The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:1367 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

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

    * kernel: null-ptr-deref vulnerabilities in sl_tx_timeout in drivers/net/slip (CVE-2022-41858)

    * kernel: nfp: use-after-free in area_cache_get() (CVE-2022-3545)

    * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in can_rcv_filter (CVE-2023-2166)

    * kernel: Slab-out-of-bound read in compare_netdev_and_ip (CVE-2023-2176)

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

    * kernel: vmxnet3: NULL pointer dereference in vmxnet3_rq_cleanup() (CVE-2023-4459)

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

    * kernel: ktls overwrites readonly memory pages when using function splice with a ktls socket as     destination (CVE-2024-0646)

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

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

    Bug Fix(es):

    * kernel: out-of-bounds write in qfq_change_class function (JIRA:RHEL-12696)

    * kernel: vmxnet3: NULL pointer dereference in vmxnet3_rq_cleanup() (JIRA:RHEL-18194)

    * kernel: refcount leak in ctnetlink_create_conntrack() (JIRA:RHEL-20296)

    * kernel: inactive elements in nft_pipapo_walk (JIRA:RHEL-20695)

    * kernel: ktls overwrites readonly memory pages when using function splice with a ktls socket as     destination (JIRA:RHEL-22088)

    * kernel: null-ptr-deref vulnerabilities in sl_tx_timeout in drivers/net/slip (JIRA:RHEL-18580)

    * ipoib mcast lockup fix (JIRA:RHEL-19696)

    * dm multipath device suspend deadlocks waiting on a flush request (JIRA:RHEL-19108)

    * kernel: Slab-out-of-bound read in compare_netdev_and_ip (JIRA:RHEL-19325)

    * kernel: A flaw leading to a use-after-free in area_cache_get() (JIRA:RHEL-19449)

    * kernel: vmxgfx: NULL pointer dereference in vmw_cmd_dx_define_query (JIRA:RHEL-22763)

    * RHEL 8.5: Backport upstream memory cgroup commits up to v5.12 (JIRA:RHEL-9162)

    * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in can_rcv_filter (JIRA:RHEL-19459)

    * ceph: several cap and snap fixes (JIRA:RHEL-20906)

    * kernel NULL pointer at RIP: 0010:kyber_has_work+0x1c/0x60 (JIRA:RHEL-21782)

    * rbd: don't move requests to the running list on errors [8.x] (JIRA:RHEL-24201)

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-2024:1367)

high Nessus Plugin ID 192229

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Version 1.3 Nov 7, 2024, 5:29 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Reference Plugin Feed: 202411071729
Version 1.2 Jun 4, 2024, 3:18 AM Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202406040318
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