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Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2026-83157)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 366664
Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-83157 advisory.- md/raid5-ppl: fix use-after-free in ppl_do_flush() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-278122] {CVE-2026-93262}
- svcrdma: Reject Write/Reply chunks with segcount 0 (Olga Kornievskaia) [RHEL-275085] {CVE-2026-93228}
- svcrdma: Address an integer overflow (Olga Kornievskaia) [RHEL-275085] {CVE-2024-53151}
- NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during blocked-lock reaping (Olga Kornievskaia) [RHEL-270899] {CVE-2026-90036}
- svcrdma: Validate Read chunk positions before reconstruction (Olga Kornievskaia) [RHEL-271446] {CVE-2026-89526}
- udp: fix potential use-after-free in tunnel segmentation (Antoine Tenart) [RHEL-268111] {CVE-2026-74705}
- ASoC: SOF: ipc3-control: Fix heap overflow in bytes_ext put/get (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-261680] {CVE-2026-72262}
- ALSA: usx2y: bound the hwdep mmap fault offset (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-256443] {CVE-2026-74641}
- net/sched: cls_route: fix fastmap use-after-free on filter (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-248781] {CVE-2026-74583}
- net/sched: act_tunnel_key: Defer dst_release to RCU callback (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-240916] {CVE-2026-68377}
- drm/amdkfd: Add TLB flush after MES queue eviction/suspension (Jocelyn Falempe) [RHEL-262108] {CVE-2026-89811}
- drm/amd/display: set new_stream to NULL after release (Jocelyn Falempe) [RHEL-260521] {CVE-2026-68236}
- drm/vmwgfx: use check_add_overflow for shader size+offset bound (Jocelyn Falempe) [RHEL-258131] {CVE-2026-80887}
- drm/amdgpu/vce: fix integer overflow in image size (Jocelyn Falempe) [RHEL-237823 RHEL-268877] {CVE-2026-68108}
- drm/dp/mst: fix buffer overflows in sideband chunk accumulation (Jocelyn Falempe) [RHEL-240862] {CVE-2026-68278}
- ipv6: validate extension header length before copying to cmsg (Antoine Tenart) [RHEL-225371] {CVE-2026-63920}
- wifi: mac80211: defer link RX stats percpu free to RCU (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-263760] {CVE-2026-68409}
- cifs: validate DFS referral string offsets (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-261990] {CVE-2026-72318}
- openvswitch: vport: fix self-deadlock on release of tunnel ports (Timothy Redaelli) [RHEL-253844] {CVE-2026-31678}
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 366664
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-83157.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Published: 10/16/2026
Updated: 10/16/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.6
Percentile: 98.3
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-2026-90036
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-74705
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:10:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-perf
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/10/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-68377, CVE-2026-72262, CVE-2026-74583, CVE-2026-74641, CVE-2026-74705, CVE-2026-89526, CVE-2026-90036, CVE-2026-93228, CVE-2026-93262