The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:8796 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: powerpc/lib: Validate size for vector operations (CVE-2023-52606)

    * kernel: tracing: Ensure visibility when inserting an element into tracing_map (CVE-2024-26645)

    * kernel: inet: inet_defrag: prevent sk release while still in use (CVE-2024-26921)

    * kernel: drm/amdgpu: Fix potential out-of-bounds access in 'amdgpu_discovery_reg_base_init()'     (CVE-2024-27042)

    * kernel: scsi: lpfc: Fix possible memory leak in lpfc_rcv_padisc() (CVE-2024-35930)

    * kernel: nsh: Restore skb->{protocol,data,mac_header} for outer header in nsh_gso_segment().
    (CVE-2024-36933)

    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 9 : kernel (RHSA-2025:8796)

high Nessus Plugin ID 238288

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Version 1.1

Version 1.2 Jun 16, 2025, 4:11 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202506161611
Version 1.1 Jun 12, 2025, 12:12 PM New Plugin Feed: 202506121212