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Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2021-4056)

high Nessus Plugin ID 154859

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2021-4056 advisory.

 - RDMA/ucma: Rework ucma_migrate_id() to avoid races with destroy (Kamal Heib) [1982040 1931846] {CVE-2020-36385}
 - RDMA/ucma: Fix locking for ctx->events_reported (Kamal Heib) [1982040 1931846] {CVE-2020-36385}
 - RDMA/ucma: Fix the locking of ctx->file (Kamal Heib) [1982040 1931846] {CVE-2020-36385}
 - RDMA/cma: Add missing locking to rdma_accept() (Kamal Heib) [1982040 1931846] {CVE-2020-36385}
 - HID: make arrays usage and value to be the same (Benjamin Tissoires) [1974941 1974942] {CVE-2021-0512}

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-2021-4056.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 154859

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2021-4056.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/3/2021

Updated: 11/2/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3656

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/3/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/7/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-36385, CVE-2021-0512, CVE-2021-3656