Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: kernel / kernel-64k / kernel-64k-core / kernel-64k-debug / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2026_67150)

high Nessus Plugin ID 356013

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_67150 advisory.

* kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service in qla2xxx SCSI driver due to improper command handling after chip reset (CVE-2025-68745)

* kernel: drm/xe: Open-code GGTT MMIO access protection (CVE-2026-23466)

* kernel: drm/xe: always keep track of remap prev/next (CVE-2026-31479)

* kernel: drm/amdgpu: Fix fence put before wait in amdgpu_amdkfd_submit_ib (CVE-2026-31566)

* kernel: drm/i915/gt: fix refcount underflow in intel_engine_park_heartbeat (CVE-2026-31656)

* kernel: rtnetlink: add missing netlink_ns_capable() check for peer netns (CVE-2026-31692)

* kernel: Bluetooth: SMP: force responder MITM requirements before building the pairing response (CVE-2026-43334)

* kernel: drm/i915: Fix potential overflow of shmem scatterlist length (CVE-2026-43368)

* kernel: drm/amdgpu: Fix use-after-free race in VM acquire (CVE-2026-43370)

* kernel: Bluetooth: serialize accept_q access (CVE-2026-52918)

* kernel: sctp: diag: reject stale associations in dump_one path (CVE-2026-52917)

* kernel: net: pull headers in qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init() (CVE-2026-53091)

* kernel: iommu/amd: Fix clone_alias() to use the original device's devid (CVE-2026-53053)

* kernel: Bluetooth: fix locking in hci_conn_request_evt() with HCI_PROTO_DEFER (CVE-2026-53072)

* kernel: net: qrtr: fix refcount saturation and potential UAF in qrtr_port_remove (CVE-2026-52947)

* kernel: Bluetooth: RFCOMM: hold listener socket in rfcomm_connect_ind() (CVE-2026-53256)

* kernel: wifi: nl80211: reject oversized EMA RNR lists (CVE-2026-53182)

* kernel: Bluetooth: hci_sync: reject oversized Broadcast Announcement prepend (CVE-2026-53209)

* kernel: sctp: validate cached peer INIT chunk length in COOKIE_ECHO processing (CVE-2026-53246)

* kernel: Bluetooth: RFCOMM: validate skb length in MCC handlers (CVE-2026-53254)

* kernel: tipc: fix slab-use-after-free Read in tipc_aead_decrypt_done (CVE-2026-63801)

* kernel: scsi: scsi_transport_fc: Widen FPIN pname walker counter to u32 (CVE-2026-63889)

* kernel: sctp: fix race between sctp_wait_for_connect and peeloff (CVE-2026-63971)

* kernel: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix possible crash on l2cap_ecred_conn_rsp (CVE-2026-63975)

* kernel: Bluetooth: HIDP: fix missing length checks in hidp_input_report() (CVE-2026-63947)

* kernel: Bluetooth: hci_sync: fix UAF in hci_le_create_cis_sync (CVE-2026-63944)

* kernel: Bluetooth: ISO: fix UAF in iso_recv_frame (CVE-2026-63946)

* kernel: Bluetooth: ISO: serialize iso_sock_clear_timer with socket lock (CVE-2026-63945)

* kernel: wifi: mac80211: capture fast-RX rate before mesh reuses skb->cb (CVE-2026-64117)

* kernel: wifi: iwlwifi: mld: fix TSO segmentation explosion when AMSDU is disabled (CVE-2026-64037)

* kernel: ixgbevf: fix use-after-free in VEPA multicast source pruning (CVE-2026-64113)

* kernel: wifi: iwlwifi: mld: validate sta_mask before ffs() in BA session handlers (CVE-2026-64255)

* kernel: wifi: mac80211: fix MLE defragmentation (CVE-2026-64515)

* kernel: mm/khugepaged: write all dirty file folios when collapsing (CVE-2026-68086)

* kernel: Linux kernel: Wi-Fi subsystem out-of-bounds read via crafted frames (CVE-2026-68402)

* kernel: sctp: fix auth_hmacs array size in struct sctp_cookie (CVE-2026-68376)

* kernel: wifi: cfg80211: validate PMSR FTM preamble range (CVE-2026-68406)

* kernel: tipc: clear sock->sk on the failed-insert path in tipc_sk_create() (CVE-2026-68117)

* kernel: sctp: auth: verify auth requirement when auth_chunk is NULL (CVE-2026-68300)

* kernel: drm/xe/pt: Reset current_op in xe_pt_update_ops_init() (CVE-2026-68264)

* kernel: sctp: validate stream count in sctp_process_strreset_inreq() (CVE-2026-68315)

* kernel: dm-verity: fix buffer overflow in FEC calculation (CVE-2026-72098)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* gfs2: Various xfstests fixes [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-178219)

* rtla-timerlat-top doesn't stop properly when threshold is reached on multiple CPUs at once [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-193025)

* qede: build_skb failure causes off-by-one BD ring corruption and kernel panic [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-193050)

* Customer needs netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: optimize verdict lookup with hash table patch [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-224489)

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_67150.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 356013

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2026_67150.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.7

Percentile: 99.04

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-31566

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/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: 9/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/24/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68745, CVE-2026-23466, CVE-2026-31479, CVE-2026-31566, CVE-2026-31656, CVE-2026-31692, CVE-2026-43334, CVE-2026-43368, CVE-2026-43370, CVE-2026-52917, CVE-2026-52918, CVE-2026-52947, CVE-2026-53053, CVE-2026-53072, CVE-2026-53091, CVE-2026-53182, CVE-2026-53209, CVE-2026-53246, CVE-2026-53254, CVE-2026-53256, CVE-2026-63801, CVE-2026-63889, CVE-2026-63944, CVE-2026-63945, CVE-2026-63946, CVE-2026-63947, CVE-2026-63971, CVE-2026-63975, CVE-2026-64037, CVE-2026-64113, CVE-2026-64117, CVE-2026-64255, CVE-2026-64515, CVE-2026-68086, CVE-2026-68117, CVE-2026-68264, CVE-2026-68300, CVE-2026-68315, CVE-2026-68376, CVE-2026-68402, CVE-2026-68406, CVE-2026-72098

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