The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:5065 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: drm: Don't unref the same fb many times by mistake due to deadlock handling (CVE-2023-52486)

    * kernel: tcp: add sanity checks to rx zerocopy (CVE-2024-26640)

    * kernel: vfio/pci: Lock external INTx masking ops (CVE-2024-26810)

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

    * kernel: NFSv4.2: fix nfs4_listxattr kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:102 (CVE-2024-26870)

    * kernel: mac802154: fix llsec key resources release in mac802154_llsec_key_del (CVE-2024-26961)

    * kernel: wifi: mac80211: check/clear fast rx for non-4addr sta VLAN changes (CVE-2024-35789)

    * kernel: mm/hugetlb: fix missing hugetlb_lock for resv uncharge (CVE-2024-36000)

    * kernel: hwmon: (mlxreg-fan) Return non-zero value when fan current state is enforced from sysfs     (CVE-2021-47393)

    * kernel: net/mlx5: Discard command completions in internal error (CVE-2024-38555)

    * kernel: ipvlan: Dont Use skb->sk in ipvlan_process_v{4,6}_outbound (CVE-2024-33621)

    * kernel: tls: fix missing memory barrier in tls_init (CVE-2024-36489)

    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 8 : kernel (RHSA-2024:5065)

high Nessus Plugin ID 205114

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 Aug 28, 2024, 7:43 PM 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-2024-35789" to "CVE-2024-38555") CVSSv3 score source (changed from "CVE-2024-36489" to none) CVSSv3 severity (based on None, severity increased from "Medium" to "High") Plugin Feed: 202408281943
Version 1.1 Aug 7, 2024, 9:35 AM New Plugin Feed: 202408070935