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RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2021:4777)

high Nessus Plugin ID 155691

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for kernel.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:4777 advisory.

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

 Security Fix(es):

 * kernel: use-after-free in drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c ctx use-after-free (CVE-2020-36385)

 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):

 * scsi: ibmvfc: Avoid link down on FS9100 canister reboot (BZ#1882627)

 * crash in qla2x00_status_entry() because of corrupt srb (BZ#1899599)

 * qedf driver: race condition between qedf's completion work task and another work item tearing down an fcport with qedf_cleanup_fcport (BZ#1941766)

 * The kernel crashes in hv_pci_remove_slots() upon hv device removal. A possible race between hv_pci_remove_slots() and pci_devices_present_work(). (BZ#1948961)

 * I/O delays incorrectly handled in the NVMe stack (BZ#1981610)

 * Data corruption in NFS client reusing slotid/seqid due to an interrupted slot (BZ#2007465)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-2021:4777.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9c9ed9f1

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4777

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1974319

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 155691

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-4777.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/23/2021

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: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-36385

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/23/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/7/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-36385

CWE: 416

RHSA: 2021:4777