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RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2022:0188)

high Nessus Plugin ID 156912

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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-2022:0188 advisory.

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

 Security Fix(es):

 * kernel: xfs: raw block device data leak in XFS_IOC_ALLOCSP IOCTL (CVE-2021-4155)

 * kernel: fs_context: heap overflow in legacy parameter handling (CVE-2022-0185)

 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):

 * kernel show BUG: scheduling while atomic:xxx and reboot when an uncorrectable memory error injection on RHEL8.4 beta and GA (BZ#2008789)

 * tcp: Sockets can be orphaned in the FIN-WAIT-1 or CLOSING states. (BZ#2021574)

 * Hostnetwork pod to service backed by hostnetwork on the same node is not working with OVN Kubernetes (BZ#2024411)

 * ice: bug fixes for kernel crashes (BZ#2026698)

 * [RHEL-8.6][SanityOnly] Backport leftover migrate_disable BPF related change (BZ#2027689)

 * xfs: I_DONTCACHE flag is ignored [xfstests: xfs/177] (BZ#2028534)

 * FIPS: deadlock between PID 1 and modprobe crypto-jitterentropy_rng at boot, preventing system to boot (BZ#2029365)

 * RHEL8.6: Backport upstream RCU commits up to v5.12 (BZ#2029449)

 * i40e,ixgbe: revert XDP partial backport from kernel 5.13 (BZ#2029845)

 * spec: Support separate tools build (BZ#2031053)

 * RCU stall WARNING: at kernel/rcu/tree.c:1392 rcu_advance_cbs_nowake+0x51/0x60 (BZ#2032579)

 * block: update to upstream v5.14 (BZ#2034396)

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-2022:0188.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3b366d62

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0188

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2034813

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2040358

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 156912

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-0188.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/20/2022

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: 7.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0185

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/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-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-core, 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, 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: 1/19/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2021

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 9/11/2024

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4155, CVE-2022-0185

CWE: 131, 191

RHSA: 2022:0188