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Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2026-50281)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 316003

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-50281 advisory.

 - ptrace: slightly saner 'get_dumpable()' logic (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 39391459] {CVE-2026-46333}
 - scsi: target: iscsi: Fix use-after-free in iscsit_dec_session_usage_count() (Maurizio Lombardi) [Orabug: 39368774] {CVE-2026-23193}
 - scsi: target: iscsi: Fix use-after-free in iscsit_dec_conn_usage_count() (Maurizio Lombardi) [Orabug:
 39368732] {CVE-2026-23216}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-50281.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 316003

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-50281.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/21/2026

Updated: 5/21/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-46333

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-container, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-container-debug

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-46333