The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-7423 advisory.

    - debug: lock down kgdb [Orabug: 34270798] {CVE-2022-21499}
    - net/sched: cls_u32: No longer copy tcf_result on update to avoid use-after-free (Davide Caratti)     [2228703] {CVE-2023-4128}
    - net/sched: cls_fw: No longer copy tcf_result on update to avoid use-after-free (Davide Caratti)     [2228703] {CVE-2023-4128}
    - net/sched: cls_route: No longer copy tcf_result on update to avoid use-after-free (Davide Caratti)     [2228703] {CVE-2023-4128}
    - Documentation/x86: Fix backwards on/off logic about YMM support (Waiman Long) [2229893] {CVE-2022-40982}
    - KVM: Add GDS_NO support to KVM (Waiman Long) [2229893] {CVE-2022-40982}
    - x86/speculation: Add Kconfig option for GDS (Waiman Long) [2229893] {CVE-2022-40982}
    - x86/speculation: Add force option to GDS mitigation (Waiman Long) [2229893] {CVE-2022-40982}
    - x86/speculation: Add Gather Data Sampling mitigation (Waiman Long) [2229893] {CVE-2022-40982}
    - net/sched: sch_qfq: account for stab overhead in qfq_enqueue (Davide Caratti) [2225555] {CVE-2023-3611}
    - net/sched: cls_fw: Fix improper refcount update leads to use-after-free (Davide Caratti) [2225639]     {CVE-2023-3776}

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 : kernel (ELSA-2023-7423)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 186184

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

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Version 1.0

Version 1.3 Oct 23, 2024, 7:37 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 threat vector" set to "CVSS:4.0/E:P") Plugin Feed: 202410230737
Version 1.2 Oct 22, 2024, 6:42 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 9.3) 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: 202410221842
Version 1.1 Dec 15, 2023, 2:39 PM CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2023-3776" to "CVE-2023-4208") Plugin Feed: 202312151439
Version 1.0 Nov 23, 2023, 12:21 AM New Plugin Feed: 202311230021