Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2026-85773)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 372920

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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-2026-85773 advisory.

- smb: client: reject a tree connect response whose byte count is too small (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-271288] {CVE-2026-89631}
- netfilter: flowtable: hold reference on ct until flow is released (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-280060] {CVE-2026-98320}
- perf: Fix addr_filter_ranges lifetime (Vratislav Bendel) [RHEL-271853] {CVE-2026-93817}
- USB: serial: io_ti: fix heap overflow in build_i2c_fw_hdr() (Desnes Nunes) [RHEL-191034] {CVE-2026-53195}
- USB: serial: io_ti: fix heap overflow in get_manuf_info() (Desnes Nunes) [RHEL-191034] {CVE-2026-53196}
- gfs2: Fix slab-use-after-free in gfs2_qd_dealloc (Andreas Gruenbacher) [RHEL-129363] {CVE-2023-52760}
- netfilter: nfnetlink_log: wait for rcu grace period before freeing pernet state (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-271657] {CVE-2026-93288}
- sctp: validate cookie AUTH state before use (Xin Long) [RHEL-254282] {CVE-2026-74752}
- sctp: stop processing a packet once its association is deleted (Xin Long) [RHEL-263292] {CVE-2026-89479}
- sctp: keep chunk->transport in step with the list it is queued on (Xin Long) [RHEL-254357] {CVE-2026-74588}

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: Medium

ID: 372920

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-85773.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/28/2026

Updated: 10/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-53196

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

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/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/24/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-52935, CVE-2026-53196, CVE-2026-74588, CVE-2026-74752, CVE-2026-89479, CVE-2026-89631, CVE-2026-93288, CVE-2026-93817, CVE-2026-98320

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