RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2026:57252)

high Nessus Plugin ID 338239

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:57252 advisory.

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: fix OOB read in decode_choice() (CVE-2026-43233)

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

* kernel: drm/amdgpu: Refactor amdgpu_gem_va_ioctl for Handling Last Fence Update and Timeline Management v4 (CVE-2026-43237)

* kernel: udf: fix partition descriptor append bookkeeping (CVE-2026-45991)

* kernel: drm/amdkfd: Fix watch_id bounds checking in debug address watch v2 (CVE-2026-45878)

* kernel: ip6_gre: Use cached t->net in ip6erspan_changelink() (CVE-2026-46120)

* kernel: sched/psi: fix race between file release and pressure write (CVE-2026-52991)

* kernel: drm/amdkfd: Fix buffer overflow in SDMA queue checkpoint/restore on GFX11 (CVE-2026-53143)

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

* kernel: mm/huge_memory: update file PMD counter before folio_put() (CVE-2026-53189)

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

* kernel: drm/i915/gem: Fix phys BO pread/pwrite with offset (CVE-2026-53356)

* 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: netfilter: synproxy: refresh tcphdr after skb_ensure_writable (CVE-2026-64007)

* kernel: memfd: deny writeable mappings when implying SEAL_WRITE (CVE-2026-63952)

* kernel: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix CRC overread and double-free in iscsit_handle_text_cmd() (CVE-2026-63888)

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

* kernel: net/smc: reject CHID-0 ACCEPT that matches an empty ism_dev slot (CVE-2026-64048)

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

* kernel: smb: client: fix double-free in SMB2_open() replay (CVE-2026-64382)

* kernel: smb: client: mask server-provided mode to 07777 in modefromsid (CVE-2026-64379)

* kernel: smb: client: fix query_info() replay double-free (CVE-2026-64386)

* kernel: posix-cpu-timers: Prevent UAF caused by non-leader exec() race (CVE-2026-64560)

* kernel: smb: client: validate DFS referral PathConsumed (CVE-2026-68343)

* kernel: smb/client: handle overlapping allocated ranges in fallocate (CVE-2026-68388)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* kernel 5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8 breaks wifi when using FIPS (JIRA:RHEL-181065)

* vhost: reset the vring metadata cache on vring reconfiguration [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-224549)

* cifs: smb1 directory listings from xp server returning EINVAL and EIO [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-235811)

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 338239

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-57252.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/20/2026

Updated: 8/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.9

Percentile: 99.36

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

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-2026-53143

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:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-uki-virt-addons, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libperf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rtla, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rv

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-43206, CVE-2026-43233, CVE-2026-43237, CVE-2026-45878, CVE-2026-45991, CVE-2026-46120, CVE-2026-52991, CVE-2026-53136, CVE-2026-53143, CVE-2026-53189, CVE-2026-53329, CVE-2026-53356, CVE-2026-53374, CVE-2026-63879, CVE-2026-63884, CVE-2026-63888, CVE-2026-63952, CVE-2026-64007, CVE-2026-64048, CVE-2026-64219, CVE-2026-64379, CVE-2026-64382, CVE-2026-64386, CVE-2026-64560, CVE-2026-68343, CVE-2026-68388

CWE: 120, 125, 1284, 131, 1341, 266, 279, 364, 367, 476, 681, 763, 787, 805, 823, 824, 825, 911

RHSA: 2026:57252

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