The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:0271 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: x86/vmscape: Add conditional IBPB mitigation (CVE-2025-40300)

    * kernel: HID: multitouch: fix slab out-of-bounds access in mt_report_fixup() (CVE-2025-39806)

    * kernel: mm: slub: avoid wake up kswapd in set_track_prepare (CVE-2025-39843)

    * kernel: mm/memory-failure: fix VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PagePoisoned(page)) when unpoison memory (CVE-2025-39883)

    * kernel: can: j1939: implement NETDEV_UNREGISTER notification handler (CVE-2025-39925)

    * kernel: Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix UAF in hci_acl_create_conn_sync (CVE-2025-39982)

    * kernel: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible UAFs (CVE-2025-39981)

    * kernel: Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix UAF in hci_conn_tx_dequeue (CVE-2025-39983)

    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.

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RHEL 10 : kernel (RHSA-2026:0271)

high Nessus Plugin ID 282419

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.2 Feb 18, 2026, 9:24 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 6.2) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 7.1) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H") CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2025-39925" to "CVE-2025-39883") CVSSv3 severity (based on None, severity increased from "Medium" to "High") Plugin Feed: 202602180924
Version 1.1 Jan 8, 2026, 1:54 PM New Plugin Feed: 202601081354