The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:10772 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: x86/mm: Randomize per-cpu entry area (CVE-2023-0597)

    * kernel: TCP-spoofed ghost ACKs and leak leak initial sequence number (CVE-2023-52881,RHV-2024-1001)

    * kernel: pstore/ram: Fix crash when setting number of cpus to an odd number (CVE-2023-52619)

    * kernel: nouveau: fix instmem race condition around ptr stores (CVE-2024-26984)

    * kernel: Bluetooth: l2cap: fix null-ptr-deref in l2cap_chan_timeout (CVE-2024-27399)

    * kernel: spi: Fix null dereference on suspend (CVE-2023-52749)

    * kernel: scsi: mpi3mr: Avoid memcpy field-spanning write WARNING (CVE-2024-36920)

    * kernel: tcp: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in dctcp_update_alpha(). (CVE-2024-37356)

    * kernel: drm/radeon: fix UBSAN warning in kv_dpm.c (CVE-2024-40988)

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

    * kernel: xfs: add bounds checking to xlog_recover_process_data (CVE-2024-41014)

    * kernel: udp: Set SOCK_RCU_FREE earlier in udp_lib_get_port() (CVE-2024-41041)

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

    * kernel: tcp_metrics: validate source addr length (CVE-2024-42154)

    * kernel: x86/bhi: Avoid warning in #DB handler due to BHI mitigation (CVE-2024-42240)

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

    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-2024:10772)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 212048

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.2 Mar 12, 2025, 4:08 AM CVE (set "CVE" coverage to "CVE-2023-0597,CVE-2023-52619,CVE-2023-52749,CVE-2023-52881,CVE-2024-26984,CVE-2024-27399,CVE-2024-36920,CVE-2024-36928,CVE-2024-37356,CVE-2024-40988,CVE-2024-41009,CVE-2024-41014,CVE-2024-41041,CVE-2024-41093,CVE-2024-42154,CVE-2024-42240,CVE-2024-43854") 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: 202503120408
Version 1.1 Dec 4, 2024, 3:28 PM New Plugin Feed: 202412041528