RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2026:40068)

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# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:40068. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
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if (description)
{
  script_id(327105);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/07/16");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2025-68183",
    "CVE-2026-31613",
    "CVE-2026-31684",
    "CVE-2026-43027",
    "CVE-2026-43499",
    "CVE-2026-46135",
    "CVE-2026-46189",
    "CVE-2026-46209"
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kernel.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as
referenced in the RHSA-2026:40068 advisory.

    The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

    Security Fix(es):

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

    * kernel: smb: client: fix OOB reads parsing symlink error response (CVE-2026-31613)

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

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

    * kernel: rtmutex: Use waiter::task instead of current in remove_waiter() (CVE-2026-43499)

    * kernel: RDMA/vmw_pvrdma: Fix double free on pvrdma_alloc_ucontext() error path (CVE-2026-46189)

    * kernel: drm/gem: Fix inconsistent plane dimension calculation in drm_gem_fb_init_with_funcs()
    (CVE-2026-46209)

    * kernel: nvmet-tcp: fix race between ICReq handling and queue teardown (CVE-2026-46135)

    * kernel: futex/requeue: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in remove_waiter() on self-deadlock
    (CVE-2026-53166)

    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.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2422699");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2461480");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2461757");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2464369");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2480453");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2482588");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2482654");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:40068");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the RHEL kernel package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:40068.");
  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:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_cwe_id(125, 190, 354, 459, 476, 825, 1285, 1341);
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Important");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/12/16");
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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: 'eq', os_version: os_version, rhel_version: '8.6')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 8.6', '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);

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-2025-68183', 'CVE-2026-31613', 'CVE-2026-31684', 'CVE-2026-43027', 'CVE-2026-43499', 'CVE-2026-46135', 'CVE-2026-46189', 'CVE-2026-46209');
  if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
  {
    audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, livepatch_source + ' hotfix for RHSA-2026:40068');
  }
  else
  {
    __rpm_report = ksplice_reporting_text();
  }
}

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '8',
    'sp': '6',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/aus/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/aus/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/aus/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/extended-eus/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/extended-eus/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/extended-eus/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'bpftool-4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-core-4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-devel-4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-modules-4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'perf-4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-perf-4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6', 'sp':'6', '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;
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'];

  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 &&
        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++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var subscription_caveat = '\n' +
    'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to\n' +
    'packages only available in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux\n' +
    'Advanced Update Support or Extended Update Support repositories.\n' +
    'Access to these repositories requires a paid RHEL subscription.\n';
  var extra = NULL;
  if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = subscription_caveat + rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
  else extra = subscription_caveat + 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, 'bpftool / kernel / kernel-core / kernel-debug / kernel-debug-core / etc');
}