Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: bpftool / bpftool-debuginfo / kernel / kernel-abi-stablelists / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crxsa-2026_92209)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 374519

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crxsa-2026_92209 advisory.

* kernel: KVM: arm64: vgic: Handle race between interrupt affinity change and LPI disabling (CVE-2026-72288)

* kernel: KVM: arm64: vgic: Check the interrupt is still ours before migrating it (CVE-2026-72289)

* kernel: scsi: target: iscsi: Reserve a terminator byte for the login payload (CVE-2026-90011)

* kernel: KEYS: encrypted: fix integer overflow of datablob_len (CVE-2026-98222)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* ipv4: ip_gre: make ipgre_header() robust (rhel-8.10.z) (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-271135)

* ip6_gre: make ip6gre_header() robust (rhel-8.10.z) (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-271136)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crxsa-2026_92209.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 374519

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crxsa-2026_92209.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/31/2026

Updated: 10/31/2026

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: 96.35

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-90011

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-72289

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/31/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-72288, CVE-2026-72289, CVE-2026-90011, CVE-2026-98222

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