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AlmaLinux 9 : kernel (ALSA-2026:90365)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 372449

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:90365 advisory.

 * kernel: udp: Deal with race between UDP socket address change and rehash (CVE-2024-57974)
 * kernel: fuse: re-lock request before replacing page cache folio (CVE-2026-53388)
 * kernel: net/handshake: hand off the pinned file reference to accept_doit (CVE-2026-63979)
 * kernel: net/handshake: Drain pending requests at net namespace exit (CVE-2026-63978)
 * kernel: fuse: re-lock request before returning from fuse_ref_folio() (CVE-2026-64266)
 * kernel: net/handshake: Take a long-lived file reference at submit (CVE-2026-64523)
 * kernel: ipvs: reload ip header after head reallocation (CVE-2026-68476)
 * kernel: selinux: avoid sk_socket dereference in selinux_sctp_bind_connect() (CVE-2026-72242)
 * kernel: KVM: s390: pci: Reject adapter interrupt forwarding if already enabled (CVE-2026-74515)
 * kernel: usb: usbfs: fix use-after-free of usb_device in usbdev_release() (CVE-2026-80824)
 * kernel: smb: client: clear setuid/setgid bit on write with cifsacl/modefromsid/posix extensions (CVE-2026-89638)
 * kernel: vfio/pci: clear vdev->msi_perm after freeing it on init failure (CVE-2026-89777)
 * kernel: md/raid5-ppl: fix use-after-free in ppl_do_flush() (CVE-2026-93262)
 * kernel: KEYS: encrypted: fix integer overflow of datablob_len (CVE-2026-98222)
 * kernel: netfilter: flowtable: hold reference on ct until flow is released (CVE-2026-98320)


 Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

 * kernel panic at __crypto_xor+0x2 after a number of out-of-bounds read and use-after-free read (JIRA:AlmaLinux-257205)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:90365

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-90365.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 372449

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-90365.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/27/2026

Updated: 10/27/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.86

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.8

Temporal Score: 2.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-57974

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-debug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-64k, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-64k-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-64k, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-uki-virt-addons, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libperf, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rtla, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rv

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-57974, CVE-2026-53388, CVE-2026-63978, CVE-2026-63979, CVE-2026-64266, CVE-2026-64523, CVE-2026-68476, CVE-2026-72242, CVE-2026-74515, CVE-2026-80824, CVE-2026-89638, CVE-2026-89777, CVE-2026-93262, CVE-2026-98222, CVE-2026-98320

CWE: 281, 362, 476, 772, 787, 821, 825

RHSA: 2026:90365