RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2026:68570)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 346915

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:68570 advisory.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: Linux kernel t7xx WWAN driver: Denial of Service via buffer overflow (CVE-2026-23172)

* kernel: xfrm: hold dev ref until after transport_finish NF_HOOK (CVE-2026-31663)

* kernel: RDMA/rxe: Fix race condition in QP timer handlers (CVE-2026-45910)

* kernel: RDMA/rxe: Validate pad and ICRC before payload_size() in rxe_rcv (CVE-2026-46043)

* kernel: RDMA/rxe: Reject unknown opcodes before ICRC processing (CVE-2026-46133)

* kernel: RDMA/rxe: Reject non-8-byte ATOMIC_WRITE payloads (CVE-2026-46114)

* kernel: net: ena: PHC: Fix potential use-after-free in get_timestamp (CVE-2026-52971)

* kernel: IB/isert: Reject login PDUs shorter than ISER_HEADERS_LEN (CVE-2026-53176)

* kernel: ALSA: timer: Forcibly close timer instances at closing (CVE-2026-53193)

* kernel: USB: serial: io_ti: fix heap overflow in get_manuf_info() (CVE-2026-53196)

* kernel: xfrm: policy: fix use-after-free on inexact bin in xfrm_policy_bysel_ctx() (CVE-2026-53239)

* kernel: ALSA: timer: Fix UAF at snd_timer_user_params() (CVE-2026-53192)

* kernel: wifi: mac80211: limit injected antenna index in ieee80211_parse_tx_radiotap (CVE-2026-63869)

* kernel: ALSA: seq: Serialize UMP output teardown with event_input (CVE-2026-64029)

* kernel: ip6: vti: Use ip6_tnl.net in vti6_siocdevprivate() (CVE-2026-63921)

* kernel: xfrm: input: hold netns during deferred transport reinjection (CVE-2026-63919)

* kernel: ip6: vti: Use ip6_tnl.net in vti6_changelink() (CVE-2026-63917)

* kernel: netfilter: conntrack: tcp: do not force CLOSE on invalid-seq RST without direction check (CVE-2026-63913)

* kernel: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix driver-set TX rates on old devices (CVE-2026-64176)

* kernel: wifi: cfg80211: advance loop vars in cfg80211_merge_profile() (CVE-2026-64174)

* kernel: wifi: iwlwifi: mld: stop TX during firmware restart (CVE-2026-64175)

* kernel: RDMA/rxe: Fix a use-after-free problem in rxe_mmap (CVE-2026-64582)

* kernel: Linux kernel: libceph stack out-of-bounds write via crafted OSDMap (CVE-2026-68159)

* kernel: Linux kernel: ALSA timer use-after-free vulnerability allows privilege escalation (CVE-2026-68200)

* kernel: Linux kernel (ice): Denial of Service via out-of-range ptype in VIRTCHNL (CVE-2026-68128)

* kernel: Linux kernel: ath9k Wi-Fi driver use-after-free vulnerability leading to system crash (CVE-2026-68363)

* kernel: xfrm: fix stale skb->prev after async crypto steals a GSO segment (CVE-2026-68426)

* kernel: dm_early_create: fix freeing used table on dm_resume failure (CVE-2026-72102)

* kernel: net: qrtr: fix 32-bit integer overflow in qrtr_endpoint_post() (CVE-2026-72298)

* kernel: wifi: brcmfmac: cyw: fix heap overflow on a short auth frame (CVE-2026-72003)

* kernel: selinux: check connect-related permissions on TCP Fast Open (CVE-2026-72243)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* gfs2: filesystem withdrawal rework [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-252540)

* The slab cache entries for gfs2 and dlm grow very large for gfs2 filesystems [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-252544)

* gfs2: Get rid of sd_async_glock_wait [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-253986)

* [RHEL9.8z] watchdog: System panics during reboot when pretimeout is disabled (0) (JIRA:RHEL-255217)

* [usb/xhci] kdump on Arrow Lake systems hangs system with dracut-initqueue Timed out errors [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-256733)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 346915

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-68570.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 9/17/2026

Updated: 9/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-53196

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/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:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-uki-virt-addons, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libperf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rtla, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rv

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-23172, CVE-2026-31663, CVE-2026-45910, CVE-2026-46043, CVE-2026-46114, CVE-2026-46133, CVE-2026-52971, CVE-2026-53176, CVE-2026-53192, CVE-2026-53193, CVE-2026-53196, CVE-2026-53239, CVE-2026-63869, CVE-2026-63913, CVE-2026-63917, CVE-2026-63919, CVE-2026-63921, CVE-2026-64029, CVE-2026-64174, CVE-2026-64175, CVE-2026-64176, CVE-2026-64582, CVE-2026-68128, CVE-2026-68159, CVE-2026-68200, CVE-2026-68363, CVE-2026-68426, CVE-2026-72003, CVE-2026-72102, CVE-2026-72243, CVE-2026-72298

CWE: 130, 1335, 1341, 191, 358, 364, 551, 617, 653, 787, 805, 825, 826, 835, 839, 911

RHSA: 2026:68570

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