RockyLinux 10 : kernel (RLSA-2026:85321)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 369524

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:85321 advisory.

* kernel: openvswitch: defer tunnel netdev_put to RCU release (CVE-2026-31678)

* kernel: xfrm: espintcp: do not reuse an in-progress partial send (CVE-2026-52935)

* kernel: sctp: diag: reject stale associations in dump_one path (CVE-2026-52917)

* kernel: tipc: fix slab-use-after-free Read in tipc_aead_decrypt_done (CVE-2026-63801)

* kernel: sctp: fix race between sctp_wait_for_connect and peeloff (CVE-2026-63971)

* kernel: usb: typec: tcpm: bound altmode_desc[] per iteration in svdm_consume_modes() (CVE-2026-63962)

* kernel: sctp: avoid auth_enable sysctl UAF during netns teardown (CVE-2026-68162)

* kernel: tipc: clear sock->sk on the failed-insert path in tipc_sk_create() (CVE-2026-68117)

* kernel: sctp: auth: verify auth requirement when auth_chunk is NULL (CVE-2026-68300)

* kernel: sctp: validate stream count in sctp_process_strreset_inreq() (CVE-2026-68315)

* kernel: Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix advertising data UAFs (CVE-2026-74509)

* kernel: sctp: keep chunk->transport in step with the list it is queued on (CVE-2026-74588)

* kernel: sctp: validate cookie AUTH state before use (CVE-2026-74752)

* kernel: smb: client: reject a tree connect response whose byte count is too small (CVE-2026-89631)

* kernel: smb: client: fix OOB read/write from unvalidated DataOffset in coalesce_t2() (CVE-2026-89633)

* kernel: signal: Prevent exec() race (CVE-2026-98256)

* kernel: exec: Cleanup POSIX timers right after de_thread() (CVE-2026-98260)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* [10.2.z] kselftests: mm: hugepage-mremap: Bail out! mremap: Expected failure, but call succeeded (JIRA:Rocky Linux-181987)

* [IBM 10.3 FEAT] zcrypt driver overwrite function - kernel part [rhel-10.2.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-245336)

* Batch: z-stream xfrm - rhel-10.2.z (NST-Core-26W38) (JIRA:Rocky Linux-256678)

* RHIVOS - [backport] S32G Driver Enablement - USB (JIRA:Rocky Linux-257228)

* Fix pending kernel issues for L1VH GA - Kernel (JIRA:Rocky Linux-267038)

* Backport 6785011f8b16 (ipv4: validate checksum_start before completing checksum) [rhel-10.2.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-280590)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2461761

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492098

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492115

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502254

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502331

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502356

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2513314

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2513397

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2513408

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2513474

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2516967

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2521384

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2524422

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2532089

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2532230

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2546482

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2546491

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:85321

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 369524

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-85321.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/21/2026

Updated: 10/21/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.26

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-89633

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-64k, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules-extra-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-64k, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-uki-virt-addons, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-zfcpdump, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libperf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libperf, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rtla, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rv

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-31678, CVE-2026-52917, CVE-2026-52935, CVE-2026-63801, CVE-2026-63962, CVE-2026-63971, CVE-2026-68117, CVE-2026-68162, CVE-2026-68300, CVE-2026-68315, CVE-2026-74509, CVE-2026-74588, CVE-2026-74752, CVE-2026-89631, CVE-2026-89633, CVE-2026-98256, CVE-2026-98260