The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:41229 advisory.

    The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected GFN (CVE-2026-46113)

    * kernel: KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected role (CVE-2026-53359)

    * kernel: XFS data corruption using reflink ()

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

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RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2026:41229)

high Nessus Plugin ID 327678

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