The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:0575 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: bpf: Incorrect verifier pruning leads to unsafe code paths being incorrectly marked as safe     (CVE-2023-2163)

    * kernel: net/sched: sch_qfq component can be exploited if in qfq_change_agg function happens qfq_enqueue     overhead (CVE-2023-3611)

    * kernel: tun: bugs for oversize packet when napi frags enabled in tun_napi_alloc_frags (CVE-2023-3812)

    * kernel: use after free in unix_stream_sendpage (CVE-2023-4622)

    * kernel: net/sched: sch_hfsc UAF (CVE-2023-4623)

    * kernel: use after free in nvmet_tcp_free_crypto in NVMe (CVE-2023-5178)

    * kernel: out-of-bounds write in qfq_change_class function (CVE-2023-31436)

    * kernel: IGB driver inadequate buffer size for frames larger than MTU (CVE-2023-45871)

    * kernel: Race Condition leading to UAF in Unix Socket could happen in sk_receive_queue (BZ#2230094)

    * kernel: speculative pointer dereference in do_prlimit() in kernel/sys.c (CVE-2023-0458)

    * kernel: HID: check empty report_list in hid_validate_values() (CVE-2023-1073)

    * kernel: hid: Use After Free in asus_remove() (CVE-2023-1079)

    * kernel: Possible use-after-free since the two fdget() during vhost_net_set_backend() (CVE-2023-1838)

    * kernel: UAF during login when accessing the shost ipaddress (CVE-2023-2162)

    * kernel: use after free in vcs_read in drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c due to race (CVE-2023-3567)

    * kernel: xfrm: NULL pointer dereference in xfrm_update_ae_params() (CVE-2023-3772)

    * kernel: smsusb: use-after-free caused by do_submit_urb() (CVE-2023-4132)

    * kernel: A heap out-of-bounds write (CVE-2023-5717)

    * kernel: denial of service in atm_tc_enqueue in net/sched/sch_atm.c due to type confusion     (CVE-2023-23455)

    * kernel: mpls: double free on sysctl allocation failure (CVE-2023-26545)

    * kernel: Denial of service issue in az6027 driver in drivers/media/usb/dev-usb/az6027.c (CVE-2023-28328)

    * kernel: net: qcom/emac: race condition leading to use-after-free in emac_remove() (CVE-2023-33203)

    * kernel: saa7134: race condition leading to use-after-free in saa7134_finidev() (CVE-2023-35823)

    * kernel: dm1105: race condition leading to use-after-free in dm1105_remove.c() (CVE-2023-35824)

    * kernel: r592: race condition leading to use-after-free in r592_remove() (CVE-2023-35825)

    * kernel: SEV-ES local priv escalation (CVE-2023-46813)

    * kernel: net/tls: tls_is_tx_ready() checked list_entry (CVE-2023-1075)

    * kernel: use-after-free bug in remove function xgene_hwmon_remove (CVE-2023-1855)

    * kernel: Use after free bug in r592_remove (CVE-2023-3141)

    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):

    * [RHEL 8.9] Proactively backport locking fixes from upstream (BZ#2235393)

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-2024:0575)

high Nessus Plugin ID 189813

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