Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: kernel / kernel-64k / kernel-64k-core / kernel-64k-debug / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2026_43307)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 357856

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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_43307 advisory.

* kernel: crypto: af_alg - zero initialize memory allocated via sock_kmalloc (CVE-2025-71113)

* kernel: scsi: core: Wake up the error handler when final completions race against each other (CVE-2026-23110)

* kernel: Linux kernel: xfrm single-frag length not properly limited ()

* kernel: net: ipv6: fix NOREF dst use in seg6 and rpl lwtunnels (CVE-2026-46099)

* kernel: fanotify: fix false positive on permission events (CVE-2026-46150)

* kernel: drm: Set old handle to NULL before prime swap in change_handle (CVE-2026-46215)

* kernel: Bluetooth: l2cap: Add missing chan lock in l2cap_ecred_reconf_rsp (CVE-2026-53071)

* kernel: can: bcm: thrtimer use-after-free during RX operation teardown ()

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* [Rocky Linux9] tools/lib/perf/Makefile: libperf includes appended after CFLAGS causes parallel build race, breaking kernel builds [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-183980)

* [Rocky Linux-9.8.z]: mlx5: include bug fixes (JIRA:Rocky Linux-188121)

* dpll: fix NULL pointer dereference in dpll_msg_add_pin_ref_sync() [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-212061)

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_43307.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 357856

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2026_43307.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: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-71113

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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:P/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: 7/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-71113, CVE-2026-23110, CVE-2026-46150, CVE-2026-46215, CVE-2026-53071

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