The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_sync: fix memory leak     in hci_update_adv_data() When hci_cmd_sync_queue() failed in hci_update_adv_data(), inst_ptr is not freed,     which will cause memory leak, convert to use ERR_PTR/PTR_ERR to pass the instance to callback so no memory     needs to be allocated. (CVE-2023-53017)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:2394 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: GSM multiplexing race condition leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2023-6546)

    * kernel: multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-1086, CVE-2023-3567, CVE-2023-4133,     CVE-2023-6932, CVE-2023-39198, CVE-2023-51043, CVE-2023-51779, CVE-2023-51780, CVE-2024-1085,     CVE-2024-26582)

    * kernel: Bluetooth BR/EDR PIN Pairing procedure is vulnerable to an impersonation attack (CVE-2020-26555)

    * kernel: memcg does not limit the number of POSIX file locks allowing memory exhaustion (CVE-2022-0480)

    * kernel: multiple NULL pointer dereference vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-38096, CVE-2023-6622, CVE-2023-6915,     CVE-2023-42754, CVE-2023-46862, CVE-2023-52574, CVE-2024-0841, CVE-2023-52448)

    * kernel: integer overflow in l2cap_config_req() in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-45934)

    * kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: out-of-bounds access in nf_tables_newtable() (CVE-2023-6040)

    * kernel: GC's deletion of an SKB races with unix_stream_read_generic()  leading to UAF (CVE-2023-6531)

    * kernel: Out of boundary write in perf_read_group() as result of overflow a perf_event's read_size     (CVE-2023-6931)

    * kernel: Bluetooth Forward and Future Secrecy Attacks and Defenses (CVE-2023-24023)

    * kernel: irdma: Improper access control (CVE-2023-25775)

    * Kernel: double free in hci_conn_cleanup of the bluetooth subsystem (CVE-2023-28464)

    * kernel: Bluetooth: HCI: global out-of-bounds access in net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c (CVE-2023-28866)

    * kernel: race condition between HCIUARTSETPROTO and HCIUARTGETPROTO in hci_uart_tty_ioctl     (CVE-2023-31083)

    * kernel: multiple out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-37453, CVE-2023-39189, CVE-2023-39193,     CVE-2023-6121, CVE-2023-39194)

    * kernel: netfilter: race condition between IPSET_CMD_ADD and IPSET_CMD_SWAP (CVE-2023-42756)

    * kernel: lib/kobject.c vulnerable to fill_kobj_path out-of-bounds write (CVE-2023-45863)

    * kernel: smb: client: fix potential OOBs in smb2_parse_contexts() (CVE-2023-52434)

    * kernel: mm/sparsemem: fix race in accessing memory_section->usage (CVE-2023-52489)

    * kernel: net: fix possible store tearing in neigh_periodic_work() (CVE-2023-52522)

    * kernel: multiple memory leak vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-52529, CVE-2023-52581)

    * kernel: net: bridge: data races indata-races in br_handle_frame_finish() (CVE-2023-52578)

    * kernel: net/core: kernel crash in ETH_P_1588 flow dissector (CVE-2023-52580)

    * kernel: net/sched: act_ct: fix skb leak and crash on ooo frags (CVE-2023-52610)

    * kernel: CIFS Filesystem Decryption Improper Input Validation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in     function receive_encrypted_standard of client (CVE-2024-0565)

    * kernel: tls: race between async notify and socket close (CVE-2024-26583)

    * kernel: tls: handle backlogging of crypto requests (CVE-2024-26584)

    * kernel: tls: race between tx work scheduling and socket close (CVE-2024-26585)

    * kernel: mlxsw: spectrum_acl_tcam: Fix stack corruption (CVE-2024-26586)

    * kernel: i2c: i801: Fix block process call transactions (CVE-2024-26593)

    * kernel: sched/membarrier: reduce the ability to hammer on sys_membarrier (CVE-2024-26602)

    * kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: reject QUEUE/DROP verdict parameters (CVE-2024-26609)

    * kernel: local dos vulnerability in scatterwalk_copychunks (CVE-2023-6176)

    * kernel: perf/x86/lbr: Filter vsyscall addresses (CVE-2023-52476)

    * kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: disallow timeout for anonymous sets (CVE-2023-52620)

    * kernel: ip6_tunnel: fix NEXTHDR_FRAGMENT handling in ip6_tnl_parse_tlv_enc_lim() (CVE-2024-26633)

    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 9.4 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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
248642	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-53017	Nessus	Misc.	8/12/2025	8/12/2025	medium
194794	RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2024:2394)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	4/30/2024	8/18/2025	critical

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