The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:10262 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

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

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

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

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

    * kernel: mm/sparsemem: fix race in accessing memory_section->usage (CVE-2023-52489)

    * kernel: blk-mq: fix IO hang from sbitmap wakeup race (CVE-2024-26671)

    * kernel: mac802154: fix llsec key resources release in mac802154_llsec_key_del (CVE-2024-26961)

    * kernel: nvme-tcp: fix UAF when detecting digest errors (CVE-2022-48686)

    * kernel: vt: fix unicode buffer corruption when deleting characters (CVE-2024-35823)

    * kernel: hwmon: (mlxreg-fan) Return non-zero value when fan current state is enforced from sysfs     (CVE-2021-47393)

    * kernel: userfaultfd: fix a race between writeprotect and exit_mmap() (CVE-2021-47461)

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

    * kernel: mptcp: ensure snd_nxt is properly initialized on connect (CVE-2024-36889)

    * kernel: bpf: Add BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SKB attach type enforcement in BPF_LINK_CREATE (CVE-2024-38564)

    * kernel: genirq/cpuhotplug, x86/vector: Prevent vector leak during CPU offline (CVE-2024-31076)

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

    * kernel: xprtrdma: fix pointer derefs in error cases of rpcrdma_ep_create (CVE-2022-48773)

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

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

    * kernel: sched/deadline: Fix task_struct reference leak (CVE-2024-41023)

    * kernel: bpf: Fix crash due to out of bounds access into reg2btf_ids. (CVE-2022-48929)

    * kernel: mptcp: pm: Fix uaf in __timer_delete_sync (CVE-2024-46858)

    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 8 : kernel (RHSA-2024:10262)

high Nessus Plugin ID 211841

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.3 Jan 9, 2025, 7:19 AM CVSSv3 score source (changed from "CVE-2022-48686" to "CVE-2024-26961") Plugin Feed: 202501090719
Version 1.2 Nov 27, 2024, 12:25 PM Exploit attributes ("Exploit framework core" set to "True") Plugin Feed: 202411271225
Version 1.1 Nov 26, 2024, 7:03 PM New Plugin Feed: 202411261903