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Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2026-93436)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 375518

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-2026-93436 advisory.

 - ipv4: free inet_opt and ireq_opt after an RCU grace period (Davide Caratti) [RHEL-295615] {CVE-2026-98432}
 - smb: client: bound dirent name against end of SMB response in cifs_filldir (Jorge San Emeterio Villalain) [RHEL-278321] {CVE-2026-93787}
 - scsi: target: core: Fix iSCSI ISID use-after-free in REGISTER AND MOVE (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-283491] {CVE-2026-72083}
 - tipc: require net admin for TIPCv2 netlink mutators (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-273171] {CVE-2026-74283}
 - ipv6: exthdrs: refresh nh pointer after ipv6_hop_jumbo() (Antoine Tenart) [RHEL-259350] {CVE-2026-63924}
 - ipv6: exthdrs: refresh nh after handling HAO option (Antoine Tenart) [RHEL-259375] {CVE-2026-63922}

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.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-93436.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 375518

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-93436.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/3/2026

Updated: 11/3/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.8

Percentile: 99.33

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

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