The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:3360 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

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

    * 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: smb: client: let recv_done verify data_offset, data_length and remaining_data_length     (CVE-2025-39933)

    * kernel: RDMA/rxe: Fix incomplete state save in rxe_requester (CVE-2023-53539)

    * kernel: net/mlx5e: Check for NOT_READY flag state after locking (CVE-2023-53581)

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

    * 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: Out-of-bounds write in fbdev can lead to privilege escalation, information     disclosure, or denial of service. (CVE-2025-40304)

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

    * kernel: ip6_vti: fix slab-use-after-free in decode_session6 (CVE-2023-53821)

    * kernel: ext4: fix use-after-free in ext4_orphan_cleanup (CVE-2022-50673)

    * kernel: drm/i915: Fix NULL ptr deref by checking new_crtc_state (CVE-2023-53833)

    * kernel: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_disconnect_{req,rsp} (CVE-2023-53827)

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

    * kernel: tcp: fix a signed-integer-overflow bug in tcp_add_backlog() (CVE-2022-50865)

    * kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in teql queueing discipline can lead to privilege escalation     (CVE-2026-23074)

    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-2026:3360)

high Nessus Plugin ID 300215

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Version 1.2 Mar 19, 2026, 12:10 PM CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2025-38459" to "CVE-2026-23074") Plugin Feed: 202603191210
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