Summary

Tenable has improved Live-Patched Kernel detection to include KernelCare.

Change

Tenable has improved the logic used to detect live-patched kernels to include the running kernel to support KernelCare for Alma Linux, CentOS, CentOS Stream, Fedora, Oracle Linux, Red Hat Linux, and Ubuntu Linux.

Impact

Upon release, customers using KernelCare will have the running kernel properly detected and referenced during vulnerability scans. Plugin output will specify which live-patch technology (KernelCare in this case) was detected and whether the appropriate hotfix is installed. For example:

>The specified patch KernelCare hotfix for ELSA-2025-7898 has been installed.

Note: Existing Oracle Linux Plugins must be updated to include the new plugin output. This will not affect live patch functionality -- only plugin output. This will occur over time to reduce churn. It is expected that all plugin updates will be complete by February 16, 2026. No plugin updates will be required for the updated support for Alma Linux, CentOS, CentOS Stream, Fedora, Red Hat Linux, or Ubuntu Linux.

Target Release Date

February 9th, 2026