In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ima: return error early if file xattr cannot be changed During early boot, the filesystem is read-only and any changes to xattrs are not allowed. This fails in case of ext4 because changing xattr starts an ext4 transaction which fails with the following warning. WARNING: fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:75 at ext4_journal_check_start+0x63/0xa0 [ext4], CPU#1: systemd-sysroot/561 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 561 Comm: systemd-sysroot Not tainted 6.19.12-1-default #1 PREEMPT(voluntary) openSUSE Tumbleweed c2dfc3c9d9f6f1233251c5d4410574fe82a348ee Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS unknown 02/02/2022 RIP: 0010:ext4_journal_check_start+0x63/0xa0 [ext4] Call Trace: __ext4_journal_start_sb+0x3e/0x180 [ext4 6d025f3bc52c89a957b89a89d211fadf5e9434e1] ext4_xattr_set+0x104/0x150 [ext4 6d025f3bc52c89a957b89a89d211fadf5e9434e1] __vfs_setxattr+0x9a/0xd0 __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x76/0x1f0 ima_appraise_measurement+0x23e/0xe40 ima_d_path+0x5a/0xd0 process_measurement+0xb29/0xc40 ? copy_from_kernel_nofault+0x21/0xe0 ? fscrypt_file_open+0xc0/0xe0 ? ext4_file_open+0x60/0x490 [ext4 6d025f3bc52c89a957b89a89d211fadf5e9434e1] ? bpf_prog_31efb7c56239148b_restrict_filesystems+0xab/0x126 ? __bpf_prog_exit+0x23/0xd0 ? __bpf_tramp_exit+0xd/0x50 ? bpf_trampoline_6442530367+0x9f/0xea ima_file_check+0x57/0x80 security_file_post_open+0x50/0xf0 path_openat+0x493/0x1650 do_filp_open+0xc7/0x170 Detect the state of the file early and return the error.

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.

  - ima: return error early if file xattr cannot be changed During early boot, the filesystem is read-only and     any changes to xattrs are not allowed. This fails in case of ext4 because changing xattr starts an ext4     transaction which fails with the following warning. WARNING: fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:75 at     ext4_journal_check_start+0x63/0xa0 [ext4], CPU#1: systemd-sysroot/561 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 561 Comm:
    systemd-sysroot Not tainted 6.19.12-1-default #1 PREEMPT(voluntary) openSUSE Tumbleweed     c2dfc3c9d9f6f1233251c5d4410574fe82a348ee Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS unknown     02/02/2022 RIP: 0010:ext4_journal_check_start+0x63/0xa0 [ext4] Call Trace:
    __ext4_journal_start_sb+0x3e/0x180 [ext4 6d025f3bc52c89a957b89a89d211fadf5e9434e1]     ext4_xattr_set+0x104/0x150 [ext4 6d025f3bc52c89a957b89a89d211fadf5e9434e1] __vfs_setxattr+0x9a/0xd0
    __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x76/0x1f0 ima_appraise_measurement+0x23e/0xe40 ima_d_path+0x5a/0xd0     process_measurement+0xb29/0xc40 ? copy_from_kernel_nofault+0x21/0xe0 ? fscrypt_file_open+0xc0/0xe0 ?     ext4_file_open+0x60/0x490 [ext4 6d025f3bc52c89a957b89a89d211fadf5e9434e1] ?     bpf_prog_31efb7c56239148b_restrict_filesystems+0xab/0x126 ? __bpf_prog_exit+0x23/0xd0 ?
    __bpf_tramp_exit+0xd/0x50 ? bpf_trampoline_6442530367+0x9f/0xea ima_file_check+0x57/0x80     security_file_post_open+0x50/0xf0 path_openat+0x493/0x1650 do_filp_open+0xc7/0x170 Detect the state of the     file early and return the error. (CVE-2026-98885)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
381201	openSUSE 16: cluster-md-kmp-64kb / cluster-md-kmp-azure / cluster-md-kmp-default / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:22266-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
381194	openSUSE 16: cluster-md-kmp-nvidia64kb / dlm-kmp-nvidia64kb / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:22307-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
379497	SUSE SLES16 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:24651-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
379474	SUSE SLES16: cluster-md-kmp-default / dlm-kmp-default / gfs2-kmp-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:24662-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
377778	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra) vulnerabilities (USN-8963-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	high
376443	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-8959-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	high
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	high
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
372172	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-98885	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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