The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4554 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: tls: race between tx work scheduling and socket close (CVE-2024-26585)

    * kernel: vt: fix memory overlapping when deleting chars in the buffer (CVE-2022-48627)

    * kernel: can: j1939: prevent deadlock by changing j1939_socks_lock to rwlock (CVE-2023-52638)

    * kernel: mm/writeback: fix possible divide-by-zero in wb_dirty_limits(), again (CVE-2024-26720)

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

    * kernel: mm/vmscan: fix a bug calling wakeup_kswapd() with a wrong zone index (CVE-2024-26783)

    * kernel: net/ipv6: avoid possible UAF in ip6_route_mpath_notify() (CVE-2024-26852)

    * kernel: TIPC message reassembly use-after-free remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2024-36886)

    * kernel: icmp: prevent possible NULL dereferences from icmp_build_probe() (CVE-2024-35857)

    * kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: Fix potential data-race in __nft_flowtable_type_get() (CVE-2024-35898)

    * kernel: ipv6: fix race condition between ipv6_get_ifaddr and ipv6_del_addr (CVE-2024-35969)

    * kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: honor table dormant flag from netdev release event path (CVE-2024-36005)

    * kernel: ethernet: hisilicon: hns: hns_dsaf_misc: fix a possible array overflow in     hns_dsaf_ge_srst_by_port() (CVE-2021-47548)

    * kernel: tty: n_gsm: fix possible out-of-bounds in gsm0_receive() (CVE-2024-36016)

    * kernel: net: hns3: fix use-after-free bug in hclgevf_send_mbx_msg (CVE-2021-47596)

    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-rt (RHSA-2024:4554)

high Nessus Plugin ID 202457

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.3 Nov 7, 2024, 8:25 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: 202411072025
Version 1.2 Aug 20, 2024, 9:39 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 6.8) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 7.8) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H") CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2024-26585" to "CVE-2021-47596") CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2021-47596, severity increased from "Low" to "Medium") CVSSv3 severity (based on None, severity increased from "Medium" to "High") Plugin Feed: 202408200939
Version 1.1 Jul 16, 2024, 7:46 AM New Plugin Feed: 202407160746