The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:4138 advisory.

    The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with     extremely high determinism requirements.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: use-after-free in l2cap_connect and l2cap_le_connect_req in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c     (CVE-2022-42896)

    * kernel: use-after-free vulnerability in the perf_group_detach function of the Linux Kernel Performance     Events (CVE-2023-2235)

    * kernel: uninitialized registers on stack in nft_do_chain can cause kernel pointer leakage to UM     (CVE-2022-1016)

    * kernel: use-after-free related to leaf anon_vma double reuse (CVE-2022-42703)

    * Kernel: bluetooth: Unauthorized management command execution (CVE-2023-2002)

    * kernel: OOB access in the Linux kernel's XFS subsystem (CVE-2023-2124)

    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):

    * kernel-rt: update RT source tree to the latest RHEL-9.0.z10 Batch (BZ#2209984)

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 9 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2023:4138)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 178435

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Version 1.4 Nov 8, 2024, 5:19 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 9.3) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411080519
Version 1.3 Nov 5, 2024, 6:29 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 9.3) CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 threat vector" set to "CVSS:4.0/E:P") CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 vector" set to "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411051829
Version 1.2 Apr 28, 2024, 2:25 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202404281425
Version 1.1 Jan 26, 2024, 9:00 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Reference Plugin Feed: 202401262100
Version 1.0 Jul 18, 2023, 4:14 PM New Plugin Feed: 202307181614