RockyLinux 8 : kernel-rt (RLSA-2026:1661)

high Nessus Plugin ID 298621

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-2026:1661 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 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 298621

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-1661.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 2/11/2026

Updated: 2/11/2026

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-2025-38459

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: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: 2/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2022

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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