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Oracle Linux 8 / 9 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2025-20152)

high Nessus Plugin ID 232558

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-2025-20152 advisory.

 - scsi: mpi3mr: Fix corrupt config pages PHY state is switched in sysfs (Ranjan Kumar) [Orabug: 37472354] {CVE-2024-57804}
 - crypto: qat/qat_4xxx - fix off by one in uof_get_name() (Dan Carpenter) [Orabug: 37427536] {CVE-2024-53162}
 - vp_vdpa: fix id_table array not null terminated error (Xiaoguang Wang) [Orabug: 37296163] {CVE-2024-53110}
 - vdpa/mlx5: Fix invalid mr resource destroy (Dragos Tatulea) [Orabug: 37296163] {CVE-2024-47687}
 - net: fix data-races around sk->sk_forward_alloc (Wang Liang) [Orabug: 37388795] {CVE-2024-53124}
 - scsi: sg: Fix slab-use-after-free read in sg_release() (Suraj Sonawane) [Orabug: 37434117] {CVE-2024-56631}
 - ipv6: avoid possible NULL deref in rt6_uncached_list_flush_dev() (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 37200706] {CVE-2024-47707}
 - blk-cgroup: Fix UAF in blkcg_unpin_online() (Tejun Heo) [Orabug: 37434276] {CVE-2024-56672}
 - gpiolib: cdev: Fix use after free in lineinfo_changed_notify (Zhongqiu Han) [Orabug: 36683269] {CVE-2024-36899}

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

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-20152.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 232558

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-20152.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/11/2025

Updated: 3/11/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

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-2024-56631

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:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-container, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::developer_uekr7, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:5:baseos_patch, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::uekr7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-container-debug, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::uekr7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9::baseos_latest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-core, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::developer_uekr7

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: 3/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/30/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-36899, CVE-2024-47687, CVE-2024-47707, CVE-2024-53110, CVE-2024-53124, CVE-2024-53162, CVE-2024-56631, CVE-2024-56672, CVE-2024-57804