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Oracle Linux 9 : kernel (ELSA-2026-1143)

high Nessus Plugin ID 296967

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-1143 advisory.

 - Bluetooth: hci_sock: Prevent race in socket write iter and sock bind (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-139462] {CVE-2025-68305}
 - dm: fix dm_blk_report_zones (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-137949] {CVE-2025-38141}
 - Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix OOB access in parse_adv_monitor_pattern() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-136964] {CVE-2025-40294}
 - drm/xe: Fix vm_bind_ioctl double free bug (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-122309] {CVE-2025-38731}
 - net: atlantic: fix fragment overflow handling in RX path (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-139487] {CVE-2025-68301}
 - vsock: Ignore signal/timeout on connect() if already established (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-139284] {CVE-2025-40248}
 - eventpoll: don't decrement ep refcount while still holding the ep mutex (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-138035] {CVE-2025-38349}
 - mptcp: fix race condition in mptcp_schedule_work() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-134448] {CVE-2025-40258}

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-2026-1143.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 296967

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-1143.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/27/2026

Updated: 1/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2025-38731

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:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rtla, 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:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rv, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:7:baseos_patch, 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, 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/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/27/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-38141, CVE-2025-38349, CVE-2025-38731, CVE-2025-40248, CVE-2025-40258, CVE-2025-40294, CVE-2025-68301, CVE-2025-68305