Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.10-2026-138)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 377922

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.10.272-274.1151. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2026-138 advisory.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cifs: validate DFS referral string offsets (CVE-2026-72318)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sctp: validate cookie AUTH state before use (CVE-2026-74752)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

svcrdma: Reject inline replies that overflow the pull-up buffer (CVE-2026-89530)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb: client: fix OOB read/write from unvalidated DataOffset in coalesce_t2() (CVE-2026-89633)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during delegation revoke (CVE-2026-89659)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: arm64: vgic-its: Don't dereference a NULL collection on ITT save (CVE-2026-89912)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during blocked-lock reaping (CVE-2026-90036)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb: client: reject out-of-bounds DataOffset in CIFSSMBRead() (CVE-2026-97563)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb: client: fix server->total_read for compound encrypted PDUs (CVE-2026-98167)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/rxe: Fix integer overflow in mr_check_range() leading to OOB access (CVE-2026-98365)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb: client: fix create context out-of-bounds reads (CVE-2026-98454)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: SVM: Preserve TLB control (i.e. pending TLB flush) on failed VMRUN (CVE-2026-98715)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tipc: prevent GCM nonce reuse on peer key changes (CVE-2026-98805)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sctp: check RCV_SHUTDOWN after the sendmsg connect wait (CVE-2026-98846)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tipc: hold a reference to nodes found by link name (CVE-2026-99053)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: x86: Use active memslots for the per-vCPU MMIO cache (CVE-2026-99082)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

Run 'yum update kernel' or or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2026-138' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 377922

File Name: al2_ALASKERNEL-5_10-2026-138.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 11/9/2026

Updated: 11/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.14

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-2026-98365

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:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-livepatch-5.10.272-274.1151, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:microvm-kernel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-72318, CVE-2026-74752, CVE-2026-89530, CVE-2026-89633, CVE-2026-89659, CVE-2026-89912, CVE-2026-90036, CVE-2026-97563, CVE-2026-98167, CVE-2026-98365, CVE-2026-98454, CVE-2026-98715, CVE-2026-98805, CVE-2026-98846, CVE-2026-99053, CVE-2026-99082

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