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Oracle Linux 9 : kernel (ELSA-2026-70459)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 350194

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-70459 advisory.

 - crypto: af_alg - Fix incorrect boolean values in af_alg_ctx (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-264235] {CVE-2025-39964}
 - crypto: af_alg - Disallow concurrent writes in af_alg_sendmsg (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-264235] {CVE-2025-39964}
 - mm/hugetlb: fix list corruption in allocate_file_region_entries() (Rafael Aquini) [RHEL-254487] {CVE-2026-74518}
 - net/mlx5e: macsec: fix use-after-free of metadata_dst on RX SC delete (Mohammad Heib) [RHEL-242927] {CVE-2026-72072}
 - iommu/vt-d: Fix race condition during PASID entry replacement (Eder Zulian) [RHEL-228484] {CVE-2026-45945}
 - iommu/vt-d: Clear Present bit before tearing down context entry (Eder Zulian) [RHEL-228484] {CVE-2026-45944}
 - iommu/vt-d: Clear Present bit before tearing down PASID entry (Eder Zulian) [RHEL-228484] {CVE-2026-45894}
 - libceph: Reject monmaps advertising zero monitors (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-237896] {CVE-2026-68155}
 - libceph: guard missing CRUSH type name lookup (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-237554] {CVE-2026-68157}
 - libceph: refresh auth->authorizer_buf{,_len} after authorizer update (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-237486] {CVE-2026-68156}
 - Bluetooth: RFCOMM: Fix session UAF in set_termios (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-237311] {CVE-2026-68188}
 - Bluetooth: mgmt: hold reference for hci_conn in mgmt_pending_cmds (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-236850] {CVE-2026-68391}
 - net/mlx5: Fix MCIA register buffer overflow on 32 dword reads (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-236791] {CVE-2026-68293}
 - dm cache policy smq: check allocation under invalidate lock (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-231819] {CVE-2026-53062}
 - dm cache policy smq: fix missing locks in invalidating cache blocks (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-231819] {CVE-2026-53062}
 - crypto: ccp - Fix a crash due to incorrect cleanup usage of kfree (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-230406] {CVE-2026-45959}
 - keys: Pin request_key_auth payload in instantiate paths (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-225501] {CVE-2026-63823}
 - ice: fix potential NULL pointer deref in error path of ice_set_ringparam() (Jakub Ramaseuski) [RHEL-213003] {CVE-2026-53007}
 - ice: fix race condition in TX timestamp ring cleanup (Jakub Ramaseuski) [RHEL-213003] {CVE-2026-53008}
 - ice: Fix memory leak in ice_set_ringparam() (Jakub Ramaseuski) [RHEL-213003] {CVE-2026-23389}
 - ice: fix double-free of tx_buf skb (Jakub Ramaseuski) [RHEL-213003] {CVE-2026-53009}
 - ice: fix double free in ice_sf_eth_activate() error path (Jakub Ramaseuski) [RHEL-213003] {CVE-2026-46162}
 - ice: ptp: don't WARN when controlling PF is unavailable (Jakub Ramaseuski) [RHEL-213003] {CVE-2026-43346}
 - dpll: zl3073x: use __dpll_device_change_ntf() and remove change_work (Jakub Ramaseuski) [RHEL-213003] {CVE-2026-63977}

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-2026-70459.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 350194

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-70459.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/25/2026

Updated: 9/25/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.5

Percentile: 98.25

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-39964

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:8:baseos_patch, 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-matched, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-core, 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-uki-virt-addons, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libperf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rtla, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rv

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2025

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 9/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-39964, CVE-2026-45894, CVE-2026-45959, CVE-2026-53062, CVE-2026-63823, CVE-2026-68155, CVE-2026-68156, CVE-2026-68157, CVE-2026-68188, CVE-2026-68293, CVE-2026-68391, CVE-2026-72072, CVE-2026-74518