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Fedora 42 : kernel (2026-8b4a8d18d2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 314991

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-8b4a8d18d2 advisory.

 The 6.19.14-104 kernel update contains a fix for the keysign-pwn vulnerability CVE-2026-46333 as well as a mitigation for one more code path of fragnesia.

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 The 6.19.14-103 build contains an additional fix for the GRO path with fragnesia.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected kernel package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-8b4a8d18d2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 314991

File Name: fedora_2026-8b4a8d18d2.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/15/2026

Updated: 5/15/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-46333

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: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:42, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-46333