RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2022:0620)

high Nessus Plugin ID 158266

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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 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:0620 advisory.

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: use after free in eventpoll.c may lead to escalation of privilege (CVE-2020-0466)

* kernel: Use After Free in unix_gc() which could result in a local privilege escalation (CVE-2021-0920)

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

* kernel: possible privileges escalation due to missing TLB flush (CVE-2022-0330)

* kernel: failing usercopy allows for use-after-free exploitation (CVE-2022-22942)

* kernel: out of bounds write in hid-multitouch.c may lead to escalation of privilege (CVE-2020-0465)

* kernel: double free in bluetooth subsystem when the HCI device initialization fails (CVE-2021-3564)

* kernel: use-after-free in function hci_sock_bound_ioctl() (CVE-2021-3573)

* kernel: possible use-after-free in bluetooth module (CVE-2021-3752)

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 with enabled BERT does not decode CPU fatal events correctly (BZ#1950302)

* RHEL 7.9 - Call trace seen during controller random reset on IB config (BZ#1984070)

* Infinite loop in blk_set_queue_dying() from blk_queue_for_each_rl() when another CPU races and modifies the queue's blkg_list (BZ#2029574)

* NFS client kernel crash in NFS4 backchannel transmit path - ftrace_raw_event_rpc_task_queued called from rpc_run_bc_task (BZ#2039508)

* SELinux is preventing / from mount access on the filesystem /proc (BZ#2040196)

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-2022:0620.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 158266

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-0620.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 2/23/2022

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: Critical

Score: 9.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.9

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3752

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-22942

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-headers, 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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2020

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/13/2022

Exploitable With

Metasploit (vmwgfx Driver File Descriptor Handling Priv Esc)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-0465, CVE-2020-0466, CVE-2021-0920, CVE-2021-3564, CVE-2021-3573, CVE-2021-3752, CVE-2021-4155, CVE-2022-0330, CVE-2022-22942

CWE: 131, 281, 362, 415, 416, 787

RHSA: 2022:0620

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