RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2026:1445)

high Nessus Plugin ID 297002

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:1445 advisory.

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: smb: client: Fix use-after-free in cifs_fill_dirent (CVE-2025-38051)

* kernel: e1000e: fix heap overflow in e1000_set_eeprom (CVE-2025-39898)

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

* kernel: drm/i915: mark requests for GuC virtual engines to avoid use-after-free (CVE-2023-53552)

* kernel: net/mlx5e: Check for NOT_READY flag state after locking (CVE-2023-53581)

* kernel: i40e: fix idx validation in config queues msg (CVE-2025-39971)

* kernel: media: rc: fix races with imon_disconnect() (CVE-2025-39993)

* kernel: Linux kernel: vsock vulnerability may lead to memory corruption (CVE-2025-40248)

* kernel: drm/vmwgfx: Validate command header size against SVGA_CMD_MAX_DATASIZE (CVE-2025-40277)

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-2026:1445.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 297002

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-1445.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 1/28/2026

Updated: 1/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-38051

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-perf, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8

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: 1/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-53539, CVE-2023-53552, CVE-2023-53581, CVE-2025-38051, CVE-2025-39971, CVE-2025-39993, CVE-2025-40248, CVE-2025-40277

CWE: 122, 190, 364, 416, 787, 825

RHSA: 2026:1445

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