MiracleLinux 9 : kernel-5.14.0-687.48.1.el9_8 (AXSA:2026-2071:101)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 366373

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2026-2071:101 advisory.

* kernel: vhost: move vdpa group bound check to vhost_vdpa (CVE-2026-43248)
* kernel: security/keys: fix missed RCU read section on lookup (CVE-2026-64015)
* kernel: octeontx2-af: validate body pcifunc in rvu_mbox_handler_rep_event_notify (CVE-2026-63923)
* kernel: Linux kernel SLIP: Out-of-bounds write due to race condition during MTU change (CVE-2026-68143)
* kernel: net: qrtr: restrict socket creation to the initial network namespace (CVE-2026-68294)
* kernel: octeontx2-af: cn10k: restrict VF LMTLINE sharing to its own PF (CVE-2026-72045)
* kernel: scsi: libiscsi_tcp: Bound SCSI Response data segment to the connection buffer (CVE-2026-74556)

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 366373

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2026-2071.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Miracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/16/2026

Updated: 10/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.56

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

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-2026-74556

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:miracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-rt-core, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-rt-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-rt-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-rt-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-rt-modules, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-uki-virt-addons, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libperf, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:rtla, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:rv

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-43248, CVE-2026-63923, CVE-2026-64015, CVE-2026-68143, CVE-2026-68294, CVE-2026-72045, CVE-2026-74556

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