Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2026-82807)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 366692

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-2026-82807 advisory.

- 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 366692

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-82807.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

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: 98.26

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-2026-68236

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-72318

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: 10/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-31678, CVE-2026-63920, CVE-2026-68108, CVE-2026-68236, CVE-2026-68278, CVE-2026-68409, CVE-2026-72318, CVE-2026-80887, CVE-2026-89811

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