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Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.4-2026-130)

high Nessus Plugin ID 348260

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.4.302-226.490. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2026-130 advisory.

 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

 pppoe: reload header pointer after dev_hard_header() (CVE-2026-68121)

 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

 sctp: prevent peer transport count overflow (CVE-2026-74469)

 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

 xfrm: ah6: validate routing header segments_left (CVE-2026-80844)

 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

 net: tun: bound receive headroom (CVE-2026-81000)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

Run 'yum update kernel' or or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2026-130' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2/ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2026-130.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-68121.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-74469.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-80844.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-81000.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 348260

File Name: al2_ALASKERNEL-5_4-2026-130.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/18/2026

Updated: 9/18/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.7

Percentile: 98.97

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-68121

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-74469

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/18/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-68121, CVE-2026-74469, CVE-2026-80844, CVE-2026-81000