The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:5692 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: smb: client: fix potential OOBs in smb2_parse_contexts() (CVE-2023-52434)

    * kernel: ipc/mqueue, msg, sem: avoid relying on a stack reference past its expiry (CVE-2021-47069)

    * kernel: net/sched: act_ct: fix skb leak and crash on ooo frags (CVE-2023-52610)

    * kernel: wifi: iwlwifi: dbg-tlv: ensure NUL termination (CVE-2024-35845)

    * kernel: mISDN: fix possible use-after-free in HFC_cleanup() (CVE-2021-47356)

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

    * kernel: isdn: mISDN: Fix sleeping function called from invalid context (CVE-2021-47468)

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

    * kernel: wifi: nl80211: don't free NULL coalescing rule (CVE-2024-36941)

    * kernel: tcp: Use refcount_inc_not_zero() in tcp_twsk_unique(). (CVE-2024-36904)

    * kernel: gfs2: Fix potential glock use-after-free on unmount (CVE-2024-38570)

    * kernel: KVM: x86: nSVM: fix potential NULL derefernce on nested migration (CVE-2022-48793)

    * kernel: perf: Fix list corruption in perf_cgroup_switch() (CVE-2022-48799)

    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 8 : kernel (RHSA-2024:5692)

high Nessus Plugin ID 206028

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.2 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 1.1 Aug 21, 2024, 5:00 PM New Plugin Feed: 202408211700