An update of the linux package has been released.

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 Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:0723 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

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

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

    * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in nvmet_tcp_build_iovec (CVE-2023-6356)

    * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in nvmet_tcp_execute_request (CVE-2023-6535)

    * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in __nvmet_req_complete (CVE-2023-6536)

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

    * kernel: OOB Access in smb2_dump_detail (CVE-2023-6610)

    * kernel: use-after-free in IPv4 IGMP (CVE-2023-6932)

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

    * kernel: drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c (CVE-2023-45862)

    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.

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 4.14.309-231.529. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-1987 advisory.

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    net: sched: fix memory leak in tcindex_set_parms (CVE-2022-50396)

    Detected a few exploitable gadgets that could leak secret memory through a side-channel such as MDS as     well as insufficient hardening of the usercopy functions against spectre-v1. (CVE-2023-0458)

    Use After Free vulnerability in Linux kernel traffic control index filter (tcindex) allows Privilege     Escalation. The imperfect hash area can be updated while packets are traversing, which will cause a use-     after-free when 'tcf_exts_exec()' is called with the destroyed tcf_ext. A local attacker user can use this     vulnerability to elevate its privileges to root.This issue affects Linux Kernel: from 4.14 before git     commit ee059170b1f7e94e55fa6cadee544e176a6e59c2. (CVE-2023-1281)

    A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel traffic control index filter (tcindex) can be exploited     to achieve local privilege escalation. The tcindex_delete function which does not properly deactivate     filters in case of a perfect hashes while deleting the underlying structure which can later lead to double     freeing the structure. A local attacker user can use this vulnerability to elevate its privileges to     root.We recommend upgrading past commit 8c710f75256bb3cf05ac7b1672c82b92c43f3d28. (CVE-2023-1829)

    When plain IBRS is enabled (not enhanced IBRS), the logic in spectre_v2_user_select_mitigation()     determines that STIBP is not needed. The IBRS bit implicitly protects against cross-thread branch     targetinjection. However, with legacy IBRS, the IBRS bit is cleared on returning to userspace for     performance reasons which leaves userspace threads vulnerable to cross-thread branch target injection     against which STIBP protects. (CVE-2023-1998)

    A use-after-free flaw was found in iscsi_sw_tcp_session_create in drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c in the SCSI     sub-component in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow an attacker to leak kernel internal information.
    (CVE-2023-2162)

    In the Linux kernel before 6.1.13, there is a double free in net/mpls/af_mpls.c upon an allocation failure     (for registering the sysctl table under a new location) during the renaming of a device. (CVE-2023-26545)

    A use-after-free flaw was found in hfsplus_put_super in fs/hfsplus/super.c in the Linux Kernel. This flaw     could allow a local user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-2985)

    A flaw was found in the Framebuffer Console (fbcon) in the Linux Kernel. When providing a font->width and     font->height greater than 32 to the fbcon_set_font, since there are no checks in place, a shift-out-of-     bounds occurs, leading to undefined behavior and possible denial of service. (CVE-2023-3161)

    An issue was discovered in drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c for the ENE UB6250 reader driver in the Linux     kernel before 6.2.5. An object could potentially extend beyond the end of an allocation. (CVE-2023-45862)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    aio: fix mremap after fork null-deref (CVE-2023-52646)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

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

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    nilfs2: fix underflow in second superblock position calculations (CVE-2023-52705)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    mmc: sdio: fix possible resource leaks in some error paths (CVE-2023-52730)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    net: USB: Fix wrong-direction WARNING in plusb.c (CVE-2023-52742)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    mm/swapfile: add cond_resched() in get_swap_pages() (CVE-2023-52932)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    Squashfs: fix handling and sanity checking of xattr_ids count (CVE-2023-52933)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    scsi: iscsi_tcp: Fix UAF during login when accessing the shost ipaddress (CVE-2023-52974)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    net: openvswitch: fix flow memory leak in ovs_flow_cmd_new (CVE-2023-52977)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    squashfs: harden sanity check in squashfs_read_xattr_id_table (CVE-2023-52979)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    irqchip/alpine-msi: Fix refcount leak in alpine_msix_init_domains (CVE-2023-53191)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    watchdog: Fix kmemleak in watchdog_cdev_register (CVE-2023-53234)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ubi: ensure that VID header offset + VID header size <= alloc, size (CVE-2023-53265)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ubi: Fix unreferenced object reported by kmemleak in ubi_resize_volume() (CVE-2023-53271)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    udf: Do not update file length for failed writes to inline files (CVE-2023-53295)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    rbd: avoid use-after-free in do_rbd_add() when rbd_dev_create() fails (CVE-2023-53307)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    crypto: seqiv - Handle EBUSY correctly (CVE-2023-53373)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    scsi: ses: Don't attach if enclosure has no components (CVE-2023-53431)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    drm/radeon: free iio for atombios when driver shutdown (CVE-2023-53453)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ubi: ubi_wl_put_peb: Fix infinite loop when wear-leveling work failed (CVE-2023-53481)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    udf: Do not bother merging very long extents (CVE-2023-53506)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    scsi: ses: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in ses_intf_remove() (CVE-2023-53521)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    scsi: ses: Fix possible desc_ptr out-of-bounds accesses (CVE-2023-53675)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ubi: Fix use-after-free when volume resizing failed (CVE-2023-53800)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    scsi: ses: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in ses_enclosure_data_process() (CVE-2023-53803)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ubi: Fix UAF wear-leveling entry in eraseblk_count_seq_show() (CVE-2023-53826)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    hfs: fix missing hfs_bnode_get() in __hfs_bnode_create (CVE-2023-53862)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ubi: Fix possible null-ptr-deref in ubi_free_volume() (CVE-2023-54087)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    tty: fix out-of-bounds access in tty_driver_lookup_tty() (CVE-2023-54198)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix potential user-after-free (CVE-2023-54214)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ext4: refuse to create ea block when umounted (CVE-2023-54305)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    dm flakey: don't corrupt the zero page (CVE-2023-54317)

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

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    scsi: ses: Fix possible addl_desc_ptr out-of-bounds accesses (CVE-2023-7324)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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 SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4345-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2023-3777: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited     to achieve local privilege escalation. (bsc#1215095)
    - CVE-2023-46813: Fixed an incorrect access checking in the VC handler and instruction emulation of the     SEV-ES emulation of MMIO accesses that could lead to arbitrary write access to kernel memory.
    (bsc#1212649)
    - CVE-2023-31085: Fixed a divide-by-zero error in do_div(sz,mtd->erasesize) that could cause a local DoS.
    (bsc#1210778)
    - CVE-2023-45862: Fixed an issue in the ENE UB6250 reader driver whwere an object could potentially extend     beyond the end of an allocation causing. (bsc#1216051)
    - CVE-2023-39193: Fixed an out of bounds read in the xtables subsystem (bsc#1215860).
    - CVE-2023-5178: Fixed an UAF in queue intialization setup.  (bsc#1215768)
    - CVE-2023-2163: Fixed an incorrect verifier pruning in BPF that could lead to unsafe code paths being     incorrectly marked as safe, resulting in arbitrary read/write in kernel memory, lateral privilege     escalation, and container escape. (bsc#1215518)
    - CVE-2023-34324: Fixed a possible deadlock in Linux kernel event handling. (bsc#1215745).
    - CVE-2023-39189: Fixed a flaw in the Netfilter subsystem that could allow a local privileged     (CAP_NET_ADMIN) attacker to trigger an out-of-bounds read, leading to a crash or information disclosure.
    (bsc#1216046)


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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
333758	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2023-5.0-91-0009	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	8/10/2026	8/10/2026	high
192277	RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2024:1404)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	3/19/2024	8/18/2025	high
190105	RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2024:0723)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	2/7/2024	11/7/2024	high
173233	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2-2023-1987 (ALAS-2023-1987)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	3/22/2023	2/9/2026	high
184344	SUSE SLES15: cluster-md-kmp-azure / dlm-kmp-azure / gfs2-kmp-azure / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:4345-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	11/3/2023	6/26/2026	high

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