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Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2026-99015)

high Nessus Plugin ID 379741

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-2026-99015 advisory.

 - net/smc: protect clcsock lifetime in smc_getname (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-303989] {CVE-2026-99032}
 - scsi: st: Fix use-after-free race between st_remove() and st_open() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-303904] {CVE-2026-99156}
 - drm/amdkfd: fix SMI event cross-process information leak (Anusha Srivatsa) [RHEL-287311] {CVE-2026-97422}
 - drm/amdgpu: fix buffer overflow during vBIOS update (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-278271] {CVE-2026-97425}
 - drm/amdgpu: Bound GPIO I2C table entry count from VBIOS (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-278259] {CVE-2026-97493}
 - drm/amdgpu/atombios: drop empty function (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-278259] {CVE-2026-97493}
 - drm/amdkfd: Check bounds on allocate_doorbell (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-278229] {CVE-2026-97495}
 - drm/amdgpu: validate and share PSP fw_pri_buf copies via psp_copy_fw (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-278226] {CVE-2026-97494}
 - drm/amdkfd: Check bounds for allocate_sdma_queue restore_sdma_id (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-278208] {CVE-2026-97497}
 - drm/amd/pm: bound pp_dpm_set_pp_table() memcpy (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-278186] {CVE-2026-97427}
 - drm/amdkfd: hold event_mutex while checkpointing CRIU events (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-273848] {CVE-2026-74446}

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-2026-99015.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 379741

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-99015.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/12/2026

Updated: 11/12/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.51

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-2026-99156

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: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: 11/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-74446, CVE-2026-97422, CVE-2026-97425, CVE-2026-97427, CVE-2026-97493, CVE-2026-97494, CVE-2026-97495, CVE-2026-97497, CVE-2026-99032, CVE-2026-99156