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RockyLinux 8 : kernel (RLSA-2026:39179)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 326994

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:39179 advisory.

 * kernel: net: bridge: use a stable FDB dst snapshot in RCU readers (CVE-2026-46086)

 * kernel: xfrm: defensively unhash xfrm_state lists in __xfrm_state_delete (CVE-2026-46116)

 * kernel: XFS data corruption using reflink ()

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481989

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2482523

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:39179

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 326994

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-39179.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 7/15/2026

Updated: 7/15/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.92

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-2026-46116

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-46086

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bpftool-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-46086, CVE-2026-46116