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Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2026-57253)

high Nessus Plugin ID 339356

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-57253 advisory.

 - smb/client: handle overlapping allocated ranges in fallocate (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-236195] {CVE-2026-68388}
 - scsi: target: iscsi: Fix CRC overread and double-free in iscsit_handle_text_cmd() (Maurizio Lombardi) [RHEL-213227] {CVE-2026-63888}
 - net: ieee802154: do not leave a dangling sk pointer in ieee802154_create() (Abhishek Rawal) [RHEL-224189] {CVE-2024-56602}
 - sched/psi: fix race between file release and pressure write (Waiman Long) [RHEL-232546] {CVE-2026-52991}
 - smb: client: mask server-provided mode to 07777 in modefromsid (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-234516] {CVE-2026-64379}
 - mm/huge_memory: update file PMD counter before folio_put() (Luiz Capitulino) [RHEL-231209] {CVE-2026-53189}
 - net/smc: reject CHID-0 ACCEPT that matches an empty ism_dev slot (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-230094] {CVE-2026-64048}
 - scsi: target: iscsi: Bound iscsi_encode_text_output() appends to rsp_buf (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-213200] {CVE-2026-63887}

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-2026-57253.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 339356

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-57253.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/25/2026

Updated: 8/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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:oracle:linux:8, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:10:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool, 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, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, 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, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-perf

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

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