RockyLinux 8 : kernel (RLSA-2026:63014)

high Nessus Plugin ID 342787

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-2026:63014 advisory.

* kernel: s390/cpum_sf: Handle CPU hotplug remove during sampling (CVE-2024-57849)

* kernel: smc91x: fix broken irq-context in PREEMPT_RT (CVE-2025-71132)

* kernel: bonding: alb: fix UAF in rlb_arp_recv during bond up/down (CVE-2026-45970)

* kernel: zram: fix use-after-free in zram_bvec_write_partial() (CVE-2026-53185)

* kernel: pNFS: Fix use-after-free in pnfs_update_layout() (CVE-2026-63800)

* kernel: nfsd: fix posix_acl leak on SETACL decode failure (CVE-2026-53397)

* kernel: nfsd: release layout stid on setlease failure (CVE-2026-53399)

* kernel: NFSv4/flexfiles: reject zero filehandle version count (CVE-2026-53392)

* kernel: NFSv4/pNFS: reject zero-length r_addr in nfs4_decode_mp_ds_addr (CVE-2026-53391)

* kernel: net: mana: validate rx_req_idx to prevent out-of-bounds array access (CVE-2026-64018)

* kernel: Kernel: Remote out-of-bounds write in RDMA/siw (CVE-2026-64268)

* kernel: NFSv4: include MAY_WRITE in open permission mask for O_TRUNC (CVE-2026-64298)

* kernel: AMD-SN-7061: Safe RET Interrupt Vulnerability (CVE-2026-68480)

* kernel: net: ipv6: use-after-free in fib6_rule_suppress due to stale res->rt6 pointer (CVE-2026-74581)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* qede: build_skb failure causes off-by-one BD ring corruption and kernel panic [rhel-8.10.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-193045)

* powerpc/pseries: lparcfg - fix kbuf[] underflow (JIRA:Rocky Linux-240144)

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: 342787

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-63014.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/4/2026

Updated: 9/4/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.37

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-2024-57849

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: 9/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-57849, CVE-2025-71132, CVE-2026-45970, CVE-2026-53185, CVE-2026-53391, CVE-2026-53392, CVE-2026-53397, CVE-2026-53399, CVE-2026-63800, CVE-2026-64018, CVE-2026-64268, CVE-2026-64298, CVE-2026-68480, CVE-2026-74581

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