In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/virtio: Fix a NULL vs ERR_PTR() bug in virtio_gpu_user_framebuffer_create() Smatch complains that returning a NULL here will lead to a NULL pointer dereference in drm_mode_addfb2(). Return an error pointer instead.

tuxcare ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1793786843: kernel: Fix of 396 CVEs (Critical)

suse_linux SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1: SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 : Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important) (SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1)

ubuntu_linux USN-8959-1: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / Ubuntu 26.04 LTS / Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-8959-1)

The remote Oracle Linux 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-500574 advisory.

    - ipv4: validate checksum_start before completing checksum (Michael S. Tsirkin)  [Orabug: 40165811]     {CVE-2026-99999}
    - ipv4: free inet_opt and ireq_opt after an RCU grace period (Eric Dumazet)  [Orabug: 40165788]     {CVE-2026-98432}
    - exec: Cleanup POSIX timers right after de_thread() (Hyunwoo Kim)  [Orabug: 40120750]  {CVE-2026-98260}

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.

An update of the linux package has been released.

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

  - drm/virtio: Fix a NULL vs ERR_PTR() bug in virtio_gpu_user_framebuffer_create() Smatch complains that     returning a NULL here will lead to a NULL pointer dereference in drm_mode_addfb2(). Return an error     pointer instead. (CVE-2026-98404)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
375804	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-8961-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	high
375468	Oracle Linux 8 / 9 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2026-500574)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
375113	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2026-5.0-91-1014	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	high
375014	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2026-5.0-92-1014	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	high
373463	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2026-3336)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
373427	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.10-2026-136)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
366919	Debian dla-4841 : ata-modules-6.1.0-53-armmp-di - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	high
365974	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-98404	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
365258	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool6.18, kernel6.18, kernel6.18-devel (ALAS2023-2026-3192)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
365209	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool6.12, kernel6.12, kernel6.12-devel (ALAS2023-2026-3193)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium

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