The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3855 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: KVM: SVM: improper check in svm_set_x2apic_msr_interception allows direct access to host x2apic     msrs (CVE-2023-5090)

    * kernel: bluetooth: bt_sock_ioctl race condition leads to use-after-free in bt_sock_recvmsg     (CVE-2023-51779)

    * kernel: kvm: Avoid potential UAF in LPI translation cache (CVE-2024-26598)

    * kernel: KVM: s390: vsie: fix race during shadow creation (CVE-2023-52639)

    * kernel: net/mlx5e: fix a potential double-free in fs_any_create_groups (CVE-2023-52667)

    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-2024:3855)

high Nessus Plugin ID 200428

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.3 Nov 7, 2024, 11:28 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Reference Plugin Feed: 202411072328
Version 1.2 Jun 14, 2024, 2:32 PM IAVM reference STIG Severity (set to "I") Plugin Feed: 202406141432
Version 1.1 Jun 12, 2024, 10:17 AM New Plugin Feed: 202406121017