The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:0461 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

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

    * kernel: use after free in unix_stream_sendpage (CVE-2023-4622)

    * kernel: net/sched: sch_hfsc UAF (CVE-2023-4623)

    * kernel: use after free in nvmet_tcp_free_crypto in NVMe (CVE-2023-5178)

    * kernel: vmwgfx: reference count issue leads to use-after-free in surface handling (CVE-2023-5633)

    * kernel: netfilter: potential slab-out-of-bound access due to integer underflow (CVE-2023-42753)

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

    * kernel: vmwgfx: integer overflow in vmwgfx_execbuf.c (CVE-2022-36402)

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

    * 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: use-after-free in netfilter: nf_tables (CVE-2023-3777)

    * kernel: use after free in nft_immediate_deactivate (CVE-2023-4015)

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

    * kernel: use-after-free in l2cap_sock_release in net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c (CVE-2023-40283)

    * kernel: SEV-ES local priv escalation (CVE-2023-46813)

    * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in dpll_pin_parent_pin_set() in drivers/dpll/dpll_netlink.c     (CVE-2023-6679)

    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-2024:0461)

high Nessus Plugin ID 194405

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.3 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") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411072025
Version 1.2 Jun 19, 2024, 9:24 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 9.0) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 8.8) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H") Plugin Feed: 202406190924
Version 1.1 Jun 4, 2024, 7:00 PM Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202406041900