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Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2021-2725)

high Nessus Plugin ID 151926

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2021-2725 advisory.

 - media: xirlink_cit: add missing descriptor sanity checks (Mark Langsdorf) [1826877] {CVE-2020-11668}
 - Bluetooth: verify AMP hci_chan before amp_destroy (Gopal Tiwari) [1962532] {CVE-2021-33034}
 - sched/fair: Use RCU accessors consistently for ->numa_group (Rafael Aquini) [1915635] {CVE-2019-20934}
 - sched/fair: Don't free p->numa_faults with concurrent readers (Rafael Aquini) [1915635] {CVE-2019-20934}
 - sched/numa: Simplify task_numa_compare() (Rafael Aquini) [1915635] {CVE-2019-20934}
 - sched/numa: Fix task_numa_free() lockdep splat (Rafael Aquini) [1915635] {CVE-2019-20934}
 - sched/numa: Move task_numa_free() to __put_task_struct() (Rafael Aquini) [1915635] {CVE-2019-20934}

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-2725.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 151926

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2021-2725.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/22/2021

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

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:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-whitelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20934, CVE-2020-11668, CVE-2021-33033, CVE-2021-33034, CVE-2021-33909

IAVA: 2021-A-0350