The remote Oracle Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-5805 advisory.

    - x86/speculation: Avoid force-disabling IBPB based on STIBP and enhanced IBRS. (Anthony Steinhauser)     [Orabug: 31557802]  {CVE-2020-10767}
    - fs/binfmt_elf.c: allocate initialized memory in fill_thread_core_info() (Alexander Potapenko)  [Orabug:
    31350635]  {CVE-2020-10732}
    - vfio-pci: protect remap_pfn_range() from simultaneous calls (Ankur Arora)  [Orabug: 31663628]     {CVE-2020-12888} {CVE-2020-12888}
    - kernel/relay.c: handle alloc_percpu returning NULL in relay_open (Daniel Axtens)  [Orabug: 31183397]     {CVE-2019-19462}
    - x86/speculation: Prevent rogue cross-process SSBD shutdown (Anthony Steinhauser)  [Orabug: 31557900]     {CVE-2020-10768}
    - vfio/pci: Fix SR-IOV VF handling with MMIO blocking (Alex Williamson)  [Orabug: 31439668]     {CVE-2020-12888}
    - vfio-pci: Invalidate mmaps and block MMIO access on disabled memory (Alex Williamson)  [Orabug:
    31439668]  {CVE-2020-12888} {CVE-2020-12888}
    - vfio-pci: Fault mmaps to enable vma tracking (Alex Williamson)  [Orabug: 31439668]  {CVE-2020-12888}
    - vfio/type1: Support faulting PFNMAP vmas (Alex Williamson)  [Orabug: 31439668]  {CVE-2020-12888}
    - vfio/type1: Fix VA->PA translation for PFNMAP VMAs in vaddr_get_pfn() (Sean Christopherson)  [Orabug:
    31439668]  {CVE-2020-12888}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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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Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2020-5805)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 139531

Version 1.6