Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: kernel / kernel-64k / kernel-64k-core / kernel-64k-debug / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2026_63129)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 357043

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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_63129 advisory.

* kernel: smc: Fix use-after-free in __pnet_find_base_ndev() (CVE-2025-40064)

* kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service due to memory leak in tpm2_load_cmd (CVE-2025-71147)

* kernel: bonding: alb: fix UAF in rlb_arp_recv during bond up/down (CVE-2026-45970)

* kernel: smb/client: fix out-of-bounds read in symlink_data() (CVE-2026-46185)

* kernel: Bluetooth: hci_ldisc: Clear HCI_UART_PROTO_INIT on error (CVE-2026-53073)

* kernel: pNFS: Fix use-after-free in pnfs_update_layout() (CVE-2026-63800)

* kernel: nfsd: fix posix_acl leak on SETACL decode failure (CVE-2026-53397)

* kernel: exfat: fix potential use-after-free in exfat_find_dir_entry() (CVE-2026-63808)

* kernel: nfsd: release layout stid on setlease failure (CVE-2026-53399)

* kernel: NFSv4/flexfiles: reject zero filehandle version count (CVE-2026-53392)

* kernel: KEYS: fix overflow in keyctl_pkey_params_get_2() (CVE-2026-63824)

* kernel: NFSv4/pNFS: reject zero-length r_addr in nfs4_decode_mp_ds_addr (CVE-2026-53391)

* kernel: scsi: target: iscsi: Validate CHAP_R length before base64 decode (CVE-2026-63886)

* kernel: ipv4: free net->ipv4.sysctl_local_reserved_ports after unregister_net_sysctl_table() (CVE-2026-64002)

* kernel: net: mana: validate rx_req_idx to prevent out-of-bounds array access (CVE-2026-64018)

* kernel: scsi: target: iscsi: Bound iscsi_encode_text_output() appends to rsp_buf (CVE-2026-63887)

* kernel: smb: client: fix query directory replay double-free (CVE-2026-64387)

* kernel: Kernel: Remote out-of-bounds write in RDMA/siw (CVE-2026-64268)

* kernel: crypto: qat - fix VF2PF work teardown race in adf_disable_sriov() (CVE-2026-64438)

* kernel: crypto: qat - validate RSA CRT component lengths (CVE-2026-64304)

* kernel: NFSv4: include MAY_WRITE in open permission mask for O_TRUNC (CVE-2026-64298)

* kernel: ALSA: virtio: Validate control metadata from the device (CVE-2026-64490)

* kernel: AMD-SN-7061: Safe RET Interrupt Vulnerability (CVE-2026-68480)

* kernel: Linux kernel: Arbitrary code execution via userfaultfd shadow stack manipulation (CVE-2026-68166)

* kernel: iomap: fix out-of-bounds bitmap_set() with zero-length range (CVE-2026-68145)

* kernel: locking/rt: Fix the incorrect RCU protection in rt_spin_unlock() (CVE-2026-72069)

* kernel: nvmet-auth: reject short AUTH_RECEIVE buffers (CVE-2026-72130)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* [Rocky Linux 9] TPM becomes completely unresponsive and requires a full reboot to clear [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-213940)

* RT scheduler livelock caused by missing backport of 94894c9c477e [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-240634)

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_63129.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 357043

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2026_63129.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: 7.7

Percentile: 99.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-53073

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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:U/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/28/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-40064, CVE-2025-71147, CVE-2026-45970, CVE-2026-46185, CVE-2026-53073, CVE-2026-53391, CVE-2026-53392, CVE-2026-53397, CVE-2026-53399, CVE-2026-63800, CVE-2026-63808, CVE-2026-63824, CVE-2026-63886, CVE-2026-63887, CVE-2026-64002, CVE-2026-64018, CVE-2026-64268, CVE-2026-64298, CVE-2026-64304, CVE-2026-64387, CVE-2026-64438, CVE-2026-64490, CVE-2026-68145, CVE-2026-68166, CVE-2026-68480, CVE-2026-72069, CVE-2026-72130

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