RockyLinux 9 : kernel (RLSA-2026:57252)

high Nessus Plugin ID 338679

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Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:57252 advisory.

* 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:Rocky Linux-181065)

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

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

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: 338679

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-57252.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

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: High

Score: 7.9

Percentile: 99.36

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:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k, 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-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt, 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-uki-virt-addons, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libperf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libperf, 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, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rtla, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rv

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/21/2026

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

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