RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2026:0535)

high Nessus Plugin ID 283684

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kernel.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:0535 advisory.

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: nfsd: handle get_client_locked() failure in nfsd4_setclientid_confirm() (CVE-2025-38724)

* kernel: smb: client: fix race with concurrent opens in rename(2) (CVE-2025-39825)

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

* kernel: Bluetooth: hci_conn: Fix crash on hci_create_cis_sync (CVE-2022-50447)

* kernel: RDMA/rxe: Fix incomplete state save in rxe_requester (CVE-2023-53539)

* kernel: NFSD: Avoid calling OPDESC() with ops->opnum == OP_ILLEGAL (CVE-2023-53680)

* kernel: scsi: ses: Fix possible desc_ptr out-of-bounds accesses (CVE-2023-53675)

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

* kernel: tls: wait for pending async decryptions if tls_strp_msg_hold fails (CVE-2025-40176)

* kernel: usb: dwc3: Fix race condition between concurrent dwc3_remove_requests() call paths (CVE-2025-68287)

* kernel: libceph: fix potential use-after-free in have_mon_and_osd_map() (CVE-2025-68285)

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.

Solution

Update the RHEL kernel package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:0535.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2393172

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2395792

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2400629

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2400804

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2401510

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2402213

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2402293

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2404100

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2414524

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2422788

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2422801

http://www.nessus.org/u?3d779fa0

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0535

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 283684

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-0535.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/14/2026

Updated: 1/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-38724

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rtla, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-devel-matched

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-50447, CVE-2023-53539, CVE-2023-53675, CVE-2023-53680, CVE-2025-38724, CVE-2025-39825, CVE-2025-39925, CVE-2025-39982, CVE-2025-40176, CVE-2025-68285, CVE-2025-68287

CWE: 364, 366, 367, 416, 476, 825, 911

RHSA: 2026:0535