The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:1557 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * ALSA: pcm: Move rwsem lock inside snd_ctl_elem_read to prevent UAF (CVE-2023-0266)

    * kernel: net/ulp: use-after-free in listening ULP sockets (CVE-2023-0461)

    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):

    * RHEL8.4 - s390/kexec: fix ipl report address for kdump (BZ#2166298)

    * Windows Server 2019 guest randomly pauses with KVM: entry failed, hardware error 0x80000021     (BZ#2166370)

    * net/mlx5e: Fix use-after-free when reverting termination table (BZ#2167642)

    * net/ice: OP_SET_RSS_HENA command not supported with in-tree driver (BZ#2167712)

    * Backport Request for locking/rwsem commits (BZ#2170941)

    * ipv6 traffic stop when an sriov vf have ipv6 address (BZ#2172552)

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-2023:1557)

high Nessus Plugin ID 173877

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