The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:3363 advisory.

    The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: race condition in net/can/bcm.c leads to local privilege escalation (CVE-2021-3609)

    * kernel: Improper handling of VM_IO|VM_PFNMAP vmas in KVM can bypass RO checks (CVE-2021-22543)

    * kernel: out-of-bounds write in xt_compat_target_from_user() in net/netfilter/x_tables.c (CVE-2021-22555)

    * kernel: race condition for removal of the HCI controller (CVE-2021-32399)

    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.

    Bug Fix(es):

    * [Regression] RHEL8.2 - ISST-LTE:pVM:diapvmlp83:sum:memory DLPAR fails to add memory on multiple     trials[mm/memory_hotplug.c:1163] (mm-) (BZ#1930169)

    * Every server is displaying the same power levels for all of our i40e  25G interfaces. 10G interfaces     seem to be correct. Ethtool version is 5.0 (BZ#1967100)

    * s390/uv: Fix handling of length extensions (BZ#1975657)

    * RHEL 8.3 using FCOE via a FastLinQ QL45000 card will not manually scan in LUN from Target_id's over 8     (BZ#1976265)

    * Backport tick/nohz: Conditionally restart tick on idle exit to RHEL 8.5 (BZ#1978711)

    * rhel8.3: phase 2 netfilter backports from upstream (BZ#1980323)

    * xfrm: backports from upstream (BZ#1981841)

    Enhancement(s):

    * [8.2.z] Incorrect parsing of ACPI HMAT table reports incorrect kernel WARNING taint (BZ#1943702)

    * Only selected patches from [IBM 8.4 FEAT] ibmvnic: Backport FW950 and assorted bug fixes (BZ#1980795)

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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RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2021:3363)

high Nessus Plugin ID 152925

Version 1.16