The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2021-9452 advisory.

    - KVM: do not allow mapping valid but non-reference-counted pages (Nicholas Piggin)  [Orabug: 33054089]     {CVE-2021-22543} {CVE-2021-22543}
    - Input: joydev - prevent use of not validated data in JSIOCSBTNMAP ioctl (Alexander Larkin)  [Orabug:
    33114988]  {CVE-2021-3612}
    - KVM: nSVM: always intercept VMLOAD/VMSAVE when nested (Maxim Levitsky)  [Orabug: 33234941]     {CVE-2021-3656} {CVE-2021-3656}
    - KVM: nSVM: avoid picking up unsupported bits from L2 in int_ctl (Maxim Levitsky)  [Orabug: 33234967]     {CVE-2021-3653} {CVE-2021-3653}
    - can: bcm: delay release of struct bcm_op after synchronize_rcu() (Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo)     [Orabug: 33114648]  {CVE-2021-3609}
    - can: bcm: fix infoleak in struct bcm_msg_head (Norbert Slusarek)  [Orabug: 33030700]  {CVE-2021-34693}
    - mac80211: extend protection against mixed key and fragment cache attacks (Wen Gong)   {CVE-2020-24586}     {CVE-2020-24587}
    - mac80211: drop A-MSDUs on old ciphers (Johannes Berg)   {CVE-2020-24588}
    - cfg80211: mitigate A-MSDU aggregation attacks (Mathy Vanhoef)   {CVE-2020-24588}
    - mac80211: prevent mixed key and fragment cache attacks (Mathy Vanhoef)   {CVE-2020-24587}     {CVE-2020-24586}
    - mac80211: assure all fragments are encrypted (Mathy Vanhoef)   {CVE-2020-26147}

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 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9452)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180928

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Version 1.3 Nov 2, 2024, 5:10 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 8.7) Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202411020510
Version 1.2 Oct 24, 2024, 7:46 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 threat vector" set to "CVSS:4.0/E:P") Plugin Feed: 202410240746
Version 1.1 Oct 23, 2024, 5:25 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 8.7) CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 vector" set to "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L") CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C") CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202410230525
Version 1.0 Sep 7, 2023, 9:48 PM New Plugin Feed: 202309072148