The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:8107 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: ovl: fix use after free in struct ovl_aio_req (CVE-2023-1252)

    * kernel: udp: do not accept non-tunnel GSO skbs landing in a tunnel (CVE-2024-35884)

    * kernel: watchdog: Fix possible use-after-free by calling del_timer_sync() (CVE-2021-47321)

    * kernel: mlxsw: spectrum: Protect driver from buggy firmware (CVE-2021-47560)

    * kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix off by one in qla_edif_app_getstats() (CVE-2024-36025)

    * kernel: scsi: lpfc: Move NPIV's transport unregistration to after resource clean up (CVE-2024-36952)

    * kernel: net: openvswitch: fix overwriting ct original tuple for ICMPv6 (CVE-2024-38558)

    * kernel: md/raid5: fix deadlock that raid5d() wait for itself to clear MD_SB_CHANGE_PENDING     (CVE-2024-39476)

    * kernel: ext4: fix uninitialized ratelimit_state->lock access in __ext4_fill_super() (CVE-2024-40998)

    * kernel: net/sched: Fix UAF when resolving a clash (CVE-2024-41040)

    * kernel: tipc: Return non-zero value from tipc_udp_addr2str() on error (CVE-2024-42284)

    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-2024:8107)

high Nessus Plugin ID 209018

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Version 1.2 Mar 7, 2025, 2:51 AM CVE (set "CVE" coverage to "CVE-2021-47321,CVE-2021-47560,CVE-2023-1252,CVE-2024-35884,CVE-2024-36025,CVE-2024-36924,CVE-2024-36952,CVE-2024-38558,CVE-2024-39476,CVE-2024-40998,CVE-2024-41040,CVE-2024-42284") CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202503070251
Version 1.1 Oct 15, 2024, 10:08 AM New Plugin Feed: 202410151008