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Oracle Linux 9 : kernel (ELSA-2026-83156)

🗓️ 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Linux 9 kernel including use-after-free and race conditions.

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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-2026-83156.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(366665);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/10/16");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2026-46319",
    "CVE-2026-53011",
    "CVE-2026-64030",
    "CVE-2026-68140",
    "CVE-2026-68377",
    "CVE-2026-68404",
    "CVE-2026-68409",
    "CVE-2026-72262",
    "CVE-2026-72288",
    "CVE-2026-72320",
    "CVE-2026-74641",
    "CVE-2026-74705",
    "CVE-2026-80985",
    "CVE-2026-81003",
    "CVE-2026-89526",
    "CVE-2026-90036",
    "CVE-2026-93207",
    "CVE-2026-93228"
  );

  script_name(english:"Oracle Linux 9 : kernel (ELSA-2026-83156)");

  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 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
ELSA-2026-83156 advisory.

    - net/smc: carry oversized SMC-Rv2 LLC messages in the queue entry (Jan Polensky) [RHEL-271472]
    {CVE-2026-80985}
    - net/smc: bound the peer rkey counts in SMC-Rv2 LLC messages (Jan Polensky) [RHEL-271472]
    {CVE-2026-80985}
    - net/smc: fix use-after-free of the LLC qentry in smc_llc_srv_add_link() (Jan Polensky) [RHEL-271472]
    {CVE-2026-80985}
    - KVM: arm64: vgic: Handle race between interrupt affinity change and LPI disabling (Mohammadfaiz Bawa)
    [RHEL-243814] {CVE-2026-72288}
    - SUNRPC: Zero rpc_gss_wire_cred at svcauth_gss_decode_credbody() entry (Olga Kornievskaia) [RHEL-275058]
    {CVE-2026-93207}
    - svcrdma: Reject Write/Reply chunks with segcount 0 (Olga Kornievskaia) [RHEL-275076] {CVE-2026-93228}
    - NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during blocked-lock reaping (Olga Kornievskaia) [RHEL-270929]
    {CVE-2026-90036}
    - NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during delegation revoke (Olga Kornievskaia) [RHEL-270929]
    {CVE-2026-89659}
    - svcrdma: Validate Read chunk positions before reconstruction (Olga Kornievskaia) [RHEL-271453]
    {CVE-2026-89526}
    - udp: fix potential use-after-free in tunnel segmentation (Antoine Tenart) [RHEL-268122] {CVE-2026-74705}
    - net/iucv: filter frames in afiucv_hs_rcv() by ingress device (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-270908]
    {CVE-2026-81003}
    - wifi: cfg80211: use wiphy work for socket owner autodisconnect (Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez)
    [RHEL-240485] {CVE-2026-68404}
    - wifi: cfg80211: convert pmsr_free_wk to wiphy_work to fix deadlock (Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez)
    [RHEL-240485] {CVE-2026-68404}
    - wifi: cfg80211: cancel pmsr_free_wk in cfg80211_pmsr_wdev_down (Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez)
    [RHEL-240485] {CVE-2026-68404}
    - wifi: mac80211: defer link RX stats percpu free to RCU (Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez) [RHEL-263788]
    {CVE-2026-68409}
    - wifi: mac80211: bounds-check link_id in ieee80211_ml_epcs (Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez) [RHEL-259560]
    {CVE-2026-64030}
    - ASoC: SOF: ipc3-control: Fix heap overflow in bytes_ext put/get (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-261686]
    {CVE-2026-72262}
    - net/iucv: fix use-after-free of a severed iucv_path (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-260511] {CVE-2026-68140}
    - netfilter: nft_lookup: fix catchall element handling with inverted lookups (CKI Backport Bot)
    [RHEL-261293] {CVE-2026-72320}
    - ALSA: usx2y: bound the hwdep mmap fault offset (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-256448] {CVE-2026-74641}
    - net/sched: act_tunnel_key: Defer dst_release to RCU callback (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-237219]
    {CVE-2026-68377}
    - net/sched: act_ct: Only release RCU read lock after ct_ft (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-229654]
    {CVE-2026-46319}

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-2026-83156.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/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:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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-2026-93207");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-74705");

  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:"2026/06/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/10/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/10/16");

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  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-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");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf");
  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");
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  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_info2.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:"^9([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Oracle Linux 9.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 = ['5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8'];
  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-2026-83156');
    }
  }
  __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 = '5.14';
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': '9',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'kernel-cross-headers-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-headers-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'libperf-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'perf-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-perf-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'rtla-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'rv-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-abi-stablelists-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-core-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-cross-headers-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-core-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-modules-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-modules-core-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-uki-virt-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-devel-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-devel-matched-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-headers-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-modules-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-modules-core-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-modules-extra-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-uki-virt-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-uki-virt-addons-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'libperf-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'perf-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-perf-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'rtla-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'rv-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8', '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_HOLE,
      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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16 Oct 2026 00:00Current
6.7Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.7
CVSS 3.110
EPSS0.00635
SSVC
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