RockyLinux 8 : kernel (RLSA-2026:57253)

high Nessus Plugin ID 338675

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-2026:57253 advisory.

* kernel: net: ieee802154: do not leave a dangling sk pointer in ieee802154_create() (CVE-2024-56602)

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

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

* kernel: scsi: target: iscsi: Bound iscsi_encode_text_output() appends to rsp_buf (CVE-2026-63887)

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

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

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

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* sfc: TX queue stalls and NIC resets caused by GFP_ATOMIC allocation failures after Rocky Linux 8.10 kernel update (JIRA:Rocky Linux-219767)

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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2334501

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2482614

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492403

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492788

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502443

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502447

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502589

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2507135

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2513470

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:57253

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 338675

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-57253.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 8/21/2026

Updated: 8/21/2026

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: 96.76

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-2024-56602

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: 8/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-56602, CVE-2026-46120, CVE-2026-52991, CVE-2026-53189, CVE-2026-63887, CVE-2026-63888, CVE-2026-64048, CVE-2026-64379, CVE-2026-68388