TencentOS Server 4: kernel (TSSA-2026:0663)

high Nessus Plugin ID 328380

Synopsis

The remote TencentOS Server 4 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 4 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TSSA-2026:0663 advisory.

Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 4 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2026-43499:
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

rtmutex: Use waiter::task instead of current in remove_waiter()

remove_waiter() is used by the slowlock paths, but it is also used for proxy-lock rollback in rt_mutex_start_proxy_lock() when invoked from futex_requeue().

In the latter case waiter::task is not current, but remove_waiter() operates on current for the dequeue operation. That results in several problems:

1) the rbtree dequeue happens without waiter::task::pi_lock being held

2) the waiter task's pi_blocked_on state is not cleared, which leaves a dangling pointer primed for UAF around.

3) rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain() operates on the wrong top priority waiter task

Use waiter::task instead of current in all related operations in remove_waiter() to cure those problems.

[ tglx: Fixup rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain(), add a comment and amend the changelog ]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent 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://mirrors.tencent.com/tlinux/errata/tssa-20260663.xml

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 328380

File Name: tencentos_TSSA_2026_0663.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 7/20/2026

Updated: 7/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

Percentile: 99.7

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-2026-43499

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:tencent:tencentos_server:4, p-cpe:/a:tencent:tencentos_server:kernel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/etc/os-release, Host/TencentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-43499