The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:8248 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: ext4: avoid online resizing failures due to oversized flex bg (CVE-2023-52622)

    * kernel: RDMA/mlx5: Fix fortify source warning while accessing Eth segment (CVE-2024-26907)

    * kernel: do_sys_name_to_handle(): use kzalloc() to fix kernel-infoleak (CVE-2024-26901)

    * kernel: tun: limit printing rate when illegal packet received by tun dev (CVE-2024-27013)

    * kernel: fat: fix uninitialized field in nostale filehandles (CVE-2024-26973)

    * kernel: wifi: rtw89: fix null pointer access when abort scan (CVE-2024-35946)

    * kernel: net/usb: kalmia: Don't pass act_len in usb_bulk_msg error path (CVE-2023-52703)

    * kernel: Input: synaptics-rmi4 - fix use after free in rmi_unregister_function() (CVE-2023-52840)

    * kernel: usbnet: sanity check for maxpacket (CVE-2021-47495)

    * kernel: drm/dp_mst: Fix resetting msg rx state after topology removal (CVE-2024-57876)

    * kernel: vsock: Keep the binding until socket destruction (CVE-2025-21756)

    * kernel: net: ppp: Add bound checking for skb data on ppp_sync_txmung (CVE-2025-37749)

    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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
210815	RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2024:9315)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	11/12/2024	3/24/2026	high
237398	RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2025:8248)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	5/28/2025	10/9/2025	high

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