RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2020:2522)

high Nessus Plugin ID 137363

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kernel.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2522 advisory.

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: double free may be caused by the function allocate_trace_buffer in the file kernel/trace/trace.c (CVE-2017-18595)

* kernel: use-after-free in __blk_add_trace in kernel/trace/blktrace.c (CVE-2019-19768)

* Kernel: NetLabel: null pointer dereference while receiving CIPSO packet with null category may cause kernel panic (CVE-2020-10711)

* kernel: denial of service via ioctl call in network tun handling (CVE-2018-7191)

* kernel: usb: missing size check in the __usb_get_extra_descriptor() leading to DoS (CVE-2018-20169)

* kernel: perf_event_open() and execve() race in setuid programs allows a data leak (CVE-2019-3901)

* kernel: brcmfmac frame validation bypass (CVE-2019-9503)

* kernel: unchecked kstrdup of fwstr in drm_load_edid_firmware leads to denial of service (CVE-2019-12382)

* kernel: use-after-free in arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c (CVE-2019-13233)

* kernel: integer overflow and OOB read in drivers/block/floppy.c (CVE-2019-14283)

* kernel: memory leak in register_queue_kobjects() in net/core/net-sysfs.c leads to denial of service (CVE-2019-15916)

* Kernel: net: using kernel space address bits to derive IP ID may potentially break KASLR (CVE-2019-10639)

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.

Bug Fix(es):

* Backport: Guest microcode version mismatch on secondary processors (BZ#1814002)

* Realtek 8111, 8112 stop working after upgrading to 3.10.0-1062 (BZ#1814601)

* [mlx5] Crash on reboot while having VF configured and in switchdev mode (BZ#1814800)

* qla2xxx: Urgent driver fix needed. Initiator does not relogin to target after receiving an explicit logout (BZ#1815595)

* High iSCSI read latency resolved by 'tcp: implement coalescing on backlog queue' (BZ#1817498)

* [RHEL7.8][Azure]Commits to resolve high network latency (BZ#1817934)

* NETDEV WATCHDOG: enp3s0 (r8169): transmit queue 0 timed out (BZ#1822541)

* RHEL7: block mq hang of a blk_mq_freeze_queue_wait(), which waits for a zero of a q_usage_counter, which never happens (BZ#1824545)

* Kernel crashes with a message fs/fscache/operation.c:449! (BZ#1826293)

* kernel BUG at fs/fscache/operation.c:70! FS-Cache: 4 == 5 is false - current state is FSCACHE_OP_ST_COMPLETE but should be FSCACHE_OP_CANCELLED in fscache_enqueue_operation (BZ#1839756)

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.

Solution

Update the RHEL kernel package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:2522.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3bc9c293

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2522

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1660385

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1701245

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1701842

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1715554

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1716328

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1727756

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1729933

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1734243

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1750813

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1758671

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1786164

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1825116

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 137363

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-2522.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/11/2020

Updated: 11/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.9

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9503

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:7.7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-kdump, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-bootwrapper, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-perf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-kdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perf

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/25/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18595, CVE-2018-20169, CVE-2018-7191, CVE-2019-10639, CVE-2019-12382, CVE-2019-13233, CVE-2019-14283, CVE-2019-15916, CVE-2019-19768, CVE-2019-3901, CVE-2019-9503, CVE-2020-10711

BID: 89937, 108011, 108380, 108474, 109055

CWE: 125, 20, 200, 400, 416, 476, 667, 787

RHSA: 2020:2522