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AlmaLinux 9 : kernel (ALSA-2026:36018)

high Nessus Plugin ID 326054

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:36018 advisory.

 * kernel: fs/smb/client: fix out-of-bounds read in cifs_sanitize_prepath (CVE-2026-43112)
 * kernel: net: mana: Fix double destroy_workqueue on service rescan PCI path (CVE-2026-43276)
 * kernel: Linux kernel: Use-After-Free in net/gro due to improper handling of zerocopy skbs (CVE-2026-46323)
 * kernel: xfrm: defensively unhash xfrm_state lists in __xfrm_state_delete (CVE-2026-46116)
 * kernel: sctp: revalidate list cursor after sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc() in SCTP_SENDALL (CVE-2026-46227)
 * kernel: drm/gem: Fix inconsistent plane dimension calculation in drm_gem_fb_init_with_funcs() (CVE-2026-46209)
 * kernel: smb/client: fix out-of-bounds read in smb2_compound_op() (CVE-2026-46155)
 * kernel: netfilter: nft_inner: Fix IPv6 inner_thoff desync (CVE-2026-46244)
 * kernel: procfs: fix missing RCU protection when reading real_parent in do_task_stat() (CVE-2026-46259)
 * kernel: Arm Processors: Privilege escalation or information disclosure via writes to higher exception level resources (CVE-2025-10263)
 * kernel: KVM: arm64: vgic-its: Drop the translation cache reference only for the erased entry (CVE-2026-46316)


 Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

 * WARNING at drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/gsp/r535.c:1585 r535_gsp_fini+0x2fb/0x310 [nouveau] [almalinux-9.8.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-160966)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36018

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-36018.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 326054

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-36018.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 7/9/2026

Updated: 7/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.9

Percentile: 99.36

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-43276

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: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-debug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rv, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-uki-virt-addons, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rtla, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-core, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-tools-libs, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-tools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libperf, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-64k, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-64k-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-10263, CVE-2026-43112, CVE-2026-43276, CVE-2026-46116, CVE-2026-46155, CVE-2026-46209, CVE-2026-46227, CVE-2026-46244, CVE-2026-46259, CVE-2026-46316, CVE-2026-46323

CWE: 123, 125, 130, 1341, 190, 266, 367, 763, 820, 823, 911

RHSA: 2026:36018