The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:5249 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: Small table perturb size in the TCP source port generation algorithm can lead to information     leak (CVE-2022-1012)

    * kernel: race condition in perf_event_open leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2022-1729)

    * kernel: a use-after-free write in the netfilter subsystem can lead to privilege escalation to root     (CVE-2022-1966)

    * kernel: buffer overflow in IPsec ESP transformation code (CVE-2022-27666)

    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.

    Bug Fix(es):

    * make SHA512_arch algos and CRYPTO_USER built-ins (BZ#2072643)

    * SR-IOV performance > 50% degradation (BZ#2074830)

    * fix data corruption caused by dm-integrity (BZ#2082187)

    * SCTP client-side peeloff issues [rhel-9] (BZ#2084044)

    * TCP connection fails in a asymmetric routing situation (BZ#2085480)

    * Fails to boot Multiple RT VMs each with multiple vCPUs (BZ#2086963)

    * spec: Fix separate tools build (BZ#2090852)

    * call traces related to eeh_pseries observed and vmcore is not captured, when kdump is triggered     (BZ#2092255)

    * Mark ThunderX NIC driver as unmaintained (BZ#2092638)

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-2022:5249)

high Nessus Plugin ID 162652

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Version 1.15 Sep 12, 2025, 4:43 PM Exploit attributes ("Exploit framework canvas" set to "True") Exploit attributes ("Exploited by malware" set to "True") Plugin Feed: 202509121643
Version 1.13 Sep 9, 2025, 10:53 PM Detection Plugin Feed: 202509092253
Version 1.12 Jan 16, 2024, 5:39 PM CVE (Removed rejected CVE) Plugin Feed: 202401161739
Version 1.11 May 25, 2023, 3:03 PM Logic Changes (Added support for ppc64le architecture) Plugin Feed: 202305251503
Version 1.11 Jan 16, 2024, 3:43 PM CVE (Removed rejected CVE) Plugin Feed: 202401161543
Version 1.10 Feb 3, 2023, 4:48 AM Logic Changes (Added support for repository relative URLs) Plugin Feed: 202302030448
Version 1.9 Oct 3, 2022, 3:58 PM CVSS metrics Exploit attributes Plugin Feed: 202210031558