RHEL 8 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2026:93437)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 374937

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kernel-rt.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:93437 advisory.

The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: ipv6: exthdrs: refresh nh pointer after ipv6_hop_jumbo() (CVE-2026-63924)

* kernel: ipv6: exthdrs: refresh nh after handling HAO option (CVE-2026-63922)

* kernel: af_unix: Fix UAF read of tail->len in unix_stream_data_wait() (CVE-2026-64109)

* kernel: scsi: target: core: Fix iSCSI ISID use-after-free in REGISTER AND MOVE (CVE-2026-72083)

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

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

* kernel: ZDI-CAN-33367: Linux Kernel skbuff skb_zerocopy Improper Ownership Management Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability ()

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 RHEL kernel-rt package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:93437.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 374937

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-93437.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/2/2026

Updated: 11/2/2026

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: 7.8

Percentile: 99.33

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-72083

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.10, 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-kvm, 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-kvm, 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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-63922, CVE-2026-63924, CVE-2026-64109, CVE-2026-72083, CVE-2026-74283, CVE-2026-93787

CWE: 125, 266, 416, 825

RHSA: 2026:93437

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