The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:2008 advisory.

    The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with     extremely high determinism requirements.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: use-after-free in smb2_is_status_io_timeout() (CVE-2023-1192)

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

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

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

    * kernel: mlxsw: spectrum_acl_tcam: Fix stack corruption (CVE-2024-26586)

    * kernel: netfilter: divide error in nft_limit_init (CVE-2021-46915)

    * kernel: sched/membarrier: reduce the ability to hammer on sys_membarrier (CVE-2024-26602)

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-rt (RHSA-2024:2008)

high Nessus Plugin ID 193786

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.3 Nov 8, 2024, 5:19 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411080519
Version 1.2 Jun 4, 2024, 3:18 AM Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202406040318
Version 1.1 Apr 29, 2024, 9:06 AM CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2024-26586" to "CVE-2023-3812") Plugin Feed: 202404290906
Version 1.0 Apr 24, 2024, 6:31 PM New Plugin Feed: 202404241831