The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:1018 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: GSM multiplexing race condition leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2023-6546)

    * kernel: inactive elements in nft_pipapo_walk (CVE-2023-6817)

    * kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in nft_trans_gc_catchall_sync leads to privilege escalation     (CVE-2024-0193)

    * kernel: vmwgfx: NULL pointer dereference in vmw_cmd_dx_define_query (CVE-2022-38096)

    * kernel: Use-after-free in nft_verdict_dump due to a race between set GC and transaction (CVE-2023-4244)

    * kernel: Out of boundary write in perf_read_group() as result of overflow a perf_event's read_size     (CVE-2023-6931)

    * kernel: use-after-free in amdgpu_cs_wait_all_fences in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c     (CVE-2023-51042)

    * kernel: use-after-free during a race condition between a nonblocking atomic commit and a driver unload     in drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c (CVE-2023-51043)

    * kernel: nf_tables: use-after-free vulnerability in the nft_setelem_catchall_deactivate() function     (CVE-2024-1085)

    * kernel: nf_tables: use-after-free vulnerability in the nft_verdict_init() function (CVE-2024-1086)

    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.

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 (RHSA-2024:1018)

high Nessus Plugin ID 191090

Version 1.6

Version 1.5

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Version 1.6 Nov 7, 2024, 2:36 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411071436
Version 1.5 Jun 4, 2024, 3:18 AM Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202406040318
Version 1.4 May 31, 2024, 1:01 AM CISA reference Plugin Feed: 202405310101
Version 1.3 Apr 28, 2024, 2:25 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Reference Plugin Feed: 202404281425
Version 1.2 Apr 5, 2024, 1:58 PM CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C") CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C") Exploit attributes ("Exploited by malware" set to "True") Plugin Feed: 202404051358
Version 1.1 Feb 29, 2024, 4:12 PM Exploit attributes ("Exploit framework core" set to "True") Plugin Feed: 202402291612
Version 1.0 Feb 28, 2024, 8:55 PM New Plugin Feed: 202402282055