RockyLinux 8 : kernel-rt (RLSA-2026:1148)

high Nessus Plugin ID 297672

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:1148 advisory.

* kernel: Bluetooth: hci_event: call disconnect callback before deleting conn (CVE-2023-53673)

* kernel: ASoC: Intel: bytcr_rt5640: Fix invalid quirk input mapping (CVE-2025-40154)

* 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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:1148

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2402193

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2414494

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2418872

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2419954

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 297672

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-1148.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 2/3/2026

Updated: 2/3/2026

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-2025-40277

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:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-kvm, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-kvm, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-core

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-53673, CVE-2025-40154, CVE-2025-40248, CVE-2025-40277