Oracle Linux 9 : kernel (ELSA-2026-95370)

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-95370.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(376654);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/11/05");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2026-64541",
    "CVE-2026-68162",
    "CVE-2026-68451",
    "CVE-2026-68452",
    "CVE-2026-72080",
    "CVE-2026-72221",
    "CVE-2026-72222",
    "CVE-2026-74586",
    "CVE-2026-74588",
    "CVE-2026-74752",
    "CVE-2026-80553",
    "CVE-2026-80571",
    "CVE-2026-80584",
    "CVE-2026-89479",
    "CVE-2026-89488",
    "CVE-2026-98403"
  );

  script_name(english:"Oracle Linux 9 : kernel (ELSA-2026-95370)");

  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-2026-95370 advisory.

    - s390/qeth: validate user buffer length in SNMP and ARP query ioctls (Jan Polensky) [RHEL-295101]
    {CVE-2026-80584}
    - s390/vfio_ccw: Cancel existing workqueues (Jan Polensky) [RHEL-295162] {CVE-2026-80553}
    - s390/zcrypt: Validate length for CCA AES cipher key requests (Jan Polensky) [RHEL-297856]
    {CVE-2026-68452}
    - s390/zcrypt: Validate length for CCA ECC private key requests (Jan Polensky) [RHEL-297864]
    {CVE-2026-68451}
    - net/smc: fix UAF in smc_cdc_rx_handler() by pinning the socket (Jan Polensky) [RHEL-298271]
    {CVE-2026-64541}
    - sunrpc: wait for in-flight TLS handshake callback when cancel loses race (Olga Kornievskaia)
    [RHEL-283645] {CVE-2026-72221}
    - sunrpc: pin svc_xprt across the asynchronous TLS handshake callback (Olga Kornievskaia) [RHEL-283259]
    {CVE-2026-72222}
    - fs/resctrl: Fix use-after-free during unmount (Dennis Chen) [RHEL-296700] {CVE-2026-72080}
    - powerpc/pseries: papr-phy-attest - validate cmd.length, plug mem leak (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-295113]
    {CVE-2026-80571}
    - s390/boot: Avoid IPL parameter append past command line (Jan Polensky) [RHEL-292349] {CVE-2026-98403}
    - s390/boot: Add sized_strscpy() to enable strscpy() usage (Jan Polensky) [RHEL-292349] {CVE-2026-98403}
    - sctp: clear new_transport when removing a peer (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-275363] {CVE-2026-74586}
    - openvswitch: Fix CT limit teardown use-after-free (Timothy Redaelli) [RHEL-263551] {CVE-2026-89488}
    - sctp: validate cookie AUTH state before use (Xin Long) [RHEL-254284] {CVE-2026-74752}
    - sctp: stop processing a packet once its association is deleted (Xin Long) [RHEL-263317] {CVE-2026-89479}
    - sctp: avoid auth_enable sysctl UAF during netns teardown (Xin Long) [RHEL-258776] {CVE-2026-68162}

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-2026-95370.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:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-89479");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/07/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/11/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/11/05");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:8: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-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");
  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_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 = ['5.14.0-687.66.1.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-2026-95370');
    }
  }
  __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-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-headers-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'libperf-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'perf-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-perf-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'rtla-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'rv-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-abi-stablelists-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-core-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-cross-headers-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-core-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-modules-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-modules-core-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-uki-virt-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-devel-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-devel-matched-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-headers-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-modules-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-modules-core-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-modules-extra-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-uki-virt-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-uki-virt-addons-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'libperf-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'perf-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-perf-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'rtla-5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'rv-5.14.0-687.66.1.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');
}