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Slackware Linux 15.0 kernel-generic Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSA:2022-237-02)

high Nessus Plugin ID 164458

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Synopsis

The remote Slackware Linux host is missing a security update to kernel-generic.

Description

The version of kernel-generic installed on the remote host is prior to 5.15.63 / 5.15.63_smp. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SSA:2022-237-02 advisory.

 New kernel packages are available for Slackware 15.0 to fix security issues.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the kernel-generic 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

Upgrade the affected kernel-generic package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 164458

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2022-237-02.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Published: 8/26/2022

Updated: 10/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-34918

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1012

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-modules-smp, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-generic-smp, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-source, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:15.0, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-huge-smp, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-huge, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-generic, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-headers

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2022

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 7/17/2024

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Netfilter nft_set_elem_init Heap Overflow Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-33655, CVE-2022-1012, CVE-2022-1184, CVE-2022-1462, CVE-2022-1652, CVE-2022-1679, CVE-2022-1729, CVE-2022-1734, CVE-2022-1789, CVE-2022-1852, CVE-2022-1943, CVE-2022-1973, CVE-2022-1974, CVE-2022-1975, CVE-2022-2078, CVE-2022-21123, CVE-2022-21125, CVE-2022-21166, CVE-2022-21499, CVE-2022-21505, CVE-2022-2318, CVE-2022-2503, CVE-2022-2585, CVE-2022-2586, CVE-2022-2588, CVE-2022-26365, CVE-2022-26373, CVE-2022-2873, CVE-2022-28893, CVE-2022-29900, CVE-2022-29901, CVE-2022-32250, CVE-2022-32296, CVE-2022-32981, CVE-2022-33740, CVE-2022-33741, CVE-2022-33742, CVE-2022-33743, CVE-2022-33744, CVE-2022-34494, CVE-2022-34495, CVE-2022-34918, CVE-2022-36123, CVE-2022-36879, CVE-2022-36946