The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:5281 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

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

    * kernel: uio: Fix use-after-free in uio_open (CVE-2023-52439)

    * kernel: gfs2: Fix kernel NULL pointer dereference in gfs2_rgrp_dump (CVE-2023-52448)

    * kernel: bnxt: prevent skb UAF after handing over to PTP worker (CVE-2022-48637)

    * kernel: dmaengine/idxd: hardware erratum allows potential security problem with direct access by     untrusted application (CVE-2024-21823)

    * kernel: mlxsw: spectrum_acl_tcam: Fix memory leak when canceling rehash work (CVE-2024-35852)

    * kernel: hwmon: (w83792d) Fix NULL pointer dereference by removing unnecessary structure field     (CVE-2021-47385)

    * kernel: net: qcom/emac: fix UAF in emac_remove (CVE-2021-47311)

    * kernel: proc/vmcore: fix clearing user buffer by properly using clear_user() (CVE-2021-47566)

    * kernel: rtnetlink: Correct nested IFLA_VF_VLAN_LIST attribute validation (CVE-2024-36017)

    * kernel: net: CVE-2024-36971 kernel: UAF in network route management (CVE-2024-36971)

    * kernel: ionic: fix use after netif_napi_del() (CVE-2024-39502)

    * kernel: SUNRPC: Fix UAF in svc_tcp_listen_data_ready() (CVE-2023-52885)

    * kernel: NFSD: Fix the behavior of READ near OFFSET_MAX (CVE-2022-48827)

    * kernel: NFSD: Fix ia_size underflow (CVE-2022-48828)

    * kernel: NFSD: Fix NFSv3 SETATTR/CREATE's handling of large file sizes (CVE-2022-48829)

    * kernel: virtio-net: tap: mlx5_core short frame denial of service (CVE-2024-41090)

    * kernel: virtio-net: tun: mlx5_core short frame denial of service (CVE-2024-41091)

    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-2024:5281)

high Nessus Plugin ID 205468

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.2 Aug 26, 2024, 7:50 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202408261950
Version 1.1 Aug 14, 2024, 2:40 AM New Plugin Feed: 202408140240