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Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2026-13577)

high Nessus Plugin ID 312674

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-13577 advisory.

 - crypto: authencesn - Do not place hiseq at end of dst for out-of-place decryption (Herbert Xu) [RHEL-172187] {CVE-2026-31431}
 - crypto: authencesn - reject too-short AAD (assoclen<8) to match ESP/ESN spec (Herbert Xu) [RHEL-172187] {CVE-2026-23060}
 - crypto: af_alg - limit RX SG extraction by receive buffer budget (Herbert Xu) [RHEL-172187] {CVE-2026-31677}
 - crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place (Herbert Xu) [RHEL-172187] {CVE-2026-31431}
 - KVM: x86/mmu: Drop/zap existing present SPTE even when creating an MMIO SPTE (Paolo Bonzini) [RHEL-153727] {CVE-2026-23401}
 - nvme: avoid double free special payload (Maurizio Lombardi) [RHEL-51303] {CVE-2024-41073}
 - crypto: asymmetric_keys - prevent overflow in asymmetric_key_generate_id (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-166921] {CVE-2025-68724}
 - net: qlogic/qede: fix potential out-of-bounds read in qede_tpa_cont() and qede_tpa_end() (Jay Shin) [RHEL-166155] {CVE-2025-40252}
 - kernel.h: Move ARRAY_SIZE() to a separate header (Jay Shin) [RHEL-166155] {CVE-2025-40252}

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-2026-13577.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 312674

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-13577.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/6/2026

Updated: 5/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-41073

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-core, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:10:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules

Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2024

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-41073, CVE-2025-40252, CVE-2025-68724, CVE-2026-23401, CVE-2026-31402, CVE-2026-31431