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RockyLinux 8 : kernel-rt (RLSA-2026:55765)

🗓️ 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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kernel-rt on RockyLinux 8 affected by 10 CVEs including OOB writes, UAF, and CAN bus code execution. CVE-2026-17523 enables privilege escalation via can:bcm; CVE-2026-43206 fixes kfd_event_page_set OOB write; CVE-2026-63884 fixes TTM UAF in i915.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2026:55765.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(337095);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/08/18");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2025-39902",
    "CVE-2026-17523",
    "CVE-2026-43206",
    "CVE-2026-53016",
    "CVE-2026-53136",
    "CVE-2026-53329",
    "CVE-2026-53374",
    "CVE-2026-63879",
    "CVE-2026-63884",
    "CVE-2026-64219"
  );
  script_xref(name:"RLSA", value:"2026:55765");

  script_name(english:"RockyLinux 8 : kernel-rt (RLSA-2026:55765)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
RLSA-2026:55765 advisory.

    * kernel: mm/slub: avoid accessing metadata when pointer is invalid in object_err() (CVE-2025-39902)

    * kernel: drm/amdkfd: Fix out-of-bounds write in kfd_event_page_set() (CVE-2026-43206)

    * kernel: crypto: ccp - copy IV using skcipher ivsize (CVE-2026-53016)

    * kernel: drm/amd/display: Clamp VBIOS HDMI retimer register count to array size (CVE-2026-53136)

    * kernel: drm/amd/display: Use krealloc_array() in dal_vector_reserve() (CVE-2026-53329)

    * kernel: drm/amdgpu: zero-initialize GART table on allocation (CVE-2026-53374)

    * kernel: drm/i915: Fix potential UAF in TTM object purge (CVE-2026-63884)

    * kernel: drm/amdgpu: fix amdgpu_hmm_range_get_pages (CVE-2026-63879)

    * kernel: drm/amd/display: Validate payload length and link_index in dc_process_dmub_aux_transfer_async
    (CVE-2026-64219)

    * kernel: can:bcm: arbitrary kernel code execution leading to escalate privileges (CVE-2026-17523)

    Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

    * Backport sched/deadline: Fix bandwidth reclaim equation in GRUB to Rocky Linux 8.10 (JIRA:Rocky
    Linux-189997)

    * vhost: reset the vring metadata cache on vring reconfiguration [rhel-8.10.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-224556)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:55765");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2400594");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467156");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492269");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492768");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2495941");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502188");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502321");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502463");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2506790");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2507407");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  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:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-53136");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/09/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/08/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/08/18");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-core");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-core");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-kvm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-kvm");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Rocky 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("ssh_get_info.nasl", "linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RockyLinux/release", "Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  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) || 'Rocky Linux' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Rocky Linux');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Rocky Linux');
if (! preg(pattern:"^8([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'RockyLinux 8.x', 'Rocky Linux ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu && 's390' >!< cpu && 'x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Rocky Linux', 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-2025-39902', 'CVE-2026-17523', 'CVE-2026-43206', 'CVE-2026-53016', 'CVE-2026-53136', 'CVE-2026-53329', 'CVE-2026-53374', 'CVE-2026-63879', 'CVE-2026-63884', 'CVE-2026-64219');
  if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
  {
    audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, livepatch_source + ' hotfix for RLSA-2026:55765');
  }
  else
  {
    __rpm_report = ksplice_reporting_text();
  }
}

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '8',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-4.18.0-553.156.1.rt7.497.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-553.156.1.rt7.497.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-553.156.1.rt7.497.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-debug-core-4.18.0-553.156.1.rt7.497.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-553.156.1.rt7.497.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-debug-devel-4.18.0-553.156.1.rt7.497.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-debug-kvm-4.18.0-553.156.1.rt7.497.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-debug-modules-4.18.0-553.156.1.rt7.497.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-553.156.1.rt7.497.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-debuginfo-4.18.0-553.156.1.rt7.497.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-553.156.1.rt7.497.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-devel-4.18.0-553.156.1.rt7.497.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-kvm-4.18.0-553.156.1.rt7.497.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-modules-4.18.0-553.156.1.rt7.497.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'kernel-rt-modules-extra-4.18.0-553.156.1.rt7.497.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'}
    ]
  }
];

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

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18 Aug 2026 00:00Current
7High risk
Vulners AI Score7
CVSS 3.17.8 - 8.8
EPSS0.00176
SSVC
2