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RHEL 8 : kpatch-patch-4_18_0-553_109_1, kpatch-patch-4_18_0-553_125_1, kpatch-patch-4_18_0-553_53_1, kpatch-patch-4_18_0-553_72_1, and kpatch-patch-4_18_0-553_85_1 (RHSA-2026:33220)

🗓️ 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Kernel live patch modules for Red Hat Enterprise Linux fix CVE-2026-46331 and CVE-2026-46243.

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    This is a kernel live patch module which can be loaded by the kpatch command line utility to modify the
    code of a running kernel.  This patch module is targeted for kernel-4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: net/sched: act_pedit: extend the writable skb range per key (CVE-2026-46331)

    * kernel: Linux kernel: smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions (CVE-2026-46243)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and
    other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
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include('rpm2.inc');
include('rhel.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) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'ge', os_version: os_version, rhel_version: '8')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 8.x', 'Red Hat ' + 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$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Red Hat', cpu);

var uname_r = get_kb_item("Host/uname-r");
if (empty_or_null(uname_r)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "kernel");
if (get_one_kb_item('Host/ksplice/kernel-cves'))
{
  var livepatch_source = get_one_kb_item('Host/livepatch-kernel-source');
  if (empty_or_null(livepatch_source)) livepatch_source = 'KSplice';
  rm_kb_item(name:'Host/livepatch-kernel-version');

  var cve_list = make_list('CVE-2026-46243', 'CVE-2026-46331');
  if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
  {
    audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, livepatch_source + ' hotfix for RHSA-2026:33220');
  }
  else
  {
    __rpm_report = ksplice_reporting_text();
  }
}

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '8',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/ppc64le/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/ppc64le/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/ppc64le/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/baseos/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/ppc64le/baseos/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'kernels': {
      '4.18.0-553.109.1.el8_10.ppc64le': {
        'pkgs': [
          {'reference':'kpatch-patch-4_18_0-553_109_1-1-5.el8_10', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        ]
      },
      '4.18.0-553.109.1.el8_10.x86_64': {
        'pkgs': [
          {'reference':'kpatch-patch-4_18_0-553_109_1-1-5.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        ]
      },
      '4.18.0-553.125.1.el8_10.ppc64le': {
        'pkgs': [
          {'reference':'kpatch-patch-4_18_0-553_125_1-1-2.el8_10', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        ]
      },
      '4.18.0-553.125.1.el8_10.x86_64': {
        'pkgs': [
          {'reference':'kpatch-patch-4_18_0-553_125_1-1-2.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        ]
      },
      '4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10.ppc64le': {
        'pkgs': [
          {'reference':'kpatch-patch-4_18_0-553_53_1-1-12.el8_10', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        ]
      },
      '4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10.x86_64': {
        'pkgs': [
          {'reference':'kpatch-patch-4_18_0-553_53_1-1-12.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        ]
      },
      '4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10.ppc64le': {
        'pkgs': [
          {'reference':'kpatch-patch-4_18_0-553_72_1-1-9.el8_10', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        ]
      },
      '4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10.x86_64': {
        'pkgs': [
          {'reference':'kpatch-patch-4_18_0-553_72_1-1-9.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        ]
      },
      '4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.ppc64le': {
        'pkgs': [
          {'reference':'kpatch-patch-4_18_0-553_85_1-1-7.el8_10', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        ]
      },
      '4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64': {
        'pkgs': [
          {'reference':'kpatch-patch-4_18_0-553_85_1-1-7.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
        ]
      }
    }
  }
];

var applicable_repo_urls = rhel_determine_applicable_repository_urls(constraints:constraints);
if(applicable_repo_urls == RHEL_REPOS_NO_OVERLAP_MESSAGE) exit(0, RHEL_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);

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 repo_relative_urls;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
var kernel_affected = FALSE;
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;
  }

  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint['repo_relative_urls'];

  var kpatch_details = constraint['kernels'][uname_r];
  if (empty_or_null(kpatch_details)) continue;
  kernel_affected = TRUE;

  foreach var pkg ( kpatch_details['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 &&
        rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
        (applicable_repo_urls || (!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++;
  }
}
# No kpatch details found for the running kernel version
if (!kernel_affected) audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, 'kernel', uname_r);


if (flag)
{
  var extra = NULL;
  if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
  else extra = rpm_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'kpatch-patch-4_18_0-553_109_1 / kpatch-patch-4_18_0-553_125_1 / etc');
}

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30 Jun 2026 00:00Current
7.1High risk
Vulners AI Score7.1
CVSS 3.17.8
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