RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2021:2714)

high Nessus Plugin ID 151846

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:2714 advisory.

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: size_t-to-int conversion vulnerability in the filesystem layer (CVE-2021-33909)

* kernel: race condition for removal of the HCI controller (CVE-2021-32399)

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):

* pinctrl_emmitsburg: improper configuration (BZ#1963984)

* [Ampere] locking/qrwlock: Fix ordering in queued_write_lock_slowpath (BZ#1964419)

* RHEL8.4 - [P10] [NPIV Multi queue Test kernel- 4.18.0-283.el8.ibmvfc_11022021.ppc64le] DLPAR operation fails for ibmvfc on Denali (ibmvfc/dlpar/RHEL8.4) (BZ#1964697)

* Every server is displaying the same power levels for all of our i40e 25G interfaces. 10G interfaces seem to be correct. Ethtool version is 5.0 (BZ#1967099)

* backport fixes for Connection Tracking offload (BZ#1968679)

* fm10k: removal of MODULE_VERSION deemed improper for y-stream release (BZ#1969910)

* ixgbevf: removal of MODULE_VERSION deemed improper for y-stream release (BZ#1969911)

* ena: removal of MODULE_VERSION deemed improper for y-stream release (BZ#1969913)

* b44, bnx2, bnx2x, bnxt, tg3: removal of MODULE_VERSION deemed improper for y-stream release (BZ#1969914)

* e1000, e1000e: removal of MODULE_VERSION deemed improper for y-stream release (BZ#1969915)

* ice: removal of MODULE_VERSION deemed improper for y-stream release (BZ#1969917)

* igb: removal of MODULE_VERSION deemed improper for y-stream release (BZ#1969919)

* igbvf: removal of MODULE_VERSION deemed improper for y-stream release (BZ#1969920)

* igc: removal of MODULE_VERSION deemed improper for y-stream release (BZ#1969921)

* ixgbe: removal of MODULE_VERSION deemed improper for y-stream release (BZ#1969922)

* i40e: removal of MODULE_VERSION deemed improper for y-stream release (BZ#1969923)

* iavf: removal of MODULE_VERSION deemed improper for y-stream release (BZ#1969925)

* Backport netlink extack tracepoint (BZ#1972938)

* [RHEL8.4] kernel panic when create NPIV port on qedf driver (BZ#1974968)

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-2021:2714.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 151846

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-2714.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/21/2021

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-33909

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-core, 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-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-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: 7/20/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-32399, CVE-2021-33909

CWE: 362, 787

IAVA: 2021-A-0350

RHSA: 2021:2714

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