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RockyLinux 9 : kernel (RLSA-2026:87805)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 371705

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:87805 advisory.

 * kernel: netlabel: Fix NULL pointer exception caused by CALIPSO on IPv4 sockets (CVE-2025-22063)

 * kernel: calipso: Don't call calipso functions for AF_INET sk. (CVE-2025-38147)

 * kernel: ALSA: hda/cs35l41: Fix firmware load work teardown (CVE-2026-64481)

 * kernel: ALSA: seq: close a re-opened queue timer in the destructor (CVE-2026-68202)

 * kernel: vmxnet3: fix BUG_ON in vmxnet3_get_hdr_len() for Geneve packets (CVE-2026-68299)

 * kernel: ovl: check access to copy_file_range source with src mounter creds (CVE-2026-68448)

 * kernel: xfs: fix exchange-range reflink flag clearing issue with INO1_WRITTEN (CVE-2026-80530)

 * kernel: xfs: bounds-check buffer log item's dirty bitmap (CVE-2026-80536)

 Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

 * RTLA segfaults on freed memory access on double SIGINT [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-193029)

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=2360273

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2376106

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2507038

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2513245

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2513356

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2514462

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2524492

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2524501

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:87805

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 371705

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-87805.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/24/2026

Updated: 10/24/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.27

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-38147

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, 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, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-22063, CVE-2025-38147, CVE-2026-64481, CVE-2026-68202, CVE-2026-68299, CVE-2026-68448, CVE-2026-80530, CVE-2026-80536