The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:6744 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: Bluetooth: af_bluetooth: Fix deadlock (CVE-2024-26886)

    * kernel: crypto: qat - resolve race condition during AER recovery (CVE-2024-26974)

    * kernel: tty: n_gsm: require CAP_NET_ADMIN to attach N_GSM0710 ldisc (CVE-2023-52880)

    * kernel: cpufreq: exit() callback is optional (CVE-2024-38615)

    * kernel: cppc_cpufreq: Fix possible null pointer dereference (CVE-2024-38573)

    * kernel: scsi: qedf: Ensure the copied buf is NUL terminated (CVE-2024-38559)

    * kernel: ACPICA: Revert ACPICA: avoid Info: mapping multiple BARs. Your kernel is fine.
    (CVE-2024-40984)

    * kernel: sched/deadline: Fix task_struct reference leak (CVE-2024-41023)

    * kernel: mm/filemap: skip to create PMD-sized page cache if needed (CVE-2024-41031)

    * kernel: mm/shmem: disable PMD-sized page cache if needed (CVE-2024-42241)

    * kernel: mm/filemap: make MAX_PAGECACHE_ORDER acceptable to xarray (CVE-2024-42243)

    * kernel: net, sunrpc: Remap EPERM in case of connection failure in xs_tcp_setup_socket (CVE-2024-42246)

    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-2024:6744)

high Nessus Plugin ID 207377

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.3 Dec 31, 2024, 10:17 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 6.0) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 7.0) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H") CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2024-42246" to "CVE-2024-26974") CVSSv3 severity (based on None, severity increased from "Medium" to "High") Plugin Feed: 202412311017
Version 1.2 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 1.1 Sep 18, 2024, 10:58 AM New Plugin Feed: 202409181058