The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7077 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: tun: avoid double free in tun_free_netdev (CVE-2022-4744)

    * kernel: net/sched: multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-3609, CVE-2023-3611, CVE-2023-4128, CVE-2023-4206,     CVE-2023-4207, CVE-2023-4208)

    * kernel: out-of-bounds write in qfq_change_class function (CVE-2023-31436)

    * kernel: out-of-bounds write in hw_atl_utils_fw_rpc_wait (CVE-2021-43975)

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

    * kernel: use after free flaw in l2cap_conn_del (CVE-2022-3640)

    * kernel: double free in usb_8dev_start_xmit (CVE-2022-28388)

    * kernel: vmwgfx: multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-38457, CVE-2022-40133, CVE-2023-33951,     CVE-2023-33952)

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

    * kernel: Information leak in l2cap_parse_conf_req (CVE-2022-42895)

    * kernel: KVM: multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-45869, CVE-2023-4155, CVE-2023-30456)

    * kernel: memory leak in ttusb_dec_exit_dvb (CVE-2022-45887)

    * kernel: speculative pointer dereference in do_prlimit (CVE-2023-0458)

    * kernel: use-after-free due to race condition in qdisc_graft (CVE-2023-0590)

    * 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: use-after-free in drivers/media/rc/ene_ir.c (CVE-2023-1118)

    * 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: denial of service in tipc_conn_close (CVE-2023-1382)

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

    * kernel: Spectre v2 SMT mitigations problem (CVE-2023-1998)

    * kernel: ext4: use-after-free in ext4_xattr_set_entry (CVE-2023-2513)

    * 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: smsusb: use-after-free caused by do_submit_urb (CVE-2023-4132)

    * kernel: Race between task migrating pages and another task calling exit_mmap (CVE-2023-4732)

    * Kernel: denial of service in atm_tc_enqueue due to type confusion (CVE-2023-23455)

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

    * kernel: Denial of service issue in az6027 driver (CVE-2023-28328)

    * kernel: lib/seq_buf.c has a seq_buf_putmem_hex buffer overflow (CVE-2023-28772)

    * kernel: blocking operation in dvb_frontend_get_event and wait_event_interruptible (CVE-2023-31084)

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

    * kernel: saa7134: race condition leading to use-after-free in saa7134_finidev (CVE-2023-35823)

    * kernel: dm1105: race condition leading to use-after-free in dm1105_remove.c (CVE-2023-35824)

    * 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: 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)

    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 8.9 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 remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:1404 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: out-of-bounds write in hw_atl_utils_fw_rpc_wait() in     drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/hw_atl/hw_atl_utils.c (CVE-2021-43975)

    * kernel: double free in usb_8dev_start_xmit in drivers/net/can/usb/usb_8dev.c (CVE-2022-28388)

    * kernel: null-ptr-deref vulnerabilities in sl_tx_timeout in drivers/net/slip (CVE-2022-41858)

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

    * kernel: tun: avoid double free in tun_free_netdev (CVE-2022-4744)

    * kernel: nfp: use-after-free in area_cache_get() (CVE-2022-3545)

    * kernel: denial of service in tipc_conn_close (CVE-2023-1382)

    * kernel: lib/seq_buf.c has a seq_buf_putmem_hex buffer overflow (CVE-2023-28772)

    * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in can_rcv_filter (CVE-2023-2166)

    * kernel: Slab-out-of-bound read in compare_netdev_and_ip (CVE-2023-2176)

    * kernel: use-after-free in l2cap_sock_release in net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c (CVE-2023-40283)

    * kernel: use-after-free in sch_qfq network scheduler (CVE-2023-4921)

    * kernel: Out-Of-Bounds Read vulnerability in smbCalcSize (CVE-2023-6606)

    * kernel: ktls overwrites readonly memory pages when using function splice with a ktls socket as     destination (CVE-2024-0646)

    * kernel: inactive elements in nft_pipapo_walk (CVE-2023-6817)

    * kernel: refcount leak in ctnetlink_create_conntrack() (CVE-2023-7192)

    Bug Fix(es):

    * The kernel is still getting hung up even after converting kernfs_mutex to kernfs_rwsem with massive     concurrent kernfs access (open & lookup) performed by kubelet/node_exporter threads. (JIRA:RHEL-17149)

    * kernel: Rate limit overflow messages in r8152 in intr_callback (JIRA:RHEL-18810)

    * kernel: tun: avoid double free in tun_free_netdev (JIRA:RHEL-18813)

    * kernel: lib/seq_buf.c has a seq_buf_putmem_hex buffer overflow (JIRA:RHEL-18850)

    * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in can_rcv_filter (JIRA:RHEL-19461)

    * ipoib mcast lockup fix (JIRA:RHEL-19698)

    * kernel: denial of service in tipc_conn_close (JIRA:RHEL-18824)

    * Rhel-8.6 crash at  qed_get_current_link+0x11 during tx_timeout recovery  (JIRA:RHEL-20923)

    * kernel: use-after-free in sch_qfq network scheduler (JIRA:RHEL-14402)

    * RHEL8.6 - s390/qeth: NET2016 - fix use-after-free in HSCI (JIRA:RHEL-15849)

    * RHEL8.6 - s390/qeth: recovery and set offline lose routes and IPv6 addr (JIRA:RHEL-17883)

    * kernel: null-ptr-deref vulnerabilities in sl_tx_timeout in drivers/net/slip (JIRA:RHEL-18582)

    * kernel: out-of-bounds write in hw_atl_utils_fw_rpc_wait() in     drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/hw_atl/hw_atl_utils.c (JIRA:RHEL-18799)

    * kernel: double free in usb_8dev_start_xmit in drivers/net/can/usb/usb_8dev.c (JIRA:RHEL-18814)

    * kernel: use-after-free in l2cap_sock_release in net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c (JIRA:RHEL-18998)

    * dm multipath device suspend deadlocks waiting on a flush request (JIRA:RHEL-19110)

    * kernel: Slab-out-of-bound read in compare_netdev_and_ip (JIRA:RHEL-19327)

    * kernel: A flaw leading to a use-after-free in area_cache_get() (JIRA:RHEL-19451)

    * [RHEL8] I/O blocked during fio background with IO schedule switch, cpu offline/online, pci nvme     rescan/reset (JIRA:RHEL-20231)

    * kernel: refcount leak in ctnetlink_create_conntrack() (JIRA:RHEL-20298)

    * kernel: inactive elements in nft_pipapo_walk (JIRA:RHEL-20697)

    * kernel: Out-Of-Bounds Read vulnerability in smbCalcSize (JIRA:RHEL-21661)

    * kernel NULL pointer at RIP: 0010:kyber_has_work+0x1c/0x60 (JIRA:RHEL-21784)

    * kernel: ktls overwrites readonly memory pages when using function splice with a ktls socket as     destination (JIRA:RHEL-22090)

    * backport timerlat user-space support (JIRA:RHEL-20361)

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 remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0371-1 advisory.

  - The BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.17 mishandles situations with a long jump over an     instruction sequence where inner instructions require substantial expansions into multiple BPF     instructions, leading to an overflow. This affects kernel/bpf/core.c and net/core/filter.c.
    (CVE-2018-25020)

  - An issue was discovered on Broadcom Wi-Fi client devices. Specifically timed and handcrafted traffic can     cause internal errors (related to state transitions) in a WLAN device that lead to improper layer 2 Wi-Fi     encryption with a consequent possibility of information disclosure over the air for a discrete set of     traffic, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-9500, CVE-2019-9501, CVE-2019-9502, and CVE-2019-9503.
    (CVE-2019-15126)

  - A vulnerability was found in Linux kernel, where a use-after-frees in nouveau's postclose() handler could     happen if removing device (that is not common to remove video card physically without power-off, but same     happens if unbind the driver). (CVE-2020-27820)

  - In unix_scm_to_skb of af_unix.c, there is a possible use after free bug due to a race condition. This     could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is     not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-196926917References:
    Upstream kernel (CVE-2021-0920)

  - In ip6_xmit of ip6_output.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a use after free. This could     lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not     needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-168607263References:
    Upstream kernel (CVE-2021-0935)

  - Rogue backends can cause DoS of guests via high frequency events T[his CNA information record relates to     multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] Xen offers the     ability to run PV backends in regular unprivileged guests, typically referred to as driver domains.
    Running PV backends in driver domains has one primary security advantage: if a driver domain gets     compromised, it doesn't have the privileges to take over the system. However, a malicious driver domain     could try to attack other guests via sending events at a high frequency leading to a Denial of Service in     the guest due to trying to service interrupts for elongated amounts of time. There are three affected     backends: * blkfront patch 1, CVE-2021-28711 * netfront patch 2, CVE-2021-28712 * hvc_xen (console) patch     3, CVE-2021-28713 (CVE-2021-28711, CVE-2021-28712, CVE-2021-28713)

  - Guest can force Linux netback driver to hog large amounts of kernel memory T[his CNA information record     relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.]     Incoming data packets for a guest in the Linux kernel's netback driver are buffered until the guest is     ready to process them. There are some measures taken for avoiding to pile up too much data, but those can     be bypassed by the guest: There is a timeout how long the client side of an interface can stop consuming     new packets before it is assumed to have stalled, but this timeout is rather long (60 seconds by default).
    Using a UDP connection on a fast interface can easily accumulate gigabytes of data in that time.
    (CVE-2021-28715) The timeout could even never trigger if the guest manages to have only one free slot in     its RX queue ring page and the next package would require more than one free slot, which may be the case     when using GSO, XDP, or software hashing. (CVE-2021-28714) (CVE-2021-28714, CVE-2021-28715)

  - Improper input validation in the Intel(R) Ethernet ixgbe driver for Linux before version 3.17.3 may allow     an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access. (CVE-2021-33098)

  - A flaw double-free memory corruption in the Linux kernel HCI device initialization subsystem was found in     the way user attach malicious HCI TTY Bluetooth device. A local user could use this flaw to crash the     system. This flaw affects all the Linux kernel versions starting from 3.13. (CVE-2021-3564)

  - In gadget_dev_desc_UDC_show of configfs.c, there is a possible disclosure of kernel heap memory due to a     race condition. This could lead to local information disclosure with System execution privileges needed.
    User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID:
    A-160822094References: Upstream kernel (CVE-2021-39648)

  - In ufshcd_eh_device_reset_handler of ufshcd.c, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a missing     bounds check. This could lead to local information disclosure with System execution privileges needed.
    User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID:
    A-194696049References: Upstream kernel (CVE-2021-39657)

  - A memory leak flaw in the Linux kernel's hugetlbfs memory usage was found in the way the user maps some     regions of memory twice using shmget() which are aligned to PUD alignment with the fault of some of the     memory pages. A local user could use this flaw to get unauthorized access to some data. (CVE-2021-4002)

  - A read-after-free memory flaw was found in the Linux kernel's garbage collection for Unix domain socket     file handlers in the way users call close() and fget() simultaneously and can potentially trigger a race     condition. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.
    This flaw affects Linux kernel versions prior to 5.16-rc4. (CVE-2021-4083)

  - A vulnerability was found in btrfs_alloc_tree_b in fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c in the Linux kernel due to an     improper lock operation in btrfs. In this flaw, a user with a local privilege may cause a denial of     service (DOS) due to a deadlock problem. (CVE-2021-4149)

  - An unprivileged write to the file handler flaw in the Linux kernel's control groups and namespaces     subsystem was found in the way users have access to some less privileged process that are controlled by     cgroups and have higher privileged parent process. It is actually both for cgroup2 and cgroup1 versions of     control groups. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the     system. (CVE-2021-4197)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in nci_request in net/nfc/nci/core.c in NFC Controller Interface (NCI) in     the Linux kernel. This flaw could allow a local attacker with user privileges to cause a data race problem     while the device is getting removed, leading to a privilege escalation problem. (CVE-2021-4202)

  - In the Linux kernel through 5.15.2, hw_atl_utils_fw_rpc_wait in     drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/hw_atl/hw_atl_utils.c allows an attacker (who can introduce a     crafted device) to trigger an out-of-bounds write via a crafted length value. (CVE-2021-43975)

  - In the Linux kernel through 5.15.2, mwifiex_usb_recv in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c allows     an attacker (who can connect a crafted USB device) to cause a denial of service (skb_over_panic).
    (CVE-2021-43976)

  - A use-after-free exists in drivers/tee/tee_shm.c in the TEE subsystem in the Linux kernel through 5.15.11.
    This occurs because of a race condition in tee_shm_get_from_id during an attempt to free a shared memory     object. (CVE-2021-44733)

  - pep_sock_accept in net/phonet/pep.c in the Linux kernel through 5.15.8 has a refcount leak.
    (CVE-2021-45095)

  - In the IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 5.12.4, net/ipv4/route.c has an information leak     because the hash table is very small. (CVE-2021-45486)

  - A flaw was found in the sctp_make_strreset_req function in net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c in the SCTP network     protocol in the Linux kernel with a local user privilege access. In this flaw, an attempt to use more     buffer than is allocated triggers a BUG_ON issue, leading to a denial of service (DOS). (CVE-2022-0322)

  - A random memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel's GPU i915 kernel driver functionality in the     way a user may run malicious code on the GPU. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or     escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2022-0330)

  - A stack overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel's TIPC protocol functionality in the way a user sends     a packet with malicious content where the number of domain member nodes is higher than the 64 allowed.
    This flaw allows a remote user to crash the system or possibly escalate their privileges if they have     access to the TIPC network. (CVE-2022-0435)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5368-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the BPF verifier in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict pointer types in     certain situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-23222)

    It was discovered that the network traffic control implementation in the Linux kernel contained a use-     after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1055)

    Yiqi Sun and Kevin Wang discovered that the cgroups implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     restrict access to the cgroups v1 release_agent feature. A local attacker could use this to gain     administrative privileges. (CVE-2022-0492)

    Jrgen Gro discovered that the Xen subsystem within the Linux kernel did not adequately limit the     number of events driver domains (unprivileged PV backends) could send to other guest VMs. An attacker in a     driver domain could use this to cause a denial of service in other guest VMs. (CVE-2021-28711,     CVE-2021-28712, CVE-2021-28713)

    Jrgen Gro discovered that the Xen network backend driver in the Linux kernel did not adequately limit     the amount of queued packets when a guest did not process them. An attacker in a guest VM can use this to     cause a denial of service (excessive kernel memory consumption) in the network backend domain.
    (CVE-2021-28714, CVE-2021-28715)

    Szymon Heidrich discovered that the USB Gadget subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict the     size of control requests for certain gadget types, leading to possible out of bounds reads or writes. A     local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2021-39685)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the poll implementation in the Linux kernel, resulting     in a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-39698)

    It was discovered that the simulated networking device driver for the Linux kernel did not properly     initialize memory in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information     (kernel memory). (CVE-2021-4135)

    Eric Biederman discovered that the cgroup process migration implementation in the Linux kernel did not     perform permission checks correctly in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to gain     administrative privileges. (CVE-2021-4197)

    Brendan Dolan-Gavitt discovered that the aQuantia AQtion Ethernet device driver in the Linux kernel did     not properly validate meta-data coming from the device. A local attacker who can control an emulated     device can use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2021-43975)

    It was discovered that the ARM Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) subsystem in the Linux kernel contained     a race condition leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-44733)

    It was discovered that the Phone Network protocol (PhoNet) implementation in the Linux kernel did not     properly perform reference counting in some error conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to     cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2021-45095)

    It was discovered that the eBPF verifier in the Linux kernel did not properly perform bounds checking on     mov32 operations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel pointer     addresses). (CVE-2021-45402)

    It was discovered that the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did     not properly deallocate memory in some error conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause     a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2021-45480)

    It was discovered that the BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly track pointer types on     atomic fetch operations in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive     information (kernel pointer addresses). (CVE-2022-0264)

    It was discovered that the TIPC Protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize     memory in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel     memory). (CVE-2022-0382)

    Samuel Page discovered that the Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) protocol implementation in     the Linux kernel contained a stack-based buffer overflow. A remote attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash) for systems that have a TIPC bearer configured. (CVE-2022-0435)

    It was discovered that the KVM implementation for s390 systems in the Linux kernel did not properly     prevent memory operations on PVM guests that were in non-protected mode. A local attacker could use this     to obtain unauthorized memory write access. (CVE-2022-0516)

    It was discovered that the ICMPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory in     certain situations. A remote attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (memory     exhaustion). (CVE-2022-0742)

    It was discovered that the IPsec implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly allocate enough     memory when performing ESP transformations, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. A local attacker     could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2022-27666)

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
185679	RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2023:7077)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	11/14/2023	9/10/2025	high
192277	RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2024:1404)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	3/19/2024	8/18/2025	high
157939	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0371-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	2/12/2022	7/13/2023	high
159579	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5368-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	4/7/2022	8/29/2024	high

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