The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:1607 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: vmwgfx: NULL pointer dereference in vmw_cmd_dx_define_query (CVE-2022-38096)

    * kernel: Out of boundary write in perf_read_group() as result of overflow a perf_event's read_size     (CVE-2023-6931)

    * kernel: GSM multiplexing race condition leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2023-6546,ZDI-CAN-20527)

    * kernel: CIFS Filesystem Decryption Improper Input Validation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in     function receive_encrypted_standard of client (CVE-2024-0565)

    * kernel: use-after-free in amdgpu_cs_wait_all_fences in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c     (CVE-2023-51042)

    * kernel: ext4: kernel bug in ext4_write_inline_data_end() (CVE-2021-33631)

    * kernel: nf_tables: use-after-free vulnerability in the nft_verdict_init() function (CVE-2024-1086)

    Bug Fix(es):

    * OCP 4.12 crashed due to use-after-free in libceph in rhel8 (JIRA:RHEL-21394)

    * kernel: nf_tables: use-after-free vulnerability in the nft_verdict_init() function (JIRA:RHEL-24010)

    * Screen floods with random colour suggesting something not initialised (JIRA:RHEL-21055)

    * kernel: vmxgfx: NULL pointer dereference in vmw_cmd_dx_define_query (JIRA:RHEL-22766)

    * tx-checksumming required for accessing port in OpenShift for RHEL 8.6 (JIRA:RHEL-20822)

    * kernel: CIFS Filesystem Decryption Improper Input Validation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in     function receive_encrypted_standard of client (JIRA:RHEL-22077)

    * kernel: Out of boundary write in perf_read_group() as result of overflow a perf_event's read_size     (JIRA:RHEL-22930)

    * rbd: don't move requests to the running list on errors [8.x] (JIRA:RHEL-24204)

    * kernel: use-after-free in amdgpu_cs_wait_all_fences in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c     (JIRA:RHEL-24479)

    * ceph: several cap and snap fixes (JIRA:RHEL-20909)

    * [RHVH] Migration hangs between RHVH release bellow 4.5.1 and RHVH over or equal 4.5.2 release     (JIRA:RHEL-23063)

    * unable to access smsc95xx based interface unless you start outgoing traffic.  (JIRA:RHEL-25719)

    * [RHEL8] ] BUG bio-696 (Not tainted): Poison overwritten  (JIRA:RHEL-26101)

    * kernel: GSM multiplexing race condition leads to privilege escalation (JIRA:RHEL-19954)

    * backport smartpqi: fix disable_managed_interrupts (JIRA:RHEL-26139)

    * kernel: ext4: kernel bug in ext4_write_inline_data_end() (JIRA:RHEL-26331)

    * ceph: always check dir caps asynchronously (JIRA:RHEL-27496)

    Enhancement(s):

    * [IBM 8.10 FEAT] Upgrade the qeth driver to latest from upstream, e.g. kernel 6.4 (JIRA:RHEL-25811)

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 8 : kernel (RHSA-2024:1607)

high Nessus Plugin ID 192854

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Version 1.6 Jun 4, 2024, 3:18 AM Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202406040318
Version 1.5 May 31, 2024, 1:01 AM CISA reference Plugin Feed: 202405310101
Version 1.4 Apr 9, 2024, 6:15 PM Plugin metadata Reference Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202404091815
Version 1.3 Apr 6, 2024, 10:10 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202404062210
Version 1.2 Apr 5, 2024, 1:58 PM CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C") Exploit attributes ("Exploited by malware" set to "True") CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C") Plugin Feed: 202404051358
Version 1.1 Apr 3, 2024, 1:48 PM Exploit attributes ("Exploit framework core" set to "True") Plugin Feed: 202404031348
Version 1.0 Apr 3, 2024, 1:06 AM New Plugin Feed: 202404030106