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AlmaLinux 8 : kernel (ALSA-2026:1662)
high Nessus Plugin ID 297566
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Synopsis
The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:1662 advisory.* kernel: IB/hfi1: Fix sdma.h tx->num_descs off-by-one error (CVE-2024-26766)
* kernel: RDMA/core: Fix KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in ib_register_device problem (CVE-2025-38022)
* kernel: Linux kernel: RDMA/rxe use-after-free vulnerability leading to potential arbitrary code execution (CVE-2025-38024)
* kernel: Linux kernel: Memory corruption in Squashfs due to incorrect block size calculation (CVE-2025-38415)
* kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service in ATM CLIP module via infinite recursion (CVE-2025-38459)
* kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds read in USB configuration parsing (CVE-2025-39760)
* kernel: mptcp: fix race condition in mptcp_schedule_work() (CVE-2025-40258)
* kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in proc_readdir_de() can lead to privilege escalation or denial of service. (CVE-2025-40271)
* kernel: Linux kernel: Information disclosure and denial of service via out-of-bounds read in font glyph handling (CVE-2025-40322)
* kernel: tcp: fix a signed-integer-overflow bug in tcp_add_backlog() (CVE-2022-50865)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 297566
File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-1662.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Family: Alma Linux Local Security Checks
Published: 2/2/2026
Updated: 2/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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-2025-38459
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:alma:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/2/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-50865, CVE-2024-26766, CVE-2025-38022, CVE-2025-38024, CVE-2025-38415, CVE-2025-38459, CVE-2025-39760, CVE-2025-40258, CVE-2025-40271, CVE-2025-40322