The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6950-4 advisory.

    Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to     compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

    - ARM32 architecture;

    - ARM64 architecture;

    - Block layer subsystem;

    - Bluetooth drivers;

    - Clock framework and drivers;

    - FireWire subsystem;

    - GPU drivers;

    - InfiniBand drivers;

    - Multiple devices driver;

    - EEPROM drivers;

    - Network drivers;

    - Pin controllers subsystem;

    - Remote Processor subsystem;

    - S/390 drivers;

    - SCSI drivers;

    - 9P distributed file system;

    - Network file system client;

    - SMB network file system;

    - Socket messages infrastructure;

    - Dynamic debug library;

    - Bluetooth subsystem;

    - Networking core;

    - IPv4 networking;

    - IPv6 networking;

    - Multipath TCP;

    - NSH protocol;

    - Phonet protocol;

    - TIPC protocol;

    - Wireless networking;

    - Key management;

    - ALSA framework;

    - HD-audio driver; (CVE-2024-36883, CVE-2024-36940, CVE-2024-36902, CVE-2024-36975, CVE-2024-36964,     CVE-2024-36938, CVE-2024-36931, CVE-2024-35848, CVE-2024-26900, CVE-2024-36967, CVE-2024-36904,     CVE-2024-27398, CVE-2024-36031, CVE-2023-52585, CVE-2024-36886, CVE-2024-36937, CVE-2024-36954,     CVE-2024-36916, CVE-2024-36905, CVE-2024-36959, CVE-2024-26980, CVE-2024-26936, CVE-2024-36928,     CVE-2024-36889, CVE-2024-36929, CVE-2024-36933, CVE-2024-27399, CVE-2024-36946, CVE-2024-36906,     CVE-2024-36965, CVE-2024-36957, CVE-2024-36941, CVE-2024-36897, CVE-2024-36952, CVE-2024-36947,     CVE-2024-36950, CVE-2024-36880, CVE-2024-36017, CVE-2023-52882, CVE-2024-36969, CVE-2024-38600,     CVE-2024-36955, CVE-2024-36960, CVE-2024-27401, CVE-2024-36919, CVE-2024-36934, CVE-2024-35947,     CVE-2024-36953, CVE-2024-36944, CVE-2024-36939)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-9315 advisory.

    - memcg: protect concurrent access to mem_cgroup_idr (Rafael Aquini) [RHEL-56254] {CVE-2024-43892}
    - bnxt_en: Fix double DMA unmapping for XDP_REDIRECT (Michal Schmidt) [RHEL-57259] {CVE-2024-44984}
    - dma: fix call order in dmam_free_coherent (Eder Zulian) [RHEL-54751] {CVE-2024-43856}
    - dmaengine: idxd: Avoid unnecessary destruction of file_ida (Jerry Snitselaar) [RHEL-44508]     {CVE-2024-38629}
    - tipc: Return non-zero value from tipc_udp_addr2str() on error (Xin Long) [RHEL-55074] {CVE-2024-42284}
    - net/mlx5e: SHAMPO, Fix invalid WQ linked list unlink (Michal Schmidt) [RHEL-57119] {CVE-2024-44970}
    - net/mlx5e: Fix CT entry update leaks of modify header context (Michal Schmidt) [RHEL-55628]     {CVE-2024-43864}
    - net/mlx5: Always drain health in shutdown callback (Michal Schmidt) [RHEL-55616] {CVE-2024-43866}
    - net/mlx5: Fix missing lock on sync reset reload (Michal Schmidt) [RHEL-55121] {CVE-2024-42268}
    - ionic: fix kernel panic in XDP_TX action (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-47730] {CVE-2024-40907}
    - r8169: Fix possible ring buffer corruption on fragmented Tx packets. (Izabela Bakollari) [RHEL-44037]     {CVE-2024-38586}
    - KVM: s390: fix validity interception issue when gisa is switched off (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-57197]     {CVE-2024-45005}
    - wifi: cfg80211: handle 2x996 RU allocation in cfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he() (Jose Ignacio Tornos     Martinez) [RHEL-55579] {CVE-2024-43879}
    - wifi: mac80211: fix NULL dereference at band check in starting tx ba session (Jose Ignacio Tornos     Martinez) [RHEL-56191] {CVE-2024-43911}
    - wifi: rtw89: Fix array index mistake in rtw89_sta_info_get_iter() (Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez)     [RHEL-54805] {CVE-2024-43842}
    - gfs2: Fix NULL pointer dereference in gfs2_log_flush (Andrew Price) [RHEL-51559] {CVE-2024-42079}
    - x86/mm: Fix pti_clone_pgtable() alignment assumption (Rafael Aquini) [RHEL-57170] {CVE-2024-44965}
    - bnxt_en: Adjust logging of firmware messages in case of released token in __hwrm_send() (CKI Backport     Bot) [RHEL-47822] {CVE-2024-40919}
    - netfilter: tproxy: bail out if IP has been disabled on the device (Phil Sutter) [RHEL-44369]     {CVE-2024-36270}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
206040	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-6950-4)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	8/21/2024	4/14/2025	high
211575	Oracle Linux 9 : kernel (ELSA-2024-9315)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	11/19/2024	11/19/2024	high

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