The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:1886 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: mac80211: fix potential double free on mesh join (CVE-2022-49290)

    * kernel: cifs: fix oops during encryption (CVE-2022-50341)

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

    * 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: Linux kernel Bluetooth L2CAP: Kernel crash due to use-after-free via race condition     (CVE-2023-53751)

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

    * kernel: net: atlantic: fix fragment overflow handling in RX path (CVE-2025-68301)

    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.

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RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2026:1886)

high Nessus Plugin ID 297808

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