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Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: bpftool / kernel / kernel-abi-stablelists / kernel-core / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2026_21706)

🗓️ 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Multiple vulnerabilities in Rocky Linux 8 kernel leading to DoS, memory corruption, or privilege escalation.

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CVE-2026-31685
25 Apr 202608:47
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CVE-2026-31532
23 Apr 202611:12
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CVE-2025-39981
15 Oct 202507:56
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CVE-2026-31684
25 Apr 202608:47
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CVE-2026-43020
1 May 202614:15
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CVE-2026-23455
3 Apr 202615:15
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CVE-2026-23243
18 Mar 202610:05
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CVE-2026-43027
1 May 202614:15
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CVE-2026-23270
18 Mar 202617:54
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    * kernel: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible UAFs (CVE-2025-39981)

    * kernel: ima: don't clear IMA_DIGSIG flag when setting or removing non-IMA xattr (CVE-2025-68183)

    * kernel: ALSA: firewire-motu: fix buffer overflow in hwdep read for DSP events (CVE-2025-68347)

    * kernel: libceph: make decode_pool() more resilient against corrupted osdmaps (CVE-2025-71116)

    * kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of service and memory corruption in RDMA umad (CVE-2026-23243)

    * kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in traffic control (act_ct) may lead to denial of service or
    privilege escalation (CVE-2026-23270)

    * kernel: netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: check for zero length in DecodeQ931() (CVE-2026-23455)

    * kernel: Bluetooth: SCO: Fix use-after-free in sco_recv_frame() due to missing sock_hold (CVE-2026-31408)

    * kernel: can: raw: fix ro->uniq use-after-free in raw_rcv() (CVE-2026-31532)

    * kernel: net: sched: act_csum: validate nested VLAN headers (CVE-2026-31684)

    * kernel: netfilter: ip6t_eui64: reject invalid MAC header for all packets (CVE-2026-31685)

    * kernel: netfilter: nf_conntrack_helper: pass helper to expect cleanup (CVE-2026-43027)

    * kernel: Bluetooth: MGMT: validate LTK enc_size on load (CVE-2026-43020)

    * kernel: HID: wacom: fix out-of-bounds read in wacom_intuos_bt_irq (CVE-2026-43051)

    * kernel: smb: client: validate the whole DACL before rewriting it in cifsacl (CVE-2026-31709)

    * kernel: md/bitmap: fix GPF in write_page caused by resize race (CVE-2026-43163)

    * kernel: netfilter: xt_tcpmss: check remaining length before reading optlen (CVE-2026-43190)

    * kernel: xfs: fix freemap adjustments when adding xattrs to leaf blocks (CVE-2026-43158)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
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var third_party_support = get_kb_item('Host/OS/extended-third-party');
if (empty_or_null(third_party_support) || third_party_support != 'CIQ') exit(0, 'CIQ support not enabled.');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'Rocky Linux' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Rocky Linux');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Rocky Linux');
if (! preg(pattern:"^8([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Rocky Linux 8', 'Rocky Linux ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('aarch64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'ppc' >!< cpu && 's390' >!< cpu && 'x86_64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Rocky Linux', cpu);


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  {
    'release': '8',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'bpftool-4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'bpftool-4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
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      {'reference':'kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-devel-4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-devel-4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-modules-4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-modules-4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
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      {'reference':'kernel-tools-4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
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      {'reference':'perf-4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'python3-perf-4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'python3-perf-4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'}
    ]
  }
];

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }
  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        ## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
        (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'bpftool / kernel / kernel-abi-stablelists / kernel-core / etc');
}

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01 Oct 2026 00:00Current
6.6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.6
CVSS 3.17.8 - 9.4
EPSS0.01338
SSVC
2