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Oracle Linux 9 : kernel (ELSA-2026-71700)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 350941

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-2026-71700 advisory.

 - pppoe: reload header pointer after dev_hard_header() (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-237295] {CVE-2026-68121}
 - smb: smbdirect: introduce smbdirect_socket.recv_io.credits.available (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-230561] {CVE-2026-31539}
 - ipvs: do not propagate one-packet flag to synced conns (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-255848] {CVE-2026-80714}
 - drm/amdgpu/userq: fix access to stale wptr mapping (Jose Exposito) [RHEL-225416] {CVE-2026-46311}
 - drm/xe: Hold a dma-buf reference for imported BOs (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-236304] {CVE-2026-68266}
 - drm/amdgpu: Fix context pstate override handling (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-236711] {CVE-2026-68273}
 - drm/xe/rtp: Add RING_FORCE_TO_NONPRIV_DENY to OA whitelists (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-237964] {CVE-2026-68267}
 - drm/amdkfd: fix 32-bit overflow in CWSR total size calculation (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-237833] {CVE-2026-68257}
 - drm/virtio: use uninterruptible resv lock for plane updates (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-229328] {CVE-2026-64098}
 - drm/amdgpu/vcn3: Prevent OOB reads when parsing dec msg (Jose Exposito) [RHEL-225299] {CVE-2026-46230}
 - fbcon: Set fb_display[i]->mode to NULL when the mode is released (Jose Exposito) [RHEL-250107] {CVE-2025-40323}
 - drm/amdgpu/vce: fix integer overflow in image size (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-237636] {CVE-2026-68108}
 - drm/xe/eustall: Fix drm_dev_put called before stream disable in close (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-229378] {CVE-2026-53290}
 - drm/amdgpu/vcn4: Prevent OOB reads when parsing IB (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-226050] {CVE-2026-46204}
 - drm/amdgpu/vcn4: Prevent OOB reads when parsing dec msg (Jose Exposito) [RHEL-225443] {CVE-2026-46199}
 - netfilter: nf_queue: hold bridge skb->dev while queued (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-231247] {CVE-2026-52912}

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-2026-71700.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 350941

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-71700.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2026

Updated: 9/29/2026

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: 7.9

Percentile: 99.35

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-80714

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: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: 9/25/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-40323, CVE-2026-31539, CVE-2026-46199, CVE-2026-46204, CVE-2026-46230, CVE-2026-46311, CVE-2026-52912, CVE-2026-53203, CVE-2026-53290, CVE-2026-64098, CVE-2026-68108, CVE-2026-68121, CVE-2026-68257, CVE-2026-68266, CVE-2026-68267, CVE-2026-68273, CVE-2026-80714