The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6583 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: net/sched: cls_u32 component reference counter leak if tcf_change_indev() fails (CVE-2023-3609)

    * kernel: net/sched: Use-after-free vulnerabilities in the net/sched classifiers: cls_fw, cls_u32 and     cls_route (CVE-2023-4128, CVE-2023-4206, CVE-2023-4207, CVE-2023-4208)

    * kernel: eBPF: insufficient stack type checks in dynptr (CVE-2023-39191)

    * Kernel: race when faulting a device private page in memory manager (CVE-2022-3523)

    * kernel: use-after-free in l1oip timer handlers (CVE-2022-3565)

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

    * kernel: vmwgfx: use-after-free in vmw_cmd_res_check (CVE-2022-38457)

    * kernel: vmwgfx: use-after-free in vmw_execbuf_tie_context (CVE-2022-40133)

    * hw: Intel: Gather Data Sampling (GDS) side channel vulnerability (CVE-2022-40982)

    * kernel: Information leak in l2cap_parse_conf_req in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-42895)

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

    * kernel: HID: check empty report_list in hid_validate_values() (CVE-2023-1073)

    * kernel: sctp: fail if no bound addresses can be used for a given scope (CVE-2023-1074)

    * kernel: hid: Use After Free in asus_remove() (CVE-2023-1079)

    * kernel: hash collisions in the IPv6 connection lookup table (CVE-2023-1206)

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

    * Kernel: use-after-free in nfsd4_ssc_setup_dul in fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c (CVE-2023-1652)

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

    * kernel: fbcon: shift-out-of-bounds in fbcon_set_font() (CVE-2023-3161)

    * kernel: out-of-bounds access in relay_file_read (CVE-2023-3268)

    * kernel: xfrm: NULL pointer dereference in xfrm_update_ae_params() (CVE-2023-3772)

    * kernel: xfrm: out-of-bounds read of XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH nlattr (CVE-2023-3773)

    * kernel: KVM: SEV-ES / SEV-SNP VMGEXIT double fetch vulnerability (CVE-2023-4155)

    * kernel: exFAT: stack overflow in exfat_get_uniname_from_ext_entry (CVE-2023-4273)

    * kernel: mpls: double free on sysctl allocation failure (CVE-2023-26545)

    * kernel: KVM: nVMX: missing consistency checks for CR0 and CR4 (CVE-2023-30456)

    * kernel: net: qcom/emac: race condition leading to use-after-free in emac_remove() (CVE-2023-33203)

    * kernel: vmwgfx: race condition leading to information disclosure vulnerability (CVE-2023-33951)

    * kernel: vmwgfx: double free within the handling of vmw_buffer_object objects (CVE-2023-33952)

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

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

    * kernel: tap: tap_open(): correctly initialize socket uid (CVE-2023-1076)

    * kernel: missing mmap_lock in file_files_note that could possibly lead to a use after free in the     coredump code (CVE-2023-1249)

    * kernel: use-after-free bug in remove function xgene_hwmon_remove (CVE-2023-1855)

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

    * kernel: gfs2: NULL pointer dereference in gfs2_evict_inode() (CVE-2023-3212)

    * kernel: NULL pointer dereference due to missing kalloc() return value check in     shtp_cl_get_dma_send_buf() (CVE-2023-3358)

    * kernel: tap: tap_open(): correctly initialize socket uid next fix of i_uid to current_fsuid     (CVE-2023-4194)

    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.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3 Release Notes     linked from 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.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: Reject attempts to consume or     refresh inactive gfn_to_pfn_cache Reject kvm_gpc_check() and kvm_gpc_refresh() if the cache is inactive.
    Not checking the active flag during refresh is particularly egregious, as KVM can end up with a valid,     inactive cache, which can lead to a variety of use-after-free bugs, e.g. consuming a NULL kernel pointer     or missing an mmu_notifier invalidation due to the cache not being on the list of gfns to invalidate.
    Note, active needs to be set if and only if the cache is on the list of caches, i.e. is reachable via     mmu_notifier events. If a relevant mmu_notifier event occurs while the cache is active but not on the     list, KVM will not acquire the cache's lock and so will not serailize the mmu_notifier event with active     users and/or kvm_gpc_refresh(). A race between KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO and KVM_XEN_HVM_EVTCHN_SEND     can be exploited to trigger the bug. 1. Deactivate shinfo cache: kvm_xen_hvm_set_attr case     KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO kvm_gpc_deactivate kvm_gpc_unmap gpc->valid = false gpc->khva = NULL     gpc->active = false Result: active = false, valid = false 2. Cause cache refresh: kvm_arch_vm_ioctl case     KVM_XEN_HVM_EVTCHN_SEND kvm_xen_hvm_evtchn_send kvm_xen_set_evtchn kvm_xen_set_evtchn_fast kvm_gpc_check     return -EWOULDBLOCK because !gpc->valid kvm_xen_set_evtchn_fast return -EWOULDBLOCK kvm_gpc_refresh     hva_to_pfn_retry gpc->valid = true gpc->khva = not NULL Result: active = false, valid = true 3. Race ioctl     KVM_XEN_HVM_EVTCHN_SEND against ioctl KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO: kvm_arch_vm_ioctl case     KVM_XEN_HVM_EVTCHN_SEND kvm_xen_hvm_evtchn_send kvm_xen_set_evtchn kvm_xen_set_evtchn_fast read_lock     gpc->lock kvm_xen_hvm_set_attr case KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO mutex_lock kvm->lock     kvm_xen_shared_info_init kvm_gpc_activate gpc->khva = NULL kvm_gpc_check [ Check passes because gpc->valid     is still true, even though gpc->khva is already NULL. ] shinfo = gpc->khva pending_bits =     shinfo->evtchn_pending CRASH: test_and_set_bit(..., pending_bits) (CVE-2022-49882)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
194262	RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2023:6583)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	4/28/2024	8/15/2025	high
247218	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-49882	Nessus	Misc.	8/10/2025	8/10/2025	medium

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