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Fedora 43 : kernel (2026-88a1fb9418)

high Nessus Plugin ID 315357

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-88a1fb9418 advisory.

 The 7.0.9-102/202 stable kernel builds contain additional mitigations for new code paths in fragnesia, and a couple of other security updates without fancy names or CVEs assigned yet.

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 The 7.0.9 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

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-2026-88a1fb9418

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 315357

File Name: fedora_2026-88a1fb9418.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/19/2026

Updated: 5/19/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:43

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/19/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2026

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