Oracle Linux 10 : kernel (ELSA-2026-4012)

high Nessus Plugin ID 301787

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-4012 advisory.

- HID: intel-thc-hid: intel-thc: Fix incorrect pointer arithmetic in I2C regs save (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-142253] {CVE-2025-39818}
- drm/xe: Make dma-fences compliant with the safe access rules (Mika Penttila) [RHEL-122272] {CVE-2025-38703}
- ipv6: BUG() in pskb_expand_head() as part of calipso_skbuff_setattr() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-143548] {CVE-2025-71085}
- usb: core: config: Prevent OOB read in SS endpoint companion parsing (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-137370] {CVE-2025-39760}
- efivarfs: fix error propagation in efivar_entry_get() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-150116] {CVE-2026-23156}
- migrate: correct lock ordering for hugetlb file folios (Luiz Capitulino) [RHEL-147270] {CVE-2026-23097}
- io_uring: fix use-after-free of sq->thread in __io_uring_show_fdinfo() (Jeff Moyer) [RHEL-137992] {CVE-2025-38106}
- gpio: cdev: Fix resource leaks on errors in lineinfo_changed_notify() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-145597] {CVE-2025-40249}
- gpio: cdev: make sure the cdev fd is still active before emitting events (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-145597] {CVE-2025-40249}
- macvlan: fix possible UAF in macvlan_forward_source() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-144128] {CVE-2026-23001}

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.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-4012.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 301787

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-4012.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/11/2026

Updated: 3/11/2026

Supported Sensors: 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-2025-39818

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-modules-extra-matched, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rtla, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rv, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10:1:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libperf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uki-virt-addons, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel

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: 3/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-38106, CVE-2025-38141, CVE-2025-38703, CVE-2025-39760, CVE-2025-39818, CVE-2025-40249, CVE-2025-71085, CVE-2026-23001, CVE-2026-23097, CVE-2026-23156