The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:1249 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * (CVE-2024-26602, ?)

    * kernel: use-after-free in l2cap_connect and l2cap_le_connect_req in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c     (CVE-2022-42896)

    * kernel: use-after-free in sch_qfq network scheduler (CVE-2023-4921)

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

    * kernel: fbcon: out-of-sync arrays in fbcon_mode_deleted due to wrong con2fb_map assignment     (CVE-2023-38409)

    * 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.

    Bug Fix(es):

    * [rhel-7] INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected: store+0x70/0xe0     kernfs_fop_write+0xe3/0x190 (BZ#2161654)

    * qedf: Reading /sys/kernel/debug/qedf/hostX/stop_io_on_error can cause panic (BZ#2224973)

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 7 : kernel (RHSA-2024:1249)

high Nessus Plugin ID 192963

Version 1.5

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Version 1.5 Nov 7, 2024, 8:25 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411072025
Version 1.4 Jun 4, 2024, 3:18 AM Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202406040318
Version 1.3 May 31, 2024, 1:01 AM CISA reference Plugin Feed: 202405310101
Version 1.2 Apr 28, 2024, 2:25 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202404281425
Version 1.1 Apr 9, 2024, 2:30 PM Exploit attributes ("Exploited by malware" set to "True") Plugin Feed: 202404091430
Version 1.0 Apr 8, 2024, 4:14 PM New Plugin Feed: 202404081614