The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4928 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: block: null pointer dereference in ioctl.c when length and logical block size are misaligned     (CVE-2023-52458)

    * kernel: ext4: avoid allocating blocks from corrupted group in ext4_mb_try_best_found() (CVE-2024-26773)

    * kernel: bpf: Fix racing between bpf_timer_cancel_and_free and bpf_timer_cancel (CVE-2024-26737)

    * kernel: dm: call the resume method on internal suspend (CVE-2024-26880)

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

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

    * kernel: nfp: flower: handle acti_netdevs allocation failure (CVE-2024-27046)

    * kernel: octeontx2-af: Use separate handlers for interrupts (CVE-2024-27030)

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

    * kernel: mlxbf_gige: call request_irq() after NAPI initialized (CVE-2024-35907)

    * kernel: mlxbf_gige: stop interface during shutdown (CVE-2024-35885)

    * kernel: scsi: libfc: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in fc_lport_ptp_setup() (CVE-2023-52809)

    * kernel: can: j1939: j1939_netdev_start(): fix UAF for rx_kref of j1939_priv (CVE-2021-47459)

    * kernel: scsi: lpfc: Release hbalock before calling lpfc_worker_wake_up() (CVE-2024-36924)

    * kernel: scsi: lpfc: Move NPIV's transport unregistration to after resource clean up (CVE-2024-36952)

    * kernel: net: amd-xgbe: Fix skb data length underflow (CVE-2022-48743)

    * kernel: epoll: be better about file lifetimes (CVE-2024-38580)

    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-2024:4928)

high Nessus Plugin ID 204861

Version 1.5

Version 1.4

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Version 1.1

Version 1.5 Jan 15, 2025, 7:16 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-2024-27030" to "CVE-2021-47459") CVSSv3 severity (based on None, severity increased from "Medium" to "High") Plugin Feed: 202501150716
Version 1.4 Dec 31, 2024, 10:17 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 6.3) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 5.5) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C") CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2023-52809" to "CVE-2024-27030") Plugin Feed: 202412311017
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 Plugin Feed: 202411072025
Version 1.2 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") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411051829
Version 1.1 Jul 31, 2024, 9:53 AM New Plugin Feed: 202407310953