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Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: kernel (CVE-2025-38285)

🗓️ 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Azure Linux 3.0 kernel update fixes WARN in get_bpf_raw_tp_regs for CVE-2025-38285.

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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/01/22");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-38285");

  script_name(english:"Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: kernel (CVE-2025-38285)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Azure Linux host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of kernel installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore,
affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-38285 advisory.

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix WARN() in get_bpf_raw_tp_regs
    syzkaller reported an issue: WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 5971 at kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:1861
    get_bpf_raw_tp_regs+0xa4/0x100 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:1861 Modules linked in: CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 5971
    Comm: syz-executor205 Not tainted 6.15.0-rc5-syzkaller-00038-g707df3375124 #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name:
    QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014 RIP:
    0010:get_bpf_raw_tp_regs+0xa4/0x100 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:1861 RSP: 0018:ffffc90003636fa8 EFLAGS:
    00010293 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: ffffffff81c6bc4c RDX: ffff888032efc880 RSI:
    ffffffff81c6bc83 RDI: 0000000000000005 RBP: ffff88806a730860 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000003
    R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000004 R13: 0000000000000001 R14:
    ffffc90003637008 R15: 0000000000000900 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880d6cdf000(0000)
    knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f7baee09130 CR3:
    0000000029f5a000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
    DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK>
    ____bpf_get_stack_raw_tp kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:1934 [inline] bpf_get_stack_raw_tp+0x24/0x160
    kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:1931 bpf_prog_ec3b2eefa702d8d3+0x43/0x47 bpf_dispatcher_nop_func
    include/linux/bpf.h:1316 [inline] __bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:718 [inline] bpf_prog_run
    include/linux/filter.h:725 [inline] __bpf_trace_run kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2363 [inline]
    bpf_trace_run3+0x23f/0x5a0 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2405 __bpf_trace_mmap_lock_acquire_returned+0xfc/0x140
    include/trace/events/mmap_lock.h:47 __traceiter_mmap_lock_acquire_returned+0x79/0xc0
    include/trace/events/mmap_lock.h:47 __do_trace_mmap_lock_acquire_returned
    include/trace/events/mmap_lock.h:47 [inline] trace_mmap_lock_acquire_returned
    include/trace/events/mmap_lock.h:47 [inline] __mmap_lock_do_trace_acquire_returned+0x138/0x1f0
    mm/mmap_lock.c:35 __mmap_lock_trace_acquire_returned include/linux/mmap_lock.h:36 [inline]
    mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:204 [inline] stack_map_get_build_id_offset+0x535/0x6f0
    kernel/bpf/stackmap.c:157 __bpf_get_stack+0x307/0xa10 kernel/bpf/stackmap.c:483 ____bpf_get_stack
    kernel/bpf/stackmap.c:499 [inline] bpf_get_stack+0x32/0x40 kernel/bpf/stackmap.c:496
    ____bpf_get_stack_raw_tp kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:1941 [inline] bpf_get_stack_raw_tp+0x124/0x160
    kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:1931 bpf_prog_ec3b2eefa702d8d3+0x43/0x47 Tracepoint like
    trace_mmap_lock_acquire_returned May cause nested call as the corner case show above, which will be
    resolved with more general method in the future. As a result, WARN_ON_ONCE will be triggered. As Alexei
    suggested, remove the WARN_ON_ONCE first. (CVE-2025-38285)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38285");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/07/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/08/12");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:kernel-drivers-intree-amdgpu");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:kernel-drivers-sound");
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include('rpm.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var release = get_kb_item('Host/AzureLinux/release');
if (isnull(release) || 'Azure Linux' >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Azure Linux');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Azure Linux ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Azure Linux');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^3([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Azure Linux 3.0', 'Azure Linux ' + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/AzureLinux/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu)
  audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Azure Linux', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'bpftool-6.6.96.1-1.azl3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'3.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'bpftool-6.6.96.1-1.azl3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'3.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-6.6.96.1-1.azl3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'3.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-6.6.96.1-1.azl3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'3.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-debuginfo-6.6.96.1-1.azl3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'3.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-debuginfo-6.6.96.1-1.azl3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'3.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-devel-6.6.96.1-1.azl3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'3.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-devel-6.6.96.1-1.azl3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'3.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-docs-6.6.96.1-1.azl3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'3.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-docs-6.6.96.1-1.azl3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'3.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-drivers-accessibility-6.6.96.1-1.azl3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'3.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-drivers-accessibility-6.6.96.1-1.azl3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'3.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-drivers-gpu-6.6.96.1-1.azl3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'3.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-drivers-gpu-6.6.96.1-1.azl3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'3.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-drivers-intree-amdgpu-6.6.96.1-1.azl3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'3.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-drivers-intree-amdgpu-6.6.96.1-1.azl3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'3.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-drivers-sound-6.6.96.1-1.azl3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'3.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-drivers-sound-6.6.96.1-1.azl3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'3.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-6.6.96.1-1.azl3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'3.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-6.6.96.1-1.azl3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'3.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'python3-perf-6.6.96.1-1.azl3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'3.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'python3-perf-6.6.96.1-1.azl3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'3.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var el_string = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  var epoch = NULL;
  var allowmaj = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  var cves = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = 'Azure Linux ' + package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  if (reference && _release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) {
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'bpftool / kernel / kernel-debuginfo / kernel-devel / kernel-docs / etc');
}

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22 Jan 2026 00:00Current
6.7Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.7
CVSS 3.15.5
EPSS0.0017
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