RockyLinux 8 : kernel (RLSA-2026:72468)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 351414

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:72468 advisory.

* kernel: fbcon: Set fb_display[i]->mode to NULL when the mode is released (CVE-2025-40323)

* kernel: ext4: fix e4b bitmap inconsistency reports (CVE-2026-45942)

* kernel: drm/amdgpu/vcn3: Prevent OOB reads when parsing dec msg (CVE-2026-46230)

* kernel: drm/amdgpu/vcn4: Prevent OOB reads when parsing IB (CVE-2026-46204)

* kernel: drm/amdgpu/vcn4: Prevent OOB reads when parsing dec msg (CVE-2026-46199)

* kernel: arm64: tlb: Flush walk cache when unsharing PMD tables (CVE-2026-63875)

* kernel: net: mana: Fix TOCTOU double-fetch of hwc_msg_id from DMA buffer (CVE-2026-64034)

* kernel: perf/core: Detach event groups during remove_on_exec (CVE-2026-64556)

* kernel: Linux kernel: libceph stack out-of-bounds write via crafted OSDMap (CVE-2026-68159)

* kernel: libceph: refresh auth->authorizer_buf{,_len} after authorizer update (CVE-2026-68156)

* kernel: Linux kernel (libceph): Denial of Service due to malformed monitor maps (CVE-2026-68155)

* kernel: drm/amdgpu: Fix context pstate override handling (CVE-2026-68273)

* kernel: perf: Reject exited events as group leaders (CVE-2026-74753)

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: Critical

ID: 351414

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-72468.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/30/2026

Updated: 9/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.3

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-2026-68159

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bpftool-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bpftool, 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, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules, 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, 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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-40323, CVE-2026-45942, CVE-2026-46199, CVE-2026-46204, CVE-2026-46230, CVE-2026-63875, CVE-2026-64034, CVE-2026-64556, CVE-2026-68155, CVE-2026-68156, CVE-2026-68159, CVE-2026-68273, CVE-2026-74753

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