The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:1188 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: out-of-bounds write in hw_atl_utils_fw_rpc_wait() in     drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/hw_atl/hw_atl_utils.c (CVE-2021-43975)

    * kernel: memory leak in drivers/hid/hid-elo.c (CVE-2022-27950)

    * kernel: use-after-free in tc_new_tfilter() in net/sched/cls_api.c (CVE-2022-1055)

    * kernel: use-after-free when psi trigger is destroyed while being polled (CVE-2022-2938)

    * kernel: u8 overflow problem in cfg80211_update_notlisted_nontrans() (CVE-2022-41674)

    * kernel: use-after-free in bss_ref_get in net/wireless/scan.c (CVE-2022-42720)

    * kernel: BSS list corruption in cfg80211_add_nontrans_list in net/wireless/scan.c (CVE-2022-42721)

    * kernel: Denial of service in beacon protection for P2P-device (CVE-2022-42722)

    * kernel: KVM: x86/mmu: race condition in direct_page_fault() (CVE-2022-45869)

    * kernel: x86/mm: Randomize per-cpu entry area (CVE-2023-0597)

    * kernel: Out-Of-Bounds Read vulnerability in smbCalcSize (CVE-2023-6606)

    * kernel: refcount leak in ctnetlink_create_conntrack() (CVE-2023-7192)

    * kernel: CIFS Filesystem Decryption Improper Input Validation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in     function receive_encrypted_standard of client (CVE-2024-0565)

    * 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)

    Bug Fix(es):

    * kernel: u8 overflow problem in cfg80211_update_notlisted_nontrans() (JIRA:RHEL-18732)

    * kernel: use-after-free in bss_ref_get in net/wireless/scan.c (JIRA:RHEL-18733)

    * kernel: BSS list corruption in cfg80211_add_nontrans_list in net/wireless/scan.c (JIRA:RHEL-18734)

    * kernel: Denial of service in beacon protection for P2P-device (JIRA:RHEL-18735)

    * kernel: x86/mm: Randomize per-cpu entry area (JIRA:RHEL-18817)

    * kernel: KVM: x86/mmu: race condition in direct_page_fault() (JIRA:RHEL-18829)

    * kernel: refcount leak in ctnetlink_create_conntrack() (JIRA:RHEL-20297)

    * kernel: use-after-free in tc_new_tfilter() in net/sched/cls_api.c (JIRA:RHEL-20363)

    * kernel: Out-Of-Bounds Read vulnerability in smbCalcSize (JIRA:RHEL-21660)

    * kernel: CIFS Filesystem Decryption Improper Input Validation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in     function receive_encrypted_standard of client (JIRA:RHEL-22075)

    * kernel: use-after-free during a race condition between a nonblocking atomic commit and a driver unload     in drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c (JIRA:RHEL-23475)

    * kernel: memory leak in drivers/hid/hid-elo.c (JIRA:RHEL-18557)

    * kernel: out-of-bounds write in hw_atl_utils_fw_rpc_wait() in     drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/hw_atl/hw_atl_utils.c (JIRA:RHEL-18798)

    * kernel: use-after-free when psi trigger is destroyed while being polled (JIRA:RHEL-21919)

    * [RHVH] Migration hangs between RHVH release bellow 4.5.1 and RHVH over or equal 4.5.2 release     (JIRA:RHEL-23061)

    * backport smartpqi: fix disable_managed_interrupts (JIRA:RHEL-26137)

    Enhancement(s):

    * [MCHP 8.7 FEAT] Update smartpqi driver to latest upstream Second Set of Patches (JIRA:RHEL-21592)

    * [IBM 8.10 FEAT] Upgrade the qeth driver to latest from upstream, e.g. kernel 6.4 (JIRA:RHEL-25809)

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-2024:1188)

high Nessus Plugin ID 191650

Version 1.4

Version 1.3

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Version 1.0

Version 1.4 Nov 7, 2024, 8:25 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 8.6) Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411072025
Version 1.3 Nov 5, 2024, 6:29 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 8.6) CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 threat vector" set to "CVSS:4.0/E:P") CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 vector" set to "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202411051829
Version 1.2 Jun 4, 2024, 3:18 AM Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202406040318
Version 1.0 Mar 7, 2024, 12:09 AM New Plugin Feed: 202403070009