Oracle Linux 10 : kernel (ELSA-2026-0453)

high Nessus Plugin ID 282630

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-0453 advisory.

- usb: dwc3: Fix race condition between concurrent dwc3_remove_requests() call paths (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-137150] {CVE-2025-68287}
- drm/vmwgfx: Validate command header size against SVGA_CMD_MAX_DATASIZE (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-134431] {CVE-2025-40277}
- net: phylink: add lock for serializing concurrent pl->phydev writes with resolver (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-129812] {CVE-2025-39905}
- sctp: avoid NULL dereference when chunk data buffer is missing (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-134010] {CVE-2025-40240}
- HID: multitouch: fix slab out-of-bounds access in mt_report_fixup() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-124610] {CVE-2025-39806}
- audit: fix out-of-bounds read in audit_compare_dname_path() (Richard Guy Briggs) [RHEL-119185] {CVE-2025-39840}
- iommufd: Fix race during abort for file descriptors (Eder Zulian) [RHEL-123789] {CVE-2025-39966}
- mm: slub: avoid wake up kswapd in set_track_prepare (Audra Mitchell) [RHEL-125522] {CVE-2025-39843}
- tls: wait for pending async decryptions if tls_strp_msg_hold fails (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-128866] {CVE-2025-40176}

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-0453.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 282630

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-0453.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/13/2026

Updated: 1/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-39840

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra-matched, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rtla, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rv, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10:1:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libperf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uki-virt-addons, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/16/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-39806, CVE-2025-39840, CVE-2025-39843, CVE-2025-39905, CVE-2025-39966, CVE-2025-40176, CVE-2025-40240, CVE-2025-40277, CVE-2025-68287