The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:4801 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: ipvlan: out-of-bounds write caused by unclear skb->cb (CVE-2023-3090)

    * kernel: kernel info leak issue in pfkey_register (CVE-2022-1353)

    * kernel: unmap_mapping_range() race with munmap() on VM_PFNMAP mappings leads to stale TLB entry     (CVE-2022-39188)

    * kernel: speculative pointer dereference in do_prlimit() in kernel/sys.c (CVE-2023-0458)

    * kernel: tls: race condition in do_tls_getsockopt may lead to use-after-free or NULL pointer dereference     (CVE-2023-28466)

    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):

    * IOMMU/DMA updates for 9.1 (BZ#2192629)

    * rbd: avoid fast-diff corruption in snapshot-based mirroring (BZ#2216570)

    * Hyper-V RHEL-9: Fix VM crash/hang Issues due to fast VF add/remove events (BZ#2217067)

    * KVM: x86: fix sending PV IPI (BZ#2225337)

    * libceph: harden msgr2.1 frame segment length checks (BZ#2227071)

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-2023:4801)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 180239

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

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Version 1.0

Version 1.3 Nov 7, 2024, 5:29 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 9.3) CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 threat vector" set to "CVSS:4.0/E:P") CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 vector" set to "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411071729
Version 1.2 Apr 28, 2024, 2:25 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202404281425
Version 1.1 Jan 26, 2024, 11:18 PM CVE (set "CVE" coverage to "CVE-2022-1353,CVE-2022-39188,CVE-2023-0458,CVE-2023-3090,CVE-2023-44466,CVE-2023-28466") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 8.8. "CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H") CVSSv3 score source (changed from "CVE-2023-3090" to "CVE-2023-44466") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Reference Plugin Feed: 202401262318
Version 1.0 Aug 29, 2023, 8:04 PM New Plugin Feed: 202308292004
Version 1.0 Jan 26, 2024, 9:00 PM CVE (set "CVE" coverage to "CVE-2022-1353,CVE-2022-39188,CVE-2023-0458,CVE-2023-3090,CVE-2023-44466,CVE-2023-28466") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 8.8) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H") CVSSv3 score source (changed from "CVE-2023-3090" to "CVE-2023-44466") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Reference Plugin Feed: 202401262100