MiracleLinux 9 : kernel-5.14.0-687.25.1.el9_8 (AXSA:2026-1687:69)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 341194

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2026-1687:69 advisory.

* kernel: Linux kernel: Memory leak in networking due to incorrect GRO packet handling (CVE-2026-22979)
* kernel: rtmutex: Use waiter::task instead of current in remove_waiter() (CVE-2026-43499)
* kernel: net: bridge: use a stable FDB dst snapshot in RCU readers (CVE-2026-46086)
* kernel: crypto: ccp - copy IV using skcipher ivsize (CVE-2026-53016)
* kernel: futex/requeue: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in remove_waiter() on self-deadlock (CVE-2026-53166) Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):
* Kernel panic very early during boot while reading a tracefs file (available_filter_functions) due to invalid module name pointer [9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-183236)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux 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: Medium

ID: 341194

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2026-1687.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Miracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/28/2026

Updated: 8/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

Percentile: 99.87

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-22979

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-46086

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:miracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-rt-core, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-rt-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-rt-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-rt-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-rt-modules, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-uki-virt-addons, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libperf, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:rtla, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:rv

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-22979, CVE-2026-43499, CVE-2026-46086, CVE-2026-53016

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