The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:0724 advisory.

  - kernel: use-after-free vulnerability in function sco_sock_sendmsg() (CVE-2021-3640)

  - kernel: improper input validation may lead to privilege escalation (CVE-2021-4204)

  - kernel: memory leak for large arguments in video_usercopy function in drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c     (CVE-2021-30002)

  - kernel: eBPF verification flaw (CVE-2021-34866)

  - kernel: smb2_ioctl_query_info NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2022-0168)

  - kernel: Linux ebpf logic vulnerability leads to critical memory read and write gaining root privileges     (CVE-2022-0500)

  - kernel: NULL pointer dereference in udf_expand_file_adinicbdue() during writeback (CVE-2022-0617)

  - kernel: possible race condition in drivers/tty/tty_buffers.c (CVE-2022-1462)

  - kernel: buffer overflow in nft_set_desc_concat_parse() (CVE-2022-2078)

  - kernel: nf_tables cross-table potential use-after-free may lead to local privilege escalation     (CVE-2022-2586)

  - kernel: netfilter: nf_conntrack_irc message handling issue (CVE-2022-2663)

  - kernel: memory leak in ipv6_renew_options() (CVE-2022-3524)

  - kernel: nfp: use-after-free in area_cache_get() (CVE-2022-3545)

  - kernel: data races around icsk->icsk_af_ops in do_ipv6_setsockopt (CVE-2022-3566)

  - kernel: Rate limit overflow messages in r8152 in intr_callback (CVE-2022-3594)

  - kernel: memory leak in l2cap_recv_acldata of the file net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-3619)

  - kernel: denial of service in follow_page_pte in mm/gup.c due to poisoned pte entry (CVE-2022-3623)

  - kernel: Double-free in split_2MB_gtt_entry when function intel_gvt_dma_map_guest_page failed     (CVE-2022-3707)

  - kernel: possible to use the debugger to write zero into a location of choice (CVE-2022-21499)

  - kernel: local privileges escalation in kernel/bpf/verifier.c (CVE-2022-23222)

  - kernel: nfs_atomic_open() returns uninitialized data instead of ENOTDIR (CVE-2022-24448)

  - kernel: Executable Space Protection Bypass (CVE-2022-25265)

  - kernel: double free in usb_8dev_start_xmit in drivers/net/can/usb/usb_8dev.c (CVE-2022-28388)

  - kernel: double free in ems_usb_start_xmit in drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c (CVE-2022-28390)

  - kernel: use after free in SUNRPC subsystem (CVE-2022-28893)

  - kernel: DoS in nfqnl_mangle in net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c (CVE-2022-36946)

  - kernel: TLB flush operations are mishandled in certain KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED leading to guest malfunctioning     (CVE-2022-39189)

  - kernel: memory leak in ttusb_dec_exit_dvb() in media/usb/ttusb-dec/ttusb_dec.c (CVE-2022-45887)

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

  - kernel: net/tls: tls_is_tx_ready() checked list_entry (CVE-2023-1075)

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

  - kernel: Use after free bug in btsdio_remove due to race condition (CVE-2023-1989)

  - kernel: NULL pointer dereference in can_rcv_filter (CVE-2023-2166)

  - kernel: Slab-out-of-bound read in compare_netdev_and_ip (CVE-2023-2176)

  - kernel: Use after free bug in r592_remove (CVE-2023-3141)

  - kernel: smsusb: use-after-free caused by do_submit_urb() (CVE-2023-4132)

  - kernel: use-after-free in sch_qfq network scheduler (CVE-2023-4921)

  - kernel: A heap out-of-bounds write when function perf_read_group is called and sibling_list is smaller     than its child's sibling_list (CVE-2023-5717)

  - kernel: NULL pointer dereference in nvmet_tcp_build_iovec (CVE-2023-6356)

  - kernel: NULL pointer dereference in nvmet_tcp_execute_request (CVE-2023-6535)

  - kernel: NULL pointer dereference in __nvmet_req_complete (CVE-2023-6536)

  - kernel: OOB Access in smb2_dump_detail (CVE-2023-6610)

  - kernel: inactive elements in nft_pipapo_walk (CVE-2023-6817)

  - kernel: use-after-free in IPv4 IGMP (CVE-2023-6932)

  - hw amd: Return Address Predictor vulnerability leading to information disclosure (CVE-2023-20569)

  - Kernel: denial of service in atm_tc_enqueue in net/sched/sch_atm.c due to type confusion (CVE-2023-23455)

  - kernel: Denial of service issue in az6027 driver in drivers/media/usb/dev-usb/az6027.c (CVE-2023-28328)

  - kernel: lib/seq_buf.c has a seq_buf_putmem_hex buffer overflow (CVE-2023-28772)

  - kernel: r592: race condition leading to use-after-free in r592_remove() (CVE-2023-35825)

  - kernel: use-after-free in l2cap_sock_release in net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c (CVE-2023-40283)

  - kernel: drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c (CVE-2023-45862)

  - kernel: SEV-ES local priv escalation (CVE-2023-46813)

  - kernel: ktls overwrites readonly memory pages when using function splice with a ktls socket as destination     (CVE-2024-0646)

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-2024:0724)

high Nessus Plugin ID 190110

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.0

Version 1.2 Apr 28, 2024, 2:25 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Reference Plugin Feed: 202404281425
Version 1.1 Feb 8, 2024, 5:28 PM Exploit attributes ("Exploit framework core" set to "True") Plugin Feed: 202402081728
Version 1.0 Feb 7, 2024, 11:51 PM New Plugin Feed: 202402072351
Version 1.0 Feb 8, 2024, 2:20 PM Exploit attributes ("Exploit framework core" set to "True") Plugin Feed: 202402081420