RockyLinux 9 : kernel (RLSA-2026:71232)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 350692

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:71232 advisory.

* kernel: block: zero non-PI portion of auto integrity buffer (CVE-2026-23007)

* kernel: af_unix: Drop all SCM attributes for SOCKMAP (CVE-2026-53005)

* kernel: mac802154: llsec: add skb_cow_data() before in-place crypto (CVE-2026-63831)

* kernel: blk-cgroup: fix UAF in __blkcg_rstat_flush() (CVE-2026-63802)

* kernel: block: don't overwrite bip_vcnt in bio_integrity_copy_user() (CVE-2026-64053)

* kernel: smb: client: fix double-free in SMB2_flush() replay (CVE-2026-64383)

* kernel: nvmet-tcp: check INIT_FAILED before nvmet_req_uninit in digest error path (CVE-2026-64534)

* kernel: sctp: don't free the ASCONF's own transport in DEL-IP processing (CVE-2026-64564)

* kernel: ALSA: timer: drain a slave's callback before its master detaches it (CVE-2026-68201)

* kernel: ASoC: SOF: ipc3-control: Validate size in snd_sof_update_control (CVE-2026-72261)

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

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

* kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Bound rsp_info_len to avoid OOB sense-data read (CVE-2026-89846)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* sctp: prevent peer transport count overflow [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-216251)

* netfilter: nftables CVE and memory safety backports for 9.8 (JIRA:Rocky Linux-236634)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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: 350692

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-71232.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/25/2026

Updated: 9/25/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.9

Percentile: 99.36

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-23007

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-uki-virt-addons, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libperf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libperf, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rtla, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rv

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/25/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-23007, CVE-2026-53005, CVE-2026-63802, CVE-2026-63831, CVE-2026-64053, CVE-2026-64383, CVE-2026-64534, CVE-2026-64564, CVE-2026-68201, CVE-2026-72261, CVE-2026-80844, CVE-2026-81000, CVE-2026-89846

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