The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2024:5101 advisory.

    * kernel: powerpc: Fix access beyond end of drmem array (CVE-2023-52451)
    * kernel: efivarfs: force RO when remounting if SetVariable is not supported (CVE-2023-52463)
    * kernel: tracing: Restructure trace_clock_global() to never block (CVE-2021-46939)
    * kernel: ext4: avoid online resizing failures due to oversized flex bg (CVE-2023-52622)
    * kernel: net/sched: flower: Fix chain template offload (CVE-2024-26669)
    * kernel: stmmac: Clear variable when destroying workqueue (CVE-2024-26802)
    * kernel: efi: runtime: Fix potential overflow of soft-reserved region size (CVE-2024-26843)
    * kernel: quota: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2024-26878)
    * kernel: TIPC message reassembly use-after-free remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2024-36886)
    * kernel: SUNRPC: fix a memleak in gss_import_v2_context (CVE-2023-52653)
    * kernel: dmaengine/idxd: hardware erratum allows potential security problem with direct access by     untrusted application (CVE-2024-21823)
    * kernel: Revert net/mlx5: Block entering switchdev mode with ns inconsistency (CVE-2023-52658)
    * kernel: ext4: fix corruption during on-line resize (CVE-2024-35807)
    * kernel: x86/fpu: Keep xfd_state in sync with MSR_IA32_XFD (CVE-2024-35801)
    * kernel: dyndbg: fix old BUG_ON in >control parser (CVE-2024-35947)
    * kernel: net/sched: act_skbmod: prevent kernel-infoleak (CVE-2024-35893)
    * kernel: x86/mce: Make sure to grab mce_sysfs_mutex in set_bank() (CVE-2024-35876)
    * kernel: platform/x86: wmi: Fix opening of char device (CVE-2023-52864)
    * kernel: tipc: Change nla_policy for bearer-related names to NLA_NUL_STRING (CVE-2023-52845)
    * (CVE-2023-28746)
    * (CVE-2023-52847)
    * (CVE-2021-47548)
    * (CVE-2024-36921)
    * (CVE-2024-26921)
    * (CVE-2021-47579)
    * (CVE-2024-36927)
    * (CVE-2024-39276)
    * (CVE-2024-33621)
    * (CVE-2024-27010)
    * (CVE-2024-26960)
    * (CVE-2024-38596)
    * (CVE-2022-48743)
    * (CVE-2024-26733)
    * (CVE-2024-26586)
    * (CVE-2024-26698)
    * (CVE-2023-52619)

    Bug Fix(es):

    * AlmaLinux8.6 - Spinlock statistics may show negative elapsed time and incorrectly formatted output     (JIRA:AlmaLinux-17678)
    * [AWS][8.9]There are call traces found when booting debug-kernel  for Amazon EC2 r8g.metal-24xl instance     (JIRA:AlmaLinux-23841)
    * [almalinux8] gfs2: Fix glock shrinker (JIRA:AlmaLinux-32941)
    * lan78xx: Microchip LAN7800 never comes up after unplug and replug (JIRA:AlmaLinux-33437)
    * [Hyper-V][AlmaLinux-8.10.z] Update hv_netvsc driver to TOT (JIRA:AlmaLinux-39074)
    * Use-after-free on proc inode-i_sb triggered by fsnotify (JIRA:AlmaLinux-40167)
    * blk-cgroup: Properly propagate the iostat update up the hierarchy [almalinux-8.10.z]     (JIRA:AlmaLinux-40939)
    * (JIRA:AlmaLinux-31798)
    * (JIRA:AlmaLinux-10263)
    * (JIRA:AlmaLinux-40901)
    * (JIRA:AlmaLinux-43547)
    * (JIRA:AlmaLinux-34876)

    Enhancement(s):

    * [RFE] Add module parameters 'soft_reboot_cmd' and 'soft_active_on_boot' for customizing softdog     configuration (JIRA:AlmaLinux-19723)

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

An update of the linux package has been released.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
205293	AlmaLinux 8 : kernel (ALSA-2024:5101)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	8/9/2024	9/23/2025	high
211575	Oracle Linux 9 : kernel (ELSA-2024-9315)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	11/19/2024	9/22/2025	high
204159	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2024-5.0-0274	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/24/2024	10/15/2025	high

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