Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: kernel-rt / kernel-rt-core / kernel-rt-debug / kernel-rt-debug-core / etc (crlsa-2026_16196)

high Nessus Plugin ID 355576

Synopsis

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

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2026_16196 advisory.

* kernel: Dirty Frag is a new universal Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Linux kernel (CVE-2026-43284)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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_16196.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 355576

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2026_16196.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

Percentile: 99.87

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-43284

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/8/2026

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (xfrm-ESP Page-Cache Write via CVE-2026-43284)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-43284

Detections

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