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AlmaLinux 8 : kernel-rt (ALSA-2026:71330)

high Nessus Plugin ID 349761

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:71330 advisory.

 * kernel: drm/amdgpu: Fix fence put before wait in amdgpu_amdkfd_submit_ib (CVE-2026-31566)
 * kernel: netfilter: nf_queue: hold bridge skb->dev while queued (CVE-2026-52912)
 * kernel: Linux kernel: PPPoE memory corruption via stale pointer (CVE-2026-68121)
 * kernel: Linux kernel IPVS: Denial of Service due to stale memory references (CVE-2026-80714)
 * kernel: nvme-tcp: reject a read that transferred too few bytes (CVE-2026-89480)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71330

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-71330.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 349761

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-71330.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 9/24/2026

Updated: 9/24/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.7

Percentile: 98.95

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-31566

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-31566, CVE-2026-52912, CVE-2026-68121, CVE-2026-80714, CVE-2026-89480

CWE: 130, 821, 825, 911

RHSA: 2026:71330