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Fedora 43 : kernel (2026-5e5a0f9621)

high Nessus Plugin ID 315616

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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-2026-5e5a0f9621 advisory.

 The 7.0.7 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. It also patches up a vulnerable codepath for fragnesia that was not in the original patches for 7.0.6

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-2026-5e5a0f9621

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 315616

File Name: fedora_2026-5e5a0f9621.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/20/2026

Updated: 5/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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: 5/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2026

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