The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4106 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: netfilter: nf_tables: use timestamp to check for set element timeout (CVE-2024-27397)

    * kernel: xen-netfront: Add missing skb_mark_for_recycle (CVE-2024-27393)

    * kernel: netfilter: nft_flow_offload: reset dst in route object after setting up flow (CVE-2024-27403)

    * kernel: smb: client: fix UAF in smb2_reconnect_server() (CVE-2024-35870)

    * kernel: net/mlx5: Properly link new fs rules into the tree (CVE-2024-35960)

    * kernel: net: ena: Fix incorrect descriptor free behavior (CVE-2024-35958)

    * kernel: net: hns3: do not allow call hns3_nic_net_open repeatedly (CVE-2021-47400)

    * kernel: octeontx2-af: avoid off-by-one read from userspace (CVE-2024-36957)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer 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-rt (RHSA-2024:4106)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 201022

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Version 1.3 Nov 8, 2024, 8:20 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Reference Plugin Feed: 202411080820
Version 1.2 Jul 3, 2024, 6:50 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 9.1) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H") CVSSv3 score source (set to "CVE-2024-35960") Plugin Feed: 202407030650
Version 1.1 Jun 26, 2024, 11:51 AM New Plugin Feed: 202406261151