The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:6997 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

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

    * kernel: net/sched: act_mirred: don't override retval if we already lost the skb (CVE-2024-26739)

    * kernel: ARM: 9359/1: flush: check if the folio is reserved for no-mapping addresses (CVE-2024-26947)

    * kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix command flush on cable pull (CVE-2024-26931)

    * kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix double free of the ha->vp_map pointer (CVE-2024-26930)

    * kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix double free of fcport (CVE-2024-26929)

    * kernel: fork: defer linking file vma until vma is fully initialized (CVE-2024-27022)

    * kernel: KVM: x86/mmu: x86: Don't overflow lpage_info when checking attributes (CVE-2024-26991)

    * kernel: bpf, sockmap: Prevent lock inversion deadlock in map delete elem (CVE-2024-35895)

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

    * kernel: gpiolib: cdev: Fix use after free in lineinfo_changed_notify (CVE-2024-36899)

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

    * kernel: ring-buffer: Fix a race between readers and resize checks (CVE-2024-38601)

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

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

    * kernel: wifi: nl80211: Avoid address calculations via out of bounds array indexing (CVE-2024-38562)

    * kernel: Input: cyapa - add missing input core locking to suspend/resume functions (CVE-2023-52884)

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

    * kernel: wifi: mac80211: Avoid address calculations via out of bounds array indexing (CVE-2024-41071)

    * kernel: wifi: mt76: replace skb_put with skb_put_zero (CVE-2024-42225)

    * 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-2024:6997)

high Nessus Plugin ID 207694

Version 1.7

Version 1.5

Version 1.4

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Version 1.1

Version 1.7 Mar 7, 2025, 1:27 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Reference Plugin Feed: 202503071327
Version 1.5 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 1.4 Nov 5, 2024, 9:32 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411052132
Version 1.3 Sep 27, 2024, 3:23 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Reference Plugin Feed: 202409270323
Version 1.2 Sep 26, 2024, 8:11 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Reference Plugin Feed: 202409260811
Version 1.1 Sep 24, 2024, 1:22 PM New Plugin Feed: 202409241322