RHEL 10 : kernel (RHSA-2026:93413)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 374862

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:93413 advisory.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: Kernel: Denial of Service in network socket error handling (CVE-2026-22977)

* kernel: x86/CPU/AMD: Prevent improper isolation of shared resources in Zen2's op cache (CVE-2026-46174)

* kernel: i2c: stub: Reject I2C block transfers with invalid length (CVE-2026-64191)

* kernel: Linux kernel: PPP over L2TP Use-After-Free vulnerability (CVE-2026-68398)

* kernel: mptcp: pm: userspace: fix use-after-free in get_local_id (CVE-2026-68169)

* kernel: tipc: require net admin for TIPCv2 netlink mutators (CVE-2026-74283)

* kernel: mptcp: options: reset DSS fields in case of unexpected size (CVE-2026-80586)

* kernel: entry: Fix seccomp bypass after ptrace with TSYNC (CVE-2026-89603)

* kernel: KVM: nVMX: Always flush vpid02 on first use (CVE-2026-89932)

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

* kernel: virtio-fs: avoid double-free on failed queue setup (CVE-2026-93827)

* kernel: smb: client: bound dirent name against end of SMB response in cifs_filldir (CVE-2026-93787)

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

* kernel: xfrm: hold net_device reference under RCU in bundle creation (CVE-2026-98364)

* kernel: ipv4: free inet_opt and ireq_opt after an RCU grace period (CVE-2026-98432)

* kernel: nvmet-auth: fix out-of-bounds write in nvmet_auth_challenge() (CVE-2026-98725)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* ipv4: ip_gre: make ipgre_header() robust (rhel-10.2.z) (JIRA:RHEL-270702)

* ip6_gre: make ip6gre_header() robust (rhel-10.2.z) (JIRA:RHEL-270721)

* RHEL is missing support for conntrack zone filtering in dump/delete requests (10.4) [rhel-10.2.z] (JIRA:RHEL-291348)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:93413

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2431602

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2482549

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502872

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2513188

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2513435

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2516935

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2524438

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2532493

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2535212

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2535227

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2540396

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2540555

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2546385

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2546487

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2553390

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2555068

http://www.nessus.org/u?67e90839

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 374862

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-93413.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/1/2026

Updated: 11/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

Percentile: 99.72

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-22977

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules-extra-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules-internal, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-64k, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-uki-virt-addons, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libperf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rtla, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rv

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-22977, CVE-2026-46174, CVE-2026-64191, CVE-2026-68169, CVE-2026-68398, CVE-2026-74283, CVE-2026-80586, CVE-2026-89932, CVE-2026-90011, CVE-2026-93787, CVE-2026-93827, CVE-2026-98222, CVE-2026-98364, CVE-2026-98432, CVE-2026-98725

CWE: 125, 1341, 266, 367, 489, 524, 653, 787, 824, 825

RHSA: 2026:93413