The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:8856 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: net/bluetooth: race condition in conn_info_{min,max}_age_set() (CVE-2024-24857)

    * kernel: dmaengine: fix NULL pointer in channel unregistration function (CVE-2023-52492)

    * kernel: netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: Add protection for bmp length out of range (CVE-2024-26851)

    * kernel: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: do not free live element (CVE-2024-26924)

    * kernel: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: walk over current view on netlink dump (CVE-2024-27017)

    * kernel: KVM: Always flush async #PF workqueue when vCPU is being destroyed (CVE-2024-26976)

    * kernel: nouveau: lock the client object tree. (CVE-2024-27062)

    * kernel: netfilter: bridge: replace physindev with physinif in nf_bridge_info (CVE-2024-35839)

    * kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: Fix potential data-race in __nft_flowtable_type_get() (CVE-2024-35898)

    * kernel: dma-direct: Leak pages on dma_set_decrypted() failure (CVE-2024-35939)

    * kernel: net/mlx5e: Fix netif state handling (CVE-2024-38608)

    * kernel: r8169: Fix possible ring buffer corruption on fragmented Tx packets. (CVE-2024-38586)

    * kernel: of: module: add buffer overflow check in of_modalias() (CVE-2024-38541)

    * kernel: bnxt_re: avoid shift undefined behavior in bnxt_qplib_alloc_init_hwq (CVE-2024-38540)

    * kernel: netfilter: ipset: Fix race between namespace cleanup and gc in the list:set type     (CVE-2024-39503)

    * kernel: drm/i915/dpt: Make DPT object unshrinkable (CVE-2024-40924)

    * kernel: ipv6: prevent possible NULL deref in fib6_nh_init() (CVE-2024-40961)

    * kernel: tipc: force a dst refcount before doing decryption (CVE-2024-40983)

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

    * kernel: xprtrdma: fix pointer derefs in error cases of rpcrdma_ep_create (CVE-2022-48773)

    * kernel: bpf: Fix overrunning reservations in ringbuf (CVE-2024-41009)

    * kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: prefer nft_chain_validate (CVE-2024-41042)

    * kernel: ibmvnic: Add tx check to prevent skb leak (CVE-2024-41066)

    * kernel: drm/i915/gt: Fix potential UAF by revoke of fence registers (CVE-2024-41092)

    * kernel: drm/amdgpu: avoid using null object of framebuffer (CVE-2024-41093)

    * kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: fully validate NFT_DATA_VALUE on store to data registers (CVE-2024-42070)

    * kernel: gfs2: Fix NULL pointer dereference in gfs2_log_flush (CVE-2024-42079)

    * kernel: USB: serial: mos7840: fix crash on resume (CVE-2024-42244)

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

    * kernel: kobject_uevent: Fix OOB access within zap_modalias_env() (CVE-2024-42292)

    * kernel: dev/parport: fix the array out-of-bounds risk (CVE-2024-42301)

    * kernel: block: initialize integrity buffer to zero before writing it to media (CVE-2024-43854)

    * kernel: mlxsw: spectrum_acl_erp: Fix object nesting warning (CVE-2024-43880)

    * kernel: gso: do not skip outer ip header in case of ipip and net_failover (CVE-2022-48936)

    * kernel: padata: Fix possible divide-by-0 panic in padata_mt_helper() (CVE-2024-43889)

    * kernel: memcg: protect concurrent access to mem_cgroup_idr (CVE-2024-43892)

    * kernel: sctp: Fix null-ptr-deref in reuseport_add_sock(). (CVE-2024-44935)

    * kernel: bonding: fix xfrm real_dev null pointer dereference (CVE-2024-44989)

    * kernel: bonding: fix null pointer deref in bond_ipsec_offload_ok (CVE-2024-44990)

    * kernel: netfilter: flowtable: initialise extack before use (CVE-2024-45018)

    * kernel: ELF: fix kernel.randomize_va_space double read (CVE-2024-46826)

    * kernel: lib/generic-radix-tree.c: Fix rare race in __genradix_ptr_alloc() (CVE-2024-47668)

    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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