Oracle Linux 8 : ELSA-2026-63014-0: / kernel (ELSA-2026-630140)

high Nessus Plugin ID 343967

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-2026-630140 advisory.

- net: ipv6: clear suppressed fib6 rule result (Jamie Bainbridge) [RHEL-246806] {CVE-2026-74581}
- RHEL only: Disable zram writeback support on non-4k page size systems (Jeff Moyer) [RHEL-191437] {CVE-2026-53185}
- nfsd: release layout stid on setlease failure (Scott Mayhew) [RHEL-227780] {CVE-2026-53399}
- NFSv4/flexfiles: reject zero filehandle version count (Scott Mayhew) [RHEL-229402] {CVE-2026-53392}
- NFSv4: include MAY_WRITE in open permission mask for O_TRUNC (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-234059] {CVE-2026-64298}
- NFSv4/pNFS: reject zero-length r_addr in nfs4_decode_mp_ds_addr (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-228028] {CVE-2026-53391}
- pNFS: Fix use-after-free in pnfs_update_layout() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-226624] {CVE-2026-63800}
- nfsd: fix posix_acl leak on SETACL decode failure (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-225510] {CVE-2026-53397}
- x86/bugs: Make Safe-RET robust against interrupt injection (Waiman Long) [RHEL-230492] {CVE-2026-68480}
- smc91x: fix broken irq-context in PREEMPT_RT (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-231993] {CVE-2025-71132}
- net: smc91x: Fix possible memory leak in smc_drv_probe() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-231993] {CVE-2025-71132}
- net: mana: validate rx_req_idx to prevent out-of-bounds array access (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-229075] {CVE-2026-64018}
- bonding: alb: fix UAF in rlb_arp_recv during bond up/down (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-225272] {CVE-2026-45970}
- s390/cpum_sf: Handle CPU hotplug remove during sampling (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-228073] {CVE-2024-57849}
- RDMA/siw: bound Read Response placement to the RREAD length (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-219521] {CVE-2026-64268}

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-2026-63014-0.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 343967

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-630140.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/9/2026

Updated: 9/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, 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: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/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/7/2026

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