CentOS Linux 8 [TuxCare] Security Update: bpftool / kernel / kernel-core / kernel-cross-headers / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (CENTOS-STREAM8:CLSA-2026:1783790425)

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if (description)
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  script_id(352893);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/10/01");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2021-3773",
    "CVE-2022-2977",
    "CVE-2022-49006",
    "CVE-2022-49799",
    "CVE-2022-49826",
    "CVE-2022-50021",
    "CVE-2022-50453",
    "CVE-2023-52652",
    "CVE-2023-53053",
    "CVE-2024-56664",
    "CVE-2025-38068",
    "CVE-2025-68183",
    "CVE-2025-71068",
    "CVE-2026-23076",
    "CVE-2026-23078",
    "CVE-2026-23392",
    "CVE-2026-23397",
    "CVE-2026-23448",
    "CVE-2026-31402",
    "CVE-2026-31408",
    "CVE-2026-31419",
    "CVE-2026-31452",
    "CVE-2026-31488",
    "CVE-2026-31500",
    "CVE-2026-31527",
    "CVE-2026-31586",
    "CVE-2026-31669",
    "CVE-2026-31688",
    "CVE-2026-31786",
    "CVE-2026-31787",
    "CVE-2026-43050",
    "CVE-2026-43051",
    "CVE-2026-43052",
    "CVE-2026-43088",
    "CVE-2026-43125",
    "CVE-2026-43328",
    "CVE-2026-43329",
    "CVE-2026-43427",
    "CVE-2026-43493",
    "CVE-2026-43499"
  );
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  script_name(english:"CentOS Linux 8 [TuxCare] Security Update: bpftool / kernel / kernel-core / kernel-cross-headers / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (CENTOS-STREAM8:CLSA-2026:1783790425)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The CentOS Linux host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
TuxCare CENTOS-STREAM8:CLSA-2026:1783790425 advisory.

  - A flaw in netfilter could allow a network-connected attacker to infer openvpn connection endpoint
    information for further use in traditional network attacks. (CVE-2021-3773)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel implementation of proxied virtualized TPM devices. On a system where
    virtualized TPM devices are configured (this is not the default) a local attacker can create a use-after-
    free and create a situation where it may be possible to escalate privileges on the system. (CVE-2022-2977)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Free buffers when a used
    dynamic event is removed After 65536 dynamic events have been added and removed, the type field of the
    event then uses the first type number that is available (not currently used by other events). A type
    number is the identifier of the binary blobs in the tracing ring buffer (known as events) to map them to
    logic that can parse the binary blob. The issue is that if a dynamic event (like a kprobe event) is traced
    and is in the ring buffer, and then that event is removed (because it is dynamic, which means it can be
    created and destroyed), if another dynamic event is created that has the same number that new event's
    logic on parsing the binary blob will be used. To show how this can be an issue, the following can crash
    the kernel: # cd /sys/kernel/tracing # for i in `seq 65536`; do echo 'p:kprobes/foo do_sys_openat2
    $arg1:u32' > kprobe_events # done For every iteration of the above, the writing to the kprobe_events will
    remove the old event and create a new one (with the same format) and increase the type number to the next
    available on until the type number reaches over 65535 which is the max number for the 16 bit type. After
    it reaches that number, the logic to allocate a new number simply looks for the next available number.
    When an dynamic event is removed, that number is then available to be reused by the next dynamic event
    created. That is, once the above reaches the max number, the number assigned to the event in that loop
    will remain the same. Now that means deleting one dynamic event and created another will reuse the
    previous events type number. This is where bad things can happen. After the above loop finishes, the
    kprobes/foo event which reads the do_sys_openat2 function call's first parameter as an integer. # echo 1 >
    kprobes/foo/enable # cat /etc/passwd > /dev/null # cat trace cat-2211 [005] .... 2007.849603: foo:
    (do_sys_openat2+0x0/0x130) arg1=4294967196 cat-2211 [005] .... 2007.849620: foo:
    (do_sys_openat2+0x0/0x130) arg1=4294967196 cat-2211 [005] .... 2007.849838: foo:
    (do_sys_openat2+0x0/0x130) arg1=4294967196 cat-2211 [005] .... 2007.849880: foo:
    (do_sys_openat2+0x0/0x130) arg1=4294967196 # echo 0 > kprobes/foo/enable Now if we delete the kprobe and
    create a new one that reads a string: # echo 'p:kprobes/foo do_sys_openat2 +0($arg2):string' >
    kprobe_events And now we can the trace: # cat trace sendmail-1942 [002] ..... 530.136320: foo:
    (do_sys_openat2+0x0/0x240) arg1= cat-2046 [004] ..... 530.930817: foo: (do_sys_openat2+0x0/0x240)
    arg1=
    cat-2046 [004] ..... 530.930961: foo: (do_sys_openat2+0x0/0x240)
    arg1=
    cat-2046 [004] ..... 530.934278: foo: (do_sys_openat2+0x0/0x240)
    arg1=
    cat-2046 [004] ..... 530.934563: foo: (do_sys_openat2+0x0/0x240)
    arg1= ---truncated--- (CVE-2022-49006)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Fix wild-memory-access in
    register_synth_event() In register_synth_event(), if set_synth_event_print_fmt() failed, then both
    trace_remove_event_call() and unregister_trace_event() will be called, which means the trace_event_call
    will call __unregister_trace_event() twice. As the result, the second unregister will causes the wild-
    memory-access. register_synth_event set_synth_event_print_fmt failed trace_remove_event_call event_remove
    if call->event.funcs then __unregister_trace_event (first call) unregister_trace_event
    __unregister_trace_event (second call) Fix the bug by avoiding to call the second
    __unregister_trace_event() by checking if the first one is called. general protection fault, probably for
    non-canonical address 0xfbd59c0000000024: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI KASAN: maybe wild-memory-access in range
    [0xdead000000000120-0xdead000000000127] CPU: 0 PID: 3807 Comm: modprobe Not tainted
    6.1.0-rc1-00186-g76f33a7eedb4 #299 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS
    rel-1.15.0-0-g2dd4b9b3f840-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:unregister_trace_event+0x6e/0x280 Code:
    00 fc ff df 4c 89 ea 48 c1 ea 03 80 3c 02 00 0f 85 0e 02 00 00 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4c 8b 63 08
    4c 89 e2 48 c1 ea 03 <80> 3c 02 00 0f 85 e2 01 00 00 49 89 2c 24 48 85 ed 74 28 e8 7a 9b RSP:
    0018:ffff88810413f370 EFLAGS: 00010a06 RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff888105d050b0 RCX: 0000000000000000
    RDX: 1bd5a00000000024 RSI: ffff888119e276e0 RDI: ffffffff835a8b20 RBP: dead000000000100 R08:
    0000000000000000 R09: fffffbfff0913481 R10: ffffffff8489a407 R11: fffffbfff0913480 R12: dead000000000122
    R13: ffff888105d050b8 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff888105d05028 FS: 00007f7823e8d540(0000)
    GS:ffff888119e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2:
    00007f7823e7ebec CR3: 000000010a058002 CR4: 0000000000330ef0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000
    DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK>
    __create_synth_event+0x1e37/0x1eb0 create_or_delete_synth_event+0x110/0x250
    synth_event_run_command+0x2f/0x110 test_gen_synth_cmd+0x170/0x2eb [synth_event_gen_test]
    synth_event_gen_test_init+0x76/0x9bc [synth_event_gen_test] do_one_initcall+0xdb/0x480
    do_init_module+0x1cf/0x680 load_module+0x6a50/0x70a0 __do_sys_finit_module+0x12f/0x1c0
    do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd (CVE-2022-49799)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ata: libata-transport: fix double
    ata_host_put() in ata_tport_add() In the error path in ata_tport_add(), when calling put_device(),
    ata_tport_release() is called, it will put the refcount of 'ap->host'. And then ata_host_put() is called
    again, the refcount is decreased to 0, ata_host_release() is called, all ports are freed and set to null.
    When unbinding the device after failure, ata_host_stop() is called to release the resources, it leads a
    null-ptr-deref(), because all the ports all freed and null. Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer
    dereference at virtual address 0000000000000008 CPU: 7 PID: 18671 Comm: modprobe Kdump: loaded Tainted: G
    E 6.1.0-rc3+ #8 pstate: 80400009 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc :
    ata_host_stop+0x3c/0x84 [libata] lr : release_nodes+0x64/0xd0 Call trace: ata_host_stop+0x3c/0x84 [libata]
    release_nodes+0x64/0xd0 devres_release_all+0xbc/0x1b0 device_unbind_cleanup+0x20/0x70
    really_probe+0x158/0x320 __driver_probe_device+0x84/0x120 driver_probe_device+0x44/0x120
    __driver_attach+0xb4/0x220 bus_for_each_dev+0x78/0xdc driver_attach+0x2c/0x40 bus_add_driver+0x184/0x240
    driver_register+0x80/0x13c __pci_register_driver+0x4c/0x60 ahci_pci_driver_init+0x30/0x1000 [ahci] Fix
    this by removing redundant ata_host_put() in the error path. (CVE-2022-49826)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  # https://security.tuxcare.com/csaf/v2/els_os/centos-stream8els/advisories/2026/clsa-2026_1783790425.json
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages based on the guidance in TuxCare advisory CENTOS-STREAM8:CLSA-2026:1783790425.");
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  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-3773");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Critical");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/07/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/07/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/09/30");

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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
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  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"CentOS 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_info2.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/OS/extended-third-party", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/rpm-list");

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}
include('rpm2.inc');

var third_party_support = get_kb_item('Host/OS/extended-third-party');
if (empty_or_null(third_party_support) || third_party_support != 'TuxCare') exit(0, 'TuxCare support not enabled.');

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

if (!get_kb_item('Host/CentOS/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) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'CentOS Linux', cpu);


var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '8',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'bpftool-4.18.0-553.6.1.el8_10.tuxcare.els26', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-4.18.0-553.6.1.el8_10.tuxcare.els26', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-core-4.18.0-553.6.1.el8_10.tuxcare.els26', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-553.6.1.el8_10.tuxcare.els26', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-4.18.0-553.6.1.el8_10.tuxcare.els26', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-553.6.1.el8_10.tuxcare.els26', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-553.6.1.el8_10.tuxcare.els26', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-553.6.1.el8_10.tuxcare.els26', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-553.6.1.el8_10.tuxcare.els26', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-modules-internal-4.18.0-553.6.1.el8_10.tuxcare.els26', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-devel-4.18.0-553.6.1.el8_10.tuxcare.els26', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-headers-4.18.0-553.6.1.el8_10.tuxcare.els26', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-ipaclones-internal-4.18.0-553.6.1.el8_10.tuxcare.els26', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-modules-4.18.0-553.6.1.el8_10.tuxcare.els26', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-553.6.1.el8_10.tuxcare.els26', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-modules-internal-4.18.0-553.6.1.el8_10.tuxcare.els26', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-selftests-internal-4.18.0-553.6.1.el8_10.tuxcare.els26', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-4.18.0-553.6.1.el8_10.tuxcare.els26', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-553.6.1.el8_10.tuxcare.els26', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-553.6.1.el8_10.tuxcare.els26', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'perf-4.18.0-553.6.1.el8_10.tuxcare.els26', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-perf-4.18.0-553.6.1.el8_10.tuxcare.els26', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  }
];

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_HOLE,
      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, 'bpftool / kernel / kernel-core / kernel-cross-headers / etc');
}