In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: krb5 - use kfree_sensitive() for derived key buffers crypto_krb5_prepare_encryption() and crypto_krb5_prepare_checksum() free the buffer holding the freshly derived keys with plain kfree(), leaving the key material behind in the freed slab object.

The Rocky Linux 9.6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ ciqsa-2026_1745 advisory.

    This advisory aggregates security fixes for the kernel SRPM in CIQ FIPS 9.6 Compliant. It addresses 18     CVEs: CVE-2026-64439, CVE-2026-72130, CVE-2026-31418, CVE-2025-30156, CVE-2026-98725, and 13 more.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: krb5 - use kfree_sensitive()     for derived key buffers crypto_krb5_prepare_encryption() and crypto_krb5_prepare_checksum() free the     buffer holding the freshly derived keys with plain kfree(), leaving the key material behind in the freed     slab object. (CVE-2026-80924)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
376443	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-8959-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	high
374838	Rocky Linux 9.6 [CIQ] Security Update: kernel / kernel-64k / kernel-64k-core / kernel-64k-debug / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ciqsa-2026_1745)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
344383	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-80924	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high

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