The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3619 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: ipv6: sr: fix possible use-after-free and null-ptr-deref (CVE-2024-26735)

    * kernel: fs: sysfs: Fix reference leak in sysfs_break_active_protection() (CVE-2024-26993)

    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-2024:3619)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 200105

Version 1.4

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.4 Jan 1, 2025, 7:11 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 4.6) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C") CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2024-26993, severity increased from "Low" to "Medium") CVSSv3 score source (changed from "CVE-2024-26735" to none) Plugin Feed: 202501010711
Version 1.2 Nov 1, 2024, 3:44 PM CVSSv3 score source (set to "CVE-2024-26735") Plugin Feed: 202411011544
Version 1.1 Jun 5, 2024, 8:37 AM New Plugin Feed: 202406050837