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RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2025:2514)

🗓️ 15 Mar 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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RHEL 7 kernel vulnerabilities addressed in RHSA-2025:2514 with specific security fixes listed.

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##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:2514. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(232819);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/06/05");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-52922", "CVE-2024-50302", "CVE-2024-53197");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2025:2514");
  script_xref(name:"CISA-KNOWN-EXPLOITED", value:"2025/04/30");
  script_xref(name:"CISA-KNOWN-EXPLOITED", value:"2025/03/25");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2025:2514)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kernel.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as
referenced in the RHSA-2025:2514 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer (CVE-2024-50302)

    * kernel: can: bcm: Fix UAF in bcm_proc_show() (CVE-2023-52922)

    * kernel: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential out-of-bound accesses for Extigy and Mbox devices
    (CVE-2024-53197)

    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.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2327169");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2329370");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2334412");
  # https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2025/rhsa-2025_2514.json
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?9245dbca");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2514");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the RHEL kernel package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:2514.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/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:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-50302");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_cwe_id(120, 416, 908);
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Important");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/09/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/03/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/03/15");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:7.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bpftool");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-headers");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perf");
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  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Red Hat 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", "redhat_repos.nasl", "linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

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}


include('rpm2.inc');
include('rhel.inc');
include('ksplice.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_release = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
if (isnull(os_release)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'eq', os_version: os_release, rhel_version: '7.7')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 7.7', 'Red Hat ' + os_release);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/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$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Red Hat', cpu);

if (get_one_kb_item('Host/ksplice/kernel-cves'))
{
  rm_kb_item(name:'Host/uptrack-uname-r');
  var cve_list = make_list('CVE-2023-52922', 'CVE-2024-50302', 'CVE-2024-53197');
  if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
  {
    audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, 'KSplice hotfix for RHSA-2025:2514');
  }
  else
  {
    __rpm_report = ksplice_reporting_text();
  }
}

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '7.7',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/aus/rhel/server/7/7.7/x86_64/debug',
      'content/aus/rhel/server/7/7.7/x86_64/optional/debug',
      'content/aus/rhel/server/7/7.7/x86_64/optional/os',
      'content/aus/rhel/server/7/7.7/x86_64/optional/source/SRPMS',
      'content/aus/rhel/server/7/7.7/x86_64/os',
      'content/aus/rhel/server/7/7.7/x86_64/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'bpftool-3.10.0-1062.93.1.el7', 'sp':'7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-3.10.0-1062.93.1.el7', 'sp':'7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-3.10.0-1062.93.1.el7', 'sp':'7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-1062.93.1.el7', 'sp':'7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-devel-3.10.0-1062.93.1.el7', 'sp':'7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-headers-3.10.0-1062.93.1.el7', 'sp':'7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-3.10.0-1062.93.1.el7', 'sp':'7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-1062.93.1.el7', 'sp':'7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-1062.93.1.el7', 'sp':'7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'perf-3.10.0-1062.93.1.el7', 'sp':'7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python-perf-3.10.0-1062.93.1.el7', 'sp':'7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  }
];

var applicable_repo_urls = rhel_determine_applicable_repository_urls(constraints:constraints);
if(applicable_repo_urls == RHEL_REPOS_NO_OVERLAP_MESSAGE) exit(0, RHEL_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);

var flag = 0;
var repo_relative_urls;

foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }

  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint['repo_relative_urls'];

  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    var reference = 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(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
        (applicable_repo_urls || (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check))) &&
        rpm_check(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)
{
  var subscription_caveat = '\n' +
    'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to\n' +
    'packages only available in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux\n' +
    'Advanced Update Support repository.\n' +
    'Access to this repository requires a paid RHEL subscription.\n';
  var extra = NULL;
  if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = subscription_caveat + rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
  else extra = subscription_caveat + rpm_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : extra
  );
  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-debug / kernel-debug-devel / kernel-devel / etc');
}

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05 Jun 2025 00:00Current
7.8High risk
Vulners AI Score7.8
CVSS 3.15.5 - 7.8
EPSS0.03558
SSVC
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