Fedora 43 : kernel (2026-94731f4ace)

high Nessus Plugin ID 316472

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-2026-94731f4ace advisory.

The 7.0.9-105/205 stable kernel updates contain a couple if important security fixes.

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-2026-94731f4ace

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 316472

File Name: fedora_2026-94731f4ace.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/22/2026

Updated: 5/22/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, 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: 5/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2026

Reference Information