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Oracle Linux 10 : kernel (ELSA-2026-45114)

🗓️ 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Oracle Linux 10 kernel fixes CVEs including dropping CLONE_THREAD hash alloc and netlink peer checks.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-45114.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(331297);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/07/30");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2025-40237",
    "CVE-2026-23110",
    "CVE-2026-31692",
    "CVE-2026-46099",
    "CVE-2026-52973",
    "CVE-2026-53059"
  );

  script_name(english:"Oracle Linux 10 : kernel (ELSA-2026-45114)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in
the ELSA-2026-45114 advisory.

    - futex: Drop CLONE_THREAD requirement for private default hash alloc (Audra Mitchell) [RHEL-193518]
    {CVE-2026-52973}
    - net: ipv6: fix NOREF dst use in seg6 and rpl lwtunnels (Antoine Tenart) [RHEL-179299] {CVE-2026-46099}
    - scsi: core: Wake up the error handler when final completions race against each other (CKI Backport Bot)
    [RHEL-189651] {CVE-2026-23110}
    - dm log: fix out-of-bounds write due to region_count overflow (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-188547]
    {CVE-2026-53059}
    - rtnetlink: add missing netlink_ns_capable() check for peer netns (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-172537]
    {CVE-2026-31692}
    - rtnetlink: Try the outer netns attribute in rtnl_get_peer_net(). (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-172537]
    {CVE-2026-31692}
    - rtnetlink: fix double call of rtnl_link_get_net_ifla() (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-172537] {CVE-2026-31692}
    - netkit: Set IFLA_NETKIT_PEER_INFO to netkit_link_ops.peer_type. (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-172537]
    {CVE-2026-31692}
    - vxcan: Set VXCAN_INFO_PEER to vxcan_link_ops.peer_type. (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-172537] {CVE-2026-31692}
    - veth: Set VETH_INFO_PEER to veth_link_ops.peer_type. (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-172537] {CVE-2026-31692}
    - rtnetlink: Add peer_type in struct rtnl_link_ops. (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-172537] {CVE-2026-31692}
    - fs/notify: call exportfs_encode_fid with s_umount (Jay Shin) [RHEL-169188] {CVE-2025-40237}

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.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-45114.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-53059");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/12/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/07/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/07/30");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10:2:baseos_patch");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-core");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-cross-headers");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-core");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-core");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel-matched");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-core");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra-matched");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uki-virt");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uki-virt-addons");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libperf");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-perf");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rtla");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rv");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Oracle Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl", "ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/OracleLinux", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/local_checks_enabled");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm2.inc');
include('ksplice.inc');

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) || !pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux)", string:os_product)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Oracle Linux');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Oracle Linux');
if (! preg(pattern:"^10([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Oracle Linux 10.x', 'Oracle Linux ' + os_version);

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

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

var machine_uptrack_level = get_one_kb_item('Host/livepatch-kernel-version');
var livepatch_source = get_one_kb_item('Host/livepatch-kernel-source');
if (empty_or_null(livepatch_source)) livepatch_source = 'KSplice';

if (machine_uptrack_level)
{
  var trimmed_uptrack_level = ereg_replace(string:machine_uptrack_level, pattern:"\.(x86_64|i[3-6]86|aarch64)$", replace:'');
  var fixed_uptrack_levels = ['6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2'];
  foreach var fixed_uptrack_level ( fixed_uptrack_levels ) {
    if (rpm_spec_vers_cmp(a:trimmed_uptrack_level, b:fixed_uptrack_level) >= 0)
    {
      audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, livepatch_source + ' hotfix for ELSA-2026-45114');
    }
  }
  __rpm_report = 'Running ' + livepatch_source + ' level of ' + trimmed_uptrack_level + ' does not meet the minimum fixed level of ' + join(fixed_uptrack_levels, sep:' / ') + ' for this advisory.\n\n';
}

var kernel_major_minor = get_kb_item('Host/uname/major_minor');
if (empty_or_null(kernel_major_minor)) exit(1, 'Unable to determine kernel major-minor level.');
var expected_kernel_major_minor = '6.12';
if (kernel_major_minor != expected_kernel_major_minor)
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'running kernel level ' + expected_kernel_major_minor + ', it is running kernel level ' + kernel_major_minor);

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '10',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'kernel-cross-headers-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-headers-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-devel-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'libperf-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'perf-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-perf-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'rtla-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'rv-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-abi-stablelists-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-core-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-cross-headers-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-core-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-devel-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-devel-matched-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-modules-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-modules-core-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-modules-extra-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-uki-virt-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-devel-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-devel-matched-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-headers-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-modules-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-modules-core-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-modules-extra-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-modules-extra-matched-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-devel-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-uki-virt-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-uki-virt-addons-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'libperf-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'perf-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-perf-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'rtla-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'rv-6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  }
];

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, 'kernel / kernel-abi-stablelists / kernel-core / etc');
}

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