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Oracle Linux 9 : qemu-kvm (ELSA-2026-50241)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 310733

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-50241 advisory.

 - Document CVEs (Mark Kanda) {CVE-2025-54566} {CVE-2025-54567} {CVE-2025-8860} {CVE-2026-0665} {CVE-2026-3886}
 - hw/usb/hcd-ohci: check for MPS=0 to avoid infinite loop (Jenny Guanni Qu) [Orabug: 39160764] {CVE-2026-3890}
 - hyperv/syndbg: check length returned by cpu_physical_memory_map() (Paolo Bonzini) [Orabug: 39160749] {CVE-2026-3842}
 - block/vmdk: fix OOB read in vmdk_read_extent() (Halil Oktay) [Orabug: 39160776] {CVE-2026-2243}
 - cryptodev-builtin: Limit the maximum size (zhenwei pi) [Orabug: 39173335] {CVE-2025-14876}
 - hw/virtio/virtio-crypto: verify asym request size (zhenwei pi) [Orabug: 39173335] {CVE-2025-14876}
 - io: fix use after free in websocket handshake code (Daniel P. Berrange) [Orabug: 38687831] {CVE-2025-11234}
 - hw/usb/hcd-uhci: don't assert for SETUP to non-0 endpoint (Peter Maydell) [Orabug: 37517799] {CVE-2024-8354}

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-2026-50241.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 310733

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-50241.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/28/2026

Updated: 4/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-54567

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-kvm-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-kvm-block-curl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-kvm-block-iscsi, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-kvm-block-rbd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-kvm-block-ssh, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-kvm-core, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-kvm-device-usb-host, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-virtiofsd

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: 4/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-36350, CVE-2024-36357, CVE-2024-8354, CVE-2025-11234, CVE-2025-14876, CVE-2025-54566, CVE-2025-54567, CVE-2025-8860, CVE-2026-0665, CVE-2026-2243