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AlmaLinux 9 : kernel (ALSA-2026:93930)

high Nessus Plugin ID 375432

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-2026:93930 advisory.

 * kernel: ethtool: coalesce: cap profile updates at NET_DIM_PARAMS_NUM_PROFILES (CVE-2026-63987)
 * kernel: ethtool: cmis: require exact CDB reply length (CVE-2026-63996)

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-2026:93930

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-93930.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 375432

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-93930.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 11/3/2026

Updated: 11/3/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.42

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-63996

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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: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-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-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-debug-core, 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-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-modules, 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-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

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: 11/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-63987, CVE-2026-63996

CWE: 787

RHSA: 2026:93930