The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-3138 advisory.

    - x86/sev: Harden #VC instruction emulation somewhat (Vitaly Kuznetsov) [RHEL-30040] {CVE-2024-25743     CVE-2024-25742}
    - mm/sparsemem: fix race in accessing memory_section->usage (Waiman Long) [RHEL-28875 RHEL-28876]     {CVE-2023-52489}
    - mm: use __pfn_to_section() instead of open coding it (Waiman Long) [RHEL-28875] {CVE-2023-52489}
    - fs,hugetlb: fix NULL pointer dereference in hugetlbs_fill_super (Audra Mitchell) [RHEL-20614]     {CVE-2024-0841}
    - sched/membarrier: reduce the ability to hammer on sys_membarrier (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-23430]     {CVE-2024-26602}
    - smb: client: fix OOB in receive_encrypted_standard() (Scott Mayhew) [RHEL-21685] {CVE-2024-0565}
    - gfs2: Fix kernel NULL pointer dereference in gfs2_rgrp_dump (Andrew Price) [RHEL-26501] {CVE-2023-52448}
    - smb: client: fix parsing of SMB3.1.1 POSIX create context (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-26241]     {CVE-2023-52434}
    - smb: client: fix potential OOBs in smb2_parse_contexts() (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-26241] {CVE-2023-52434}
    - ext4: fix kernel BUG in 'ext4_write_inline_data_end()' (Carlos Maiolino) [RHEL-23386] {CVE-2021-33631}
    - netfilter: nf_tables: reject QUEUE/DROP verdict parameters (Florian Westphal) [RHEL-23506]     {CVE-2024-1086}
    - Bluetooth: Add more enc key size check (David Marlin) [RHEL-19666] {CVE-2023-24023}
    - Bluetooth: Normalize HCI_OP_READ_ENC_KEY_SIZE cmdcmplt (David Marlin) [RHEL-19666] {CVE-2023-24023}
    - drm/amdgpu: Fix potential fence use-after-free v2 (Michel Danzer) [RHEL-22504] {CVE-2023-51042}
    - serial: core: return early on unsupported ioctls (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - lib/hexdump: make print_hex_dump_bytes() a nop on !DEBUG builds (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix race condition in status line change on dead connections (Wander Lairson Costa)     [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - Revert 'tty: n_gsm: fix UAF in gsm_cleanup_mux' (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix the UAF caused by race condition in gsm_cleanup_mux (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix UAF in gsm_cleanup_mux (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: add parameter negotiation support (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: add parameters used with parameter negotiation (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: introduce macro for minimal unit size (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: name the debug bits (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: introduce gsm_control_command() function (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: replace use of gsm_read_ea() with gsm_read_ea_val() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: name gsm tty device minors (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: initialize more members at gsm_alloc_mux() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: add sanity check for gsm->receive in gsm_receive_buf() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix flow control handling in tx path (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix resource allocation order in gsm_activate_mux() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix deadlock and link starvation in outgoing data path (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix race condition in gsmld_write() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix non flow control frames during mux flow off (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix missing timer to handle stalled links (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix wrong queuing behavior in gsm_dlci_data_output() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix tty registration before control channel open (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix user open not possible at responder until initiator open (Wander Lairson Costa)     [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: Debug output allocation must use GFP_ATOMIC (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: Fix packet data hex dump output (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix buffer over-read in gsm_dlci_data() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix sometimes uninitialized warning in gsm_dlci_modem_output() (Wander Lairson Costa)     [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix software flow control handling (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix invalid use of MSC in advanced option (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix broken virtual tty handling (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix missing update of modem controls after DLCI open (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix reset fifo race condition (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix missing tty wakeup in convergence layer type 2 (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix wrong signal octets encoding in MSC (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix wrong command frame length field encoding (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix wrong command retry handling (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix missing explicit ldisc flush (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix wrong DLCI release order (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix insufficient txframe size (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix frame reception handling (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix wrong signal octet encoding in convergence layer type 2 (Wander Lairson Costa)     [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix mux cleanup after unregister tty device (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix decoupled mux resource (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix restart handling via CLD command (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix deadlock in gsmtty_open() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix wrong modem processing in convergence layer type 2 (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix wrong tty control line for flow control (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix NULL pointer access due to DLCI release (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix encoding of command/response bit (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: fix SW flow control encoding/handling (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: remove tty parameter from mxser_receive_chars_new() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: don't throttle manually (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: make mxser_port::ldisc_stop_rx a bool (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: Don't ignore write return value in gsmld_output() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: clean up indenting in gsm_queue() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: Save dlci address open status when config requester (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: Modify gsmtty driver register method when config requester (Wander Lairson Costa)     [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: Delete gsmtty open SABM frame when config requester (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: Modify CR,PF bit printk info when config requester (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: Modify CR,PF bit when config requester (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: stop using alloc_tty_driver (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: don't store semi-state into tty drivers (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - hvsi: don't panic on tty_register_driver failure (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - amiserial: switch rs_table to a single state (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - amiserial: expand 'custom' (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - amiserial: use memset to zero serial_state (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - amiserial: remove serial_* strings (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: drop mxser_port::custom_divisor (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: drop mxser_port::baud_base (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: remove unused mxser_port::stop_rx (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: don't allocate MXSER_PORTS + 1 (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: remove cnt from mxser_receive_chars (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: remove MOXA_GETMSTATUS ioctl (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: remove MOXA_GETDATACOUNT ioctl (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: remove MOXA_CHKPORTENABLE ioctl (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: remove MOXA_ASPP_LSTATUS ioctl (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: remove MOXA_ASPP_MON and friends (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: remove MOXA_SET_BAUD_METHOD ioctl (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: remove MOXA_GET_MAJOR deprecated ioctl (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: drop unused MOXA_DIAGNOSE macro (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: drop UART_MCR_AFE and UART_LSR_SPECIAL defines (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: remove else from LSR bits checks (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: extract mxser_receive_chars_old (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: extract mxser_receive_chars_new (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: simplify mxser_interrupt and drop mxser_board::vector_mask (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: extract port ISR (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: cleanup LSR handling in mxser_receive_chars (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: remove nonsense from ISR (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: drop constant board::uart_type (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: introduce enum mxser_must_hwid (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: rename mxser_board::chip_flag to must_hwid (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: rename CheckIsMoxaMust to mxser_get_must_hwid (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: cleanup Gpci_uart_info struct (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: integrate mxser.h into .c (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: drop ISA support (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - n_gsm: use goto-failpaths in gsm_init (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: mxser: drop low-latency workaround (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: check error while registering tty devices (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: mxser: fix TIOCSSERIAL jiffies conversions (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm, remove duplicates of parameters (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: do not check tty_unregister_driver's return value (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: nozomi, remove init/exit messages (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty_port: drop last traces of low_latency (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: Demote obvious abuse of kernel-doc and supply other missing docss (Wander Lairson Costa)     [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm, eliminate indirection for gsm->{output,error}() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: Fix bogus i++ in gsm_data_kick (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: Remove unnecessary test in gsm_print_packet() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: Fix waking up upper tty layer when room available (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: Fix SOF skipping (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: Improve debug output (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - n_gsm: switch constipated to bool (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - n_gsm: switch throttled to bool (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - n_gsm: switch dead to bool (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - n_gsm: introduce enum gsm_dlci_mode (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - n_gsm: introduce enum gsm_dlci_state (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - n_gsm: drop unneeded gsm_dlci->fifo field (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: avoid recursive locking with async port hangup (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: add helpers to convert mux-num to/from tty-base (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - docs: serial: move it to the driver-api (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - docs: serial: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: Mark expected switch fall-throughs (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - n_gsm: Constify u8 and unsigned char usage (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty: n_gsm: Add copy_config() and gsm_config() to prepare for serdev (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955]     {CVE-2023-6546}
    - mxser: switch to ->[sg]et_serial() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - amiserial: switch to ->[sg]et_serial() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - tty/serial_core: add ISO7816 infrastructure (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
    - drm/vmwgfx: Fix possible null pointer derefence with invalid contexts (Jocelyn Falempe) [RHEL-3179]     {CVE-2022-38096}
    - atm: Fix Use-After-Free in do_vcc_ioctl (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-21179] {CVE-2023-51780}
    - Bluetooth: Fix double free in hci_conn_cleanup (David Marlin) [RHEL-2555] {CVE-2023-28464}
    - kobject: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in fill_kobj_path() (Waiman Long) [RHEL-20926] {CVE-2023-45863}
    - kobject: modify kobject_get_path() to take a const * (Waiman Long) [RHEL-20926] {CVE-2023-45863}
    - kobject: Remove docstring reference to kset (Waiman Long) [RHEL-20926] {CVE-2023-45863}
    - nvmet-tcp: Fix the H2C expected PDU len calculation (Maurizio Lombardi) [RHEL-19155 RHEL-19161     RHEL-19167] {CVE-2023-6536 CVE-2023-6535 CVE-2023-6356}
    - nvmet-tcp: remove boilerplate code (Maurizio Lombardi) [RHEL-19155 RHEL-19161 RHEL-19167] {CVE-2023-6536     CVE-2023-6535 CVE-2023-6356}
    - nvmet-tcp: fix a crash in nvmet_req_complete() (Maurizio Lombardi) [RHEL-19155 RHEL-19161 RHEL-19167]     {CVE-2023-6536 CVE-2023-6535 CVE-2023-6356}
    - nvmet-tcp: Fix a kernel panic when host sends an invalid H2C PDU length (Maurizio Lombardi) [RHEL-19155     RHEL-19161 RHEL-19167] {CVE-2023-6536 CVE-2023-6535 CVE-2023-6356}
    - ipv6: Remove extra counter pull before gc (Davide Caratti) [RHEL-21457] {CVE-2023-52340}
    - ipv6: remove max_size check inline with ipv4 (Davide Caratti) [RHEL-21457] {CVE-2023-52340}
    - net/dst: use a smaller percpu_counter batch for dst entries accounting (Davide Caratti) [RHEL-21457]     {CVE-2023-52340}
    - net: add a route cache full diagnostic message (Davide Caratti) [RHEL-21457] {CVE-2023-52340}
    - xfs: kill the XFS_IOC_{ALLOC,FREE}SP* ioctls (Andrey Albershteyn) [RHEL-8464] {CVE-2021-4155}
    - ida: Fix crash in ida_free when the bitmap is empty (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19681] {CVE-2023-6915}
    - net: tls, update curr on splice as well (Sabrina Dubroca) [RHEL-19065] {CVE-2024-0646}
    - smb: client: fix OOB in smbCalcSize() (Scott Mayhew) [RHEL-18990] {CVE-2023-6606}
    - smb: client: fix potential OOB in smb2_dump_detail() (Scott Mayhew) [RHEL-19144] {CVE-2023-6610}
    - smb: client: fix potential OOB in cifs_dump_detail() (Scott Mayhew) [RHEL-19144] {CVE-2023-6610}
    - mISDN: fix use-after-free bugs in l1oip timer handlers (Ricardo Robaina) [RHEL-2553 RHEL-2690]     {CVE-2022-3565}
    - netfilter: nf_tables: bail out on mismatching dynset and set expressions (Florian Westphal) [RHEL-19014]     {CVE-2023-6622}
    - netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: skip inactive elements during set walk (Florian Westphal) [RHEL-19721]     {CVE-2023-6817}
    - ipv4: igmp: fix refcnt uaf issue when receiving igmp query packet (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-19794]     {CVE-2023-6932}
    - perf: Fix perf_event_validate_size() (Michael Petlan) [RHEL-17968] {CVE-2023-6931}
    - Bluetooth: af_bluetooth: Fix Use-After-Free in bt_sock_recvmsg (Ricardo Robaina) [RHEL-20743]     {CVE-2023-51779}

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Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2024-3138)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 198038

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Version 1.4 Nov 2, 2024, 5:10 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202411020510
Version 1.3 Jun 10, 2024, 6:19 PM Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202406101819
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