RHEL 8 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2026:63013)

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#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:63013. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
##

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    "CVE-2026-53391",
    "CVE-2026-53392",
    "CVE-2026-53397",
    "CVE-2026-53399",
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    "CVE-2026-64018",
    "CVE-2026-64268",
    "CVE-2026-64298",
    "CVE-2026-68480",
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"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.");
  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-2026:63013 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: s390/cpum_sf: Handle CPU hotplug remove during sampling (CVE-2024-57849)

    * kernel: smc91x: fix broken irq-context in PREEMPT_RT (CVE-2025-71132)

    * kernel: bonding: alb: fix UAF in rlb_arp_recv during bond up/down (CVE-2026-45970)

    * kernel: zram: fix use-after-free in zram_bvec_write_partial() (CVE-2026-53185)

    * kernel: pNFS: Fix use-after-free in pnfs_update_layout() (CVE-2026-63800)

    * kernel: nfsd: fix posix_acl leak on SETACL decode failure (CVE-2026-53397)

    * kernel: nfsd: release layout stid on setlease failure (CVE-2026-53399)

    * kernel: NFSv4/flexfiles: reject zero filehandle version count (CVE-2026-53392)

    * kernel: NFSv4/pNFS: reject zero-length r_addr in nfs4_decode_mp_ds_addr (CVE-2026-53391)

    * kernel: net: mana: validate rx_req_idx to prevent out-of-bounds array access (CVE-2026-64018)

    * kernel: Kernel: Remote out-of-bounds write in RDMA/siw (CVE-2026-64268)

    * kernel: NFSv4: include MAY_WRITE in open permission mask for O_TRUNC (CVE-2026-64298)

    * kernel: AMD-SN-7061: Safe RET Interrupt Vulnerability (CVE-2026-68480)

    * kernel: net: ipv6: use-after-free in fib6_rule_suppress due to stale res->rt6 pointer (CVE-2026-74581)

    Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

    * qede: build_skb failure causes off-by-one BD ring corruption and kernel panic [rhel-8.10.z]
    (JIRA:RHEL-193045)

    * powerpc/pseries: lparcfg - fix kbuf[] underflow (JIRA:RHEL-240144)

    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=2429603");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2482006");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492735");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502219");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502227");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502239");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502240");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502260");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502421");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2507089");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2508363");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known 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);

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-2024-57849', 'CVE-2025-71132', 'CVE-2026-45970', 'CVE-2026-53185', 'CVE-2026-53391', 'CVE-2026-53392', 'CVE-2026-53397', 'CVE-2026-53399', 'CVE-2026-63800', 'CVE-2026-64018', 'CVE-2026-64268', 'CVE-2026-64298', 'CVE-2026-68480', 'CVE-2026-74581');
  if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
  {
    audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, livepatch_source + ' hotfix for RHSA-2026:63013');
  }
  else
  {
    __rpm_report = ksplice_reporting_text();
  }
}

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '8',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/nfv/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/nfv/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/nfv/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/rt/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/rt/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/rt/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/nfv/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/nfv/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/nfv/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/rt/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/rt/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/rt/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/nfv/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/nfv/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/nfv/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/rt/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/rt/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/rt/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/nfv/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/nfv/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/nfv/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/rt/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/rt/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/rt/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/nfv/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/nfv/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/nfv/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/rt/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/rt/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/rt/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/nfv/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/nfv/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/nfv/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/rt/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/rt/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/rt/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-4.18.0-553.159.1.rt7.500.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-553.159.1.rt7.500.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-553.159.1.rt7.500.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
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      {'reference':'kernel-rt-debug-modules-4.18.0-553.159.1.rt7.500.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-553.159.1.rt7.500.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-devel-4.18.0-553.159.1.rt7.500.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
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    'release': '8',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/nfv/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/nfv/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/nfv/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/nfv/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/nfv/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/nfv/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/nfv/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/nfv/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/nfv/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/nfv/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/nfv/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/nfv/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/nfv/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/nfv/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/nfv/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/nfv/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/nfv/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/nfv/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-debug-kvm-4.18.0-553.159.1.rt7.500.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
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    ]
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];

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-core / kernel-rt-debug / kernel-rt-debug-core / etc');
}