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Oracle Linux 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2022-9478)

high Nessus Plugin ID 162219

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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 a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2022-9478 advisory.

 - perf: Fix sys_perf_event_open() race against self (Peter Zijlstra) [Orabug: 34207044] {CVE-2022-1729}
 - debug: Lock down kgdb (Stephen Brennan) [Orabug: 34207043] {CVE-2022-21499}
 - ALSA: pcm: Fix races among concurrent hw_params and hw_free calls (Takashi Iwai) [Orabug: 34007906] {CVE-2022-1048}
 - ALSA: pcm: Fix races among concurrent prepare and hw_params/hw_free calls (Takashi Iwai) [Orabug:
 34007906] {CVE-2022-1048}
 - ALSA: pcm: Fix races among concurrent prealloc proc writes (Takashi Iwai) [Orabug: 34007906] {CVE-2022-1048}
 - ALSA: pcm: Fix races among concurrent read/write and buffer changes (Takashi Iwai) [Orabug: 34007906] {CVE-2022-1048}
 - memstick: rtsx_usb_ms: fix UAF (Tong Zhang) [Orabug: 34132125] {CVE-2022-0487}
 - xen/9p: use alloc/free_pages_exact() (Juergen Gross) {CVE-2022-23041}
 - xen/gntalloc: don't use gnttab_query_foreign_access() (Juergen Gross) {CVE-2022-23039}
 - xen/scsifront: don't use gnttab_query_foreign_access() for mapped status (Juergen Gross) {CVE-2022-23038}
 - xen/grant-table: add gnttab_try_end_foreign_access() (Juergen Gross) {CVE-2022-23036} {CVE-2022-23038}
 - xen/xenbus: don't let xenbus_grant_ring() remove grants in error case (Juergen Gross) {CVE-2022-23040}

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 kernel-uek-container package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-9478.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 162219

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-9478.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/14/2022

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1048

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23041

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-container, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0487, CVE-2022-1048, CVE-2022-23036, CVE-2022-23038, CVE-2022-23039, CVE-2022-23040, CVE-2022-23041