The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:2352 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: sched: sch_cake: add bounds checks to host bulk flow fairness counts (CVE-2025-21647)

    * kernel: NFS: Fix potential buffer overflowin nfs_sysfs_link_rpc_client() (CVE-2024-54456)

    * kernel: workqueue: Put the pwq after detaching the rescuer from the pool (CVE-2025-21786)

    * kernel: vrf: use RCU protection in l3mdev_l3_out() (CVE-2025-21791)

    * kernel: RDMA/core: Fix KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in ib_register_device problem (CVE-2025-38022)

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

    * kernel: net/sched: mqprio: fix stack out-of-bounds write in tc entry parsing (CVE-2025-38568)

    * kernel: Linux kernel: Out-of-bounds write in Bluetooth MGMT can lead to information disclosure and     denial of service (CVE-2025-40294)

    * kernel: Linux kernel: Information disclosure and denial of service via out-of-bounds read in font glyph     handling (CVE-2025-40322)

    * kernel: NFSv4/pNFS: Clear NFS_INO_LAYOUTCOMMIT in pnfs_mark_layout_stateid_invalid (CVE-2025-68349)

    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 9 : kernel (RHSA-2026:2352)

high Nessus Plugin ID 298399

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Version 1.2 Feb 10, 2026, 11:15 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202602101115
Version 1.1 Feb 9, 2026, 11:06 PM New Plugin Feed: 202602092306