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AlmaLinux 8 : kernel-rt (ALSA-2026:74132)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 362407

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:74132 advisory.

 * kernel: RDMA/siw: Reject MPA FPDU length underflow before signed receive math (CVE-2026-64102)
 * kernel: vmxnet3: fix BUG_ON in vmxnet3_get_hdr_len() for Geneve packets (CVE-2026-68299)
 * kernel: net/liquidio: drop cached VF pci_dev LUT (CVE-2026-72329)
 * kernel: dm-integrity: don't increment hash_offset twice (CVE-2026-72099)


 Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

 * [AlmaLinux 8.10] kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:28!: list_add corruption in register_trace_event AlmaLinux 8.10 (JIRA:AlmaLinux-214136)
 * request_key_auth use-after-free on every request-key upcall since 4.18.0-553.165.1 (regression from CVE-2026-63823 backport) (JIRA:AlmaLinux-270349)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74132

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-74132.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 362407

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-74132.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.76

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-64102

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-64102, CVE-2026-68299, CVE-2026-72099, CVE-2026-72329

CWE: 193, 617, 825

RHSA: 2026:74132