The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:5622 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: net/sched: cls_u32 component reference counter leak if tcf_change_indev() fails (CVE-2023-3609)

    * kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in nf_tables when processing batch requests can lead to privilege     escalation (CVE-2023-32233)

    * kernel: nf_tables: stack-out-of-bounds-read in nft_byteorder_eval() (CVE-2023-35001)

    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):

    * Low memory deadlock with md devices and external (imsm) metadata handling (BZ#1703180)

    * cifs: memory leak in smb2_query_symlink (BZ#2166706)

    * bnxt_en: panic in bnxt_tx_int Redux (BZ#2175062)

    * NFS client loop in BIND_CONN_TO_SESSION (BZ#2219604)

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 7 : kernel (RHSA-2023:5622)

high Nessus Plugin ID 182824

Version 1.4