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Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2025-5.0-0717

🗓️ 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus🔗 www.tenable.com👁 2 Views

Photon OS 5.0 Linux update PHSA-2025-5.0-0717 released with nasl data file.

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ReporterTitlePublishedViews
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BDU FSTEC		The vulnerability of the invalidate_all_cached_dirs() function in the fs/smb/client/cached_dir.c module, which is part of the SMB client kernel support for Linux operating systems, allows a attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information.
23 Jun 202500:00
–bdu_fstec
Circl		CVE-2024-53177
27 Dec 202414:16
–circl
CNNVD		Linux kernel 安全漏洞
27 Dec 202400:00
–cnnvd
CVE		CVE-2024-53177
27 Dec 202413:49
–cve
Cvelist		CVE-2024-53177 smb: prevent use-after-free due to open_cached_dir error paths
27 Dec 202413:49
–cvelist
Debian CVE		CVE-2024-53177
27 Dec 202413:49
–debiancve
Oracle linux		Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update
17 Jul 202500:00
–oraclelinux
EUVD		EUVD-2024-51849
3 Oct 202520:07
–euvd
Hewlett-Packard		HP ThinPro 8.1 SP8 Security Updates
27 Oct 202500:00
–hp
Microsoft CVE		smb: prevent use-after-free due to open_cached_dir error paths
4 Sep 202503:50
–mscve
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from VMware Security Advisory PHSA-2025-5.0-0717. The text
# itself is copyright (C) VMware, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(279484);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/12/21");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-53177");

  script_name(english:"Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2025-5.0-0717");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"An update of the linux package has been released.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-717.md");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected Linux packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-53177");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/12/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/12/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/12/21");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:linux");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:5.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"PhotonOS Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/PhotonOS/release", "Host/PhotonOS/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}

include('rpm.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var _release = get_kb_item('Host/PhotonOS/release');
if (isnull(_release) || _release !~ "^VMware Photon") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'PhotonOS');
if (_release !~ "^VMware Photon (?:Linux|OS) 5\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'PhotonOS 5.0');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/PhotonOS/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, 'PhotonOS', cpu);

var flag = 0;

if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-6.1.159-4.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-debuginfo-6.1.159-4.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-devel-6.1.159-4.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-docs-6.1.159-4.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-drivers-gpu-6.1.159-4.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-drivers-intel-i40e-2.22.18-9.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-drivers-intel-i40e-debuginfo-2.22.18-9.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-drivers-intel-i40e-docs-2.22.18-9.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-drivers-intel-iavf-4.9.5-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-drivers-intel-iavf-debuginfo-4.9.5-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-drivers-intel-iavf-docs-4.9.5-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-drivers-intel-ice-1.13.7-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-drivers-intel-ice-debuginfo-1.13.7-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-drivers-intel-ice-docs-1.13.7-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-drivers-sound-6.1.159-4.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-esx-6.1.159-3.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-esx-debuginfo-6.1.159-3.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-esx-devel-6.1.159-3.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-esx-docs-6.1.159-3.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-esx-drivers-intel-i40e-2.22.18-9.0601159003.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-esx-drivers-intel-i40e-debuginfo-2.22.18-9.0601159003.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-esx-drivers-intel-i40e-docs-2.22.18-9.0601159003.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-esx-drivers-intel-iavf-4.9.5-8.0601159003.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-esx-drivers-intel-iavf-debuginfo-4.9.5-8.0601159003.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-esx-drivers-intel-iavf-docs-4.9.5-8.0601159003.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-esx-drivers-intel-ice-1.13.7-8.0601159003.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-esx-drivers-intel-ice-debuginfo-1.13.7-8.0601159003.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-esx-drivers-intel-ice-docs-1.13.7-8.0601159003.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-python3-perf-6.1.159-4.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-6.1.159-4.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-debuginfo-6.1.159-4.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-devel-6.1.159-4.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-docs-6.1.159-4.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-i40e-2.22', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-i40e-2.22.18-9.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-i40e-2.23', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-i40e-2.23.17-9.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-i40e-2.25', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-i40e-2.25.7-7.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-i40e-debuginfo-2.22', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-i40e-debuginfo-2.22.18-9.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-i40e-debuginfo-2.23', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-i40e-debuginfo-2.23.17-9.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-i40e-debuginfo-2.25', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-i40e-debuginfo-2.25.7-7.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-i40e-docs-2.22', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-i40e-docs-2.22.18-9.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-i40e-docs-2.23', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-i40e-docs-2.23.17-9.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-i40e-docs-2.25', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-i40e-docs-2.25.7-7.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-iavf-4.11', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-iavf-4.11.1-6.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-iavf-4.5', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-iavf-4.5.3-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-iavf-4.8', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-iavf-4.8.2-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-iavf-4.9', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-iavf-4.9.5-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-iavf-debuginfo-4.11', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-iavf-debuginfo-4.11.1-6.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-iavf-debuginfo-4.5', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-iavf-debuginfo-4.5.3-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-iavf-debuginfo-4.8', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-iavf-debuginfo-4.8.2-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-iavf-debuginfo-4.9', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-iavf-debuginfo-4.9.5-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-iavf-docs-4.11', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-iavf-docs-4.11.1-6.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-iavf-docs-4.5', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-iavf-docs-4.5.3-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-iavf-docs-4.8', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-iavf-docs-4.8.2-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-iavf-docs-4.9', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-iavf-docs-4.9.5-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-1.11', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-1.11.14-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-1.12', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-1.12.7-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-1.13', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-1.13.7-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-1.14', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-1.14.9-6.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-1.9', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-1.9.11-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-debuginfo-1.11', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-debuginfo-1.11.14-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-debuginfo-1.12', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-debuginfo-1.12.7-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-debuginfo-1.13', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-debuginfo-1.13.7-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-debuginfo-1.14', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-debuginfo-1.14.9-6.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-debuginfo-1.9', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-debuginfo-1.9.11-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-docs-1.11', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-docs-1.11.14-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-docs-1.12', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-docs-1.12.7-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-docs-1.13', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-docs-1.13.7-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-docs-1.14', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-docs-1.14.9-6.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-docs-1.9', release:'PhotonOS-5.0') && rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-drivers-intel-ice-docs-1.9.11-8.0601159004.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-rt-stalld-ebpf-plugin-6.1.159-4.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-tools-6.1.159-4.ph5')) 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, 'linux');
}

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