Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: kernel / kernel-64k / kernel-64k-core / kernel-64k-debug / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2026_70459)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 353610

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Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2026_70459 advisory.

* kernel: crypto: af_alg - Disallow concurrent writes in af_alg_sendmsg (CVE-2025-39964)

* kernel: iommu/vt-d: Clear Present bit before tearing down PASID entry (CVE-2026-45894)

* kernel: crypto: ccp - Fix a crash due to incorrect cleanup usage of kfree (CVE-2026-45959)

* kernel: dm cache policy smq: fix missing locks in invalidating cache blocks (CVE-2026-53062)

* kernel: keys: Pin request_key_auth payload in instantiate paths (CVE-2026-63823)

* kernel: net/mlx5: Fix MCIA register buffer overflow on 32 dword reads (CVE-2026-68293)

* kernel: Linux kernel: libceph null pointer dereference leads to denial of service (CVE-2026-68157)

* kernel: Linux kernel Bluetooth RFCOMM: Denial of Service via use-after-free in set_termios (CVE-2026-68188)

* 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: Bluetooth: mgmt: hold reference for hci_conn in mgmt_pending_cmds (CVE-2026-68391)

* kernel: net/mlx5e: macsec: fix use-after-free of metadata_dst on RX SC delete (CVE-2026-72072)

* kernel: mm/hugetlb: fix list corruption in allocate_file_region_entries() (CVE-2026-74518)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* [Intel 9.8 FEAT] ice: Driver Update [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-213003)

* Rocky Linux 9.8: Multiuser Kerberized DFS shares fail to mount with UID mount option [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-254108)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2026_70459.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 353610

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2026_70459.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

Percentile: 98.22

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

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

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

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

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