RockyLinux 8 : kernel (RLSA-2026:55764)

high Nessus Plugin ID 337100

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-2026:55764 advisory.

* kernel: mm/slub: avoid accessing metadata when pointer is invalid in object_err() (CVE-2025-39902)

* kernel: drm/amdkfd: Fix out-of-bounds write in kfd_event_page_set() (CVE-2026-43206)

* kernel: crypto: ccp - copy IV using skcipher ivsize (CVE-2026-53016)

* kernel: drm/amd/display: Clamp VBIOS HDMI retimer register count to array size (CVE-2026-53136)

* kernel: drm/amd/display: Use krealloc_array() in dal_vector_reserve() (CVE-2026-53329)

* kernel: drm/amdgpu: zero-initialize GART table on allocation (CVE-2026-53374)

* kernel: drm/i915: Fix potential UAF in TTM object purge (CVE-2026-63884)

* kernel: drm/amdgpu: fix amdgpu_hmm_range_get_pages (CVE-2026-63879)

* kernel: drm/amd/display: Validate payload length and link_index in dc_process_dmub_aux_transfer_async (CVE-2026-64219)

* kernel: can:bcm: arbitrary kernel code execution leading to escalate privileges (CVE-2026-17523)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* Backport sched/deadline: Fix bandwidth reclaim equation in GRUB to Rocky Linux 8.10 (JIRA:Rocky Linux-189997)

* vhost: reset the vring metadata cache on vring reconfiguration [rhel-8.10.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-224556)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 337100

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-55764.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/18/2026

Updated: 8/18/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.8

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-2026-53136

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/29/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-39902, CVE-2026-17523, CVE-2026-43206, CVE-2026-53016, CVE-2026-53136, CVE-2026-53329, CVE-2026-53374, CVE-2026-63879, CVE-2026-63884, CVE-2026-64219

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