The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:5365 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: wifi: ath9k: delay all of ath9k_wmi_event_tasklet() until init is complete (CVE-2024-26897)

    * kernel: wifi: rtl8xxxu: add cancel_work_sync() for c2hcmd_work (CVE-2024-27052)

    * kernel: wifi: ath10k: fix NULL pointer dereference in ath10k_wmi_tlv_op_pull_mgmt_tx_compl_ev()     (CVE-2023-52651)

    * kernel: wifi: cfg80211: check A-MSDU format more carefully (CVE-2024-35937)

    * kernel: platform/x86: wmi: Fix opening of char device (CVE-2023-52864)

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

    * kernel: net/mlx5: Add a timeout to acquire the command queue semaphore (CVE-2024-38556)

    * kernel: stm class: Fix a double free in stm_register_device() (CVE-2024-38627)

    Bug Fix(es):

    * kernel-rt: update RT source tree to the latest RHEL-9.2 ad hoc schedule build (JIRA:RHEL-52875)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer 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-2024:5365)

high Nessus Plugin ID 205506

Version 1.4

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Version 1.4 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 Plugin Feed: 202411072328
Version 1.3 Sep 10, 2024, 7:53 AM CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2024-38555" to "CVE-2024-38627") Plugin Feed: 202409100753
Version 1.2 Aug 28, 2024, 7:43 PM CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2024-36971" to "CVE-2024-38555") Plugin Feed: 202408281943
Version 1.1 Aug 14, 2024, 3:39 PM New Plugin Feed: 202408141539