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Oracle Linux 9 : kernel (ELSA-2026-47040)

high Nessus Plugin ID 331544

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-47040 advisory.

 - blk-mq: reinsert cached request to the list (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-213163] {CVE-2026-64017}
 - blk-mq: pop cached request if it is usable (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-213163] {CVE-2026-64017}
 - futex: Drop CLONE_THREAD requirement for private default hash alloc (Audra Mitchell) [RHEL-193517] {CVE-2026-52973}
 - xfrm: xfrm_alloc_spi shouldn't use 0 as SPI (Sabrina Dubroca) [RHEL-180033] {CVE-2025-39797}
 - xfrm: Duplicate SPI Handling (Sabrina Dubroca) [RHEL-180033] {CVE-2025-39797}
 - iommu/vt-d: Avoid NULL pointer dereference or refcount corruption (Eder Zulian) [RHEL-190342] {CVE-2026-53281}
 - lib/buildid: use __kernel_read() for sleepable context (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-189962] {CVE-2026-23002}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-47040.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 331544

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-47040.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/1/2026

Updated: 8/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.7

Percentile: 99.03

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-2025-39797

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: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:8:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uki-virt-addons, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libperf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rtla, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rv

Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-39797, CVE-2026-23002, CVE-2026-52973, CVE-2026-53281, CVE-2026-64017