Fix Use-After-Free in ovs_ct_exit (CVE-2024-27395)

* kernel: ACPI: LPIT: Avoid u32 multiplication overflow (CVE-2023-52683)

* kernel: dyndbg: fix old BUG_ON in >control parser (CVE-2024-35947)

* kernel: net/mlx5e: Fix mlx5e_priv_init() cleanup flow (CVE-2024-35959)

* kernel: lib/generic-radix-tree.c: Don't overflow in peek() (CVE-2021-47432)

* kernel: i2c: core: Run atomic i2c xfer when !preemptible (CVE-2023-52791)

* kernel: tcp: defer shutdown(SEND_SHUTDOWN) for TCP_SYN_RECV sockets (CVE-2024-36905)

* kernel: ext4: fix mb_cache_entry's e_refcnt leak in ext4_xattr_block_cache_find() (CVE-2024-39276)

* kernel: kobject_uevent: Fix OOB access within zap_modalias_env() (CVE-2024-42292)

* kernel: padata: Fix possible divide-by-0 panic in padata_mt_helper() (CVE-2024-43889)

* kernel: sctp: Fix null-ptr-deref in reuseport_add_sock(). (CVE-2024-44935)

* kernel: bonding: fix null pointer deref in bond_ipsec_offload_ok (CVE-2024-44990)

* kernel: net: avoid potential underflow in qdisc_pkt_len_init() with UFO (CVE-2024-49949)

* kernel: arm64: probes: Remove broken LDR (literal) uprobe support (CVE-2024-50099)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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 RHEL kernel package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:2270.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 225805

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-2270.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 3/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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-2024-27395

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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rv, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libperf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-perf, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rtla, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-devel-matched

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-25162, CVE-2021-47432, CVE-2023-52648, CVE-2023-52683, CVE-2023-52791, CVE-2024-26740, CVE-2024-26759, CVE-2024-26843, CVE-2024-26846, CVE-2024-26894, CVE-2024-27395, CVE-2024-35947, CVE-2024-35959, CVE-2024-36905, CVE-2024-39276, CVE-2024-42292, CVE-2024-43889, CVE-2024-44935, CVE-2024-44990, CVE-2024-49949, CVE-2024-50099

CWE: 121, 125, 362, 369, 401, 402, 416, 459, 476, 833

RHSA: 2025:2270

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