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RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2026:41236)

🗓️ 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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RHEL 7 kernel real-time updates fix multiple vulnerabilities including denial of service and memory corruption.

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    "CVE-2026-43037",
    "CVE-2026-43110",
    "CVE-2026-43125",
    "CVE-2026-43158",
    "CVE-2026-43163",
    "CVE-2026-43190",
    "CVE-2026-43198",
    "CVE-2026-45852",
    "CVE-2026-46090",
    "CVE-2026-46181",
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as
referenced in the RHSA-2026:41236 advisory.

    The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with
    extremely high determinism requirements.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of service and memory corruption in RDMA umad (CVE-2026-23243)

    * kernel: netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: check for zero length in DecodeQ931() (CVE-2026-23455)

    * kernel: can: raw: fix ro->uniq use-after-free in raw_rcv() (CVE-2026-31532)

    * kernel: usbip: validate number_of_packets in usbip_pack_ret_submit() (CVE-2026-31607)

    * kernel: netfilter: ip6t_eui64: reject invalid MAC header for all packets (CVE-2026-31685)

    * kernel: ip6_tunnel: clear skb2->cb[] in ip4ip6_err() (CVE-2026-43037)

    * kernel: wifi: brcmfmac: validate bsscfg indices in IF events (CVE-2026-43110)

    * kernel: md/bitmap: fix GPF in write_page caused by resize race (CVE-2026-43163)

    * kernel: netfilter: xt_tcpmss: check remaining length before reading optlen (CVE-2026-43190)

    * kernel: xfs: fix freemap adjustments when adding xattrs to leaf blocks (CVE-2026-43158)

    * kernel: tcp: fix potential race in tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock() (CVE-2026-43198)

    * kernel: dlm: validate length in dlm_search_rsb_tree (CVE-2026-43125)

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

    * kernel: ALSA: aloop: Fix peer runtime UAF during format-change stop (CVE-2026-46090)

    * kernel: RDMA/rxe: Fix double free in rxe_srq_from_init (CVE-2026-45852)

    * kernel: RDMA/mlx4: Fix mis-use of RCU in mlx4_srq_event() (CVE-2026-46181)

    Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

    * RHEL-124698 missed the last line of the backport (JIRA:RHEL-168608)

    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
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467059");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2482532");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?3621c6e2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41236");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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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: '7')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 7.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);

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-2026-23243', 'CVE-2026-23455', 'CVE-2026-31532', 'CVE-2026-31607', 'CVE-2026-31685', 'CVE-2026-43037', 'CVE-2026-43110', 'CVE-2026-43125', 'CVE-2026-43158', 'CVE-2026-43163', 'CVE-2026-43190', 'CVE-2026-43198', 'CVE-2026-45852', 'CVE-2026-46090', 'CVE-2026-46181', 'CVE-2026-46243');
  if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
  {
    audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, livepatch_source + ' hotfix for RHSA-2026:41236');
  }
  else
  {
    __rpm_report = ksplice_reporting_text();
  }
}

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '7',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/els/rhel/server/7/7Server/x86_64/rt/debug',
      'content/els/rhel/server/7/7Server/x86_64/rt/os',
      'content/els/rhel/server/7/7Server/x86_64/rt/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-3.10.0-1160.155.1.rt56.1307.el7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-debug-3.10.0-1160.155.1.rt56.1307.el7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-debug-devel-3.10.0-1160.155.1.rt56.1307.el7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-devel-3.10.0-1160.155.1.rt56.1307.el7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-doc-3.10.0-1160.155.1.rt56.1307.el7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-trace-3.10.0-1160.155.1.rt56.1307.el7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-trace-devel-3.10.0-1160.155.1.rt56.1307.el7', '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 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, 'kernel-rt / kernel-rt-debug / kernel-rt-debug-devel / etc');
}

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17 Jul 2026 00:00Current
6.7Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.7
CVSS 3.17.8 - 9.8
EPSS0.01338
SSVC
4