Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2026-1662)

high Nessus Plugin ID 297700

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-1662 advisory.

- IB/hfi1: Fix sdma.h tx->num_descs off-by-one error (Kamal Heib) [RHEL-138396] {CVE-2024-26766}
- fbdev: bitblit: bound-check glyph index in bit_putcs* (Jocelyn Falempe) [RHEL-136937] {CVE-2025-40322}
- atm: clip: Fix infinite recursive call of clip_push(). (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-137591] {CVE-2025-38459}
- squashfs: fix memory leak in squashfs_fill_super (Abhi Das) [RHEL-138010] {CVE-2025-38415}
- Squashfs: check return result of sb_min_blocksize (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-138010] {CVE-2025-38415}
- usb: core: config: Prevent OOB read in SS endpoint companion parsing (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-137362] {CVE-2025-39760}
- RDMA/rxe: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in rxe_queue_cleanup bug (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-137058] {CVE-2025-38024}
- fs/proc: fix uaf in proc_readdir_de() (Pavel Reichl) [RHEL-137093] {CVE-2025-40271}
- mptcp: fix race condition in mptcp_schedule_work() (Paolo Abeni) [RHEL-134443] {CVE-2025-40258}
- tcp: fix a signed-integer-overflow bug in tcp_add_backlog() (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-137976] {CVE-2022-50865}
- tcp: minor optimization in tcp_add_backlog() (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-137976] {CVE-2022-50865}

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 297700

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-1662.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 2/3/2026

Updated: 2/3/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:10:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules

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

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

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