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Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2026-95212)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 377059

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-2026-95212 advisory.

 - net/smc: fix UAF in smc_cdc_rx_handler() by pinning the socket (Jan Polensky) [RHEL-298266] {CVE-2026-64541}
 - sctp: stream: fully roll back denied add-stream state (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-277071] {CVE-2026-52929}
 - sctp: clear new_transport when removing a peer (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-275359] {CVE-2026-74586}
 - openvswitch: Fix CT limit teardown use-after-free (Timothy Redaelli) [RHEL-263524] {CVE-2026-89488}
 - RDMA/rxe: Fix OOB in free_rd_atomic_resources() (Kamal Heib) [RHEL-256416] {CVE-2026-80863}
 - RDMA/rxe: Fix responder UAF on IB_QP_MAX_DEST_RD_ATOMIC modify_qp (Kamal Heib) [RHEL-258544] {CVE-2026-80864}

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-2026-95212.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 377059

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-95212.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/6/2026

Updated: 11/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.26

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-74586

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/24/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-52929, CVE-2026-64541, CVE-2026-74586, CVE-2026-80863, CVE-2026-80864, CVE-2026-89488