The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4211 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: Bluetooth BR/EDR PIN Pairing procedure is vulnerable to an impersonation attack (CVE-2020-26555)

    * kernel: TCP-spoofed ghost ACKs and leak leak initial sequence number (CVE-2023-52881,RHV-2024-1001)

    * kernel: ovl: fix leaked entry (CVE-2021-46972)

    * kernel: platform/x86: dell-smbios-wmi: Fix oops on rmmod dell_smbios (CVE-2021-47073)

    * kernel: gro: fix ownership transfer (CVE-2024-35890)

    * kernel: tls: (CVE-2024-26584, CVE-2024-26583, CVE-2024-26585)

    * kernel: wifi: (CVE-2024-35789, CVE-2024-27410, CVE-2024-35838, CVE-2024-35845)

    * kernel: mlxsw: (CVE-2024-35855, CVE-2024-35854, CVE-2024-35853, CVE-2024-35852, CVE-2024-36007)

    * kernel: PCI interrupt mapping cause oops [rhel-8] (CVE-2021-46909)

    * kernel: ipc/mqueue, msg, sem: avoid relying on a stack reference past its expiry (CVE-2021-47069)

    * kernel: hwrng: core - Fix page fault dead lock on mmap-ed hwrng [rhel-8] (CVE-2023-52615)

    * kernel: net/mlx5e: (CVE-2023-52626, CVE-2024-35835, CVE-2023-52667, CVE-2024-35959)

    * kernel: drm/amdgpu: use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2024-26656)

    * kernel: Bluetooth: Avoid potential use-after-free in hci_error_reset [rhel-8] (CVE-2024-26801)

    * kernel: Squashfs: check the inode number is not the invalid value of zero (CVE-2024-26982)

    * kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: use timestamp to check for set element timeout [rhel-8.10]     (CVE-2024-27397)

    * kernel: mm/damon/vaddr-test: memory leak in damon_do_test_apply_three_regions() (CVE-2023-52560)

    * kernel: ppp_async: limit MRU to 64K (CVE-2024-26675)

    * kernel: x86/mm/swap: (CVE-2024-26759, CVE-2024-26906)

    * kernel: tipc: fix kernel warning when sending SYN message [rhel-8] (CVE-2023-52700)

    * kernel: RDMA/mlx5: Fix fortify source warning while accessing Eth segment (CVE-2024-26907)

    * kernel: erspan: make sure erspan_base_hdr is present in skb->head (CVE-2024-35888)

    * kernel: powerpc/imc-pmu/powernv: (CVE-2023-52675, CVE-2023-52686)

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

    * kernel: EDAC/thunderx: Incorrect buffer size in drivers/edac/thunderx_edac.c (CVE-2023-52464)

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

    * kernel: mptcp: fix data re-injection from stale subflow (CVE-2024-26826)

    * kernel: crypto: (CVE-2024-26974, CVE-2023-52669, CVE-2023-52813)

    * kernel: net/mlx5/bnx2x/usb: (CVE-2024-35960, CVE-2024-35958, CVE-2021-47310, CVE-2024-26804,     CVE-2021-47311, CVE-2024-26859, CVE-2021-47236, CVE-2023-52703)

    * kernel: i40e: Do not use WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag for workqueue (CVE-2024-36004)

    * kernel: perf/core: Bail out early if the request AUX area is out of bound (CVE-2023-52835)

    * kernel: USB/usbnet: (CVE-2023-52781, CVE-2023-52877, CVE-2021-47495)

    * kernel: can: (CVE-2023-52878, CVE-2021-47456)

    * kernel: mISDN: fix possible use-after-free in HFC_cleanup() (CVE-2021-47356)

    * kernel: udf: Fix NULL pointer dereference in udf_symlink function (CVE-2021-47353)

    Bug Fix(es):

    * Kernel panic - kernel BUG at mm/slub.c:376! (JIRA:RHEL-29783)

    * Temporary values in FIPS integrity test should be zeroized [rhel-8.10.z] (JIRA:RHEL-35361)

    * RHEL8.6 - kernel: s390/cpum_cf: make crypto counters upward compatible (JIRA:RHEL-36048)

    * [RHEL8] blktests block/024 failed (JIRA:RHEL-8130)

    * RHEL8.9: EEH injections results  Error:  Power fault on Port 0 and other call     traces(Everest/1050/Shiner) (JIRA:RHEL-14195)

    * Latency spikes with Matrox G200 graphic cards (JIRA:RHEL-36172)

    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.

Detections

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RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2024:4211)

high Nessus Plugin ID 201233

Version 1.4

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.4 Nov 7, 2024, 5:29 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: 202411071729
Version 1.3 Nov 5, 2024, 6:29 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411051829
Version 1.2 Jul 8, 2024, 6:18 AM Plugin metadata Reference Plugin Feed: 202407080618
Version 1.1 Jul 2, 2024, 12:53 PM New Plugin Feed: 202407021253