RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2023:5069)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181279

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:5069 advisory.

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

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: kernel (5.14.0).

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: UAF in nftables when nft_set_lookup_global triggered after handling named and anonymous sets in batch requests (CVE-2023-3390)

* kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: fix chain binding transaction logic in the abort path of NFT_MSG_NEWRULE (CVE-2023-3610)

* kernel: net/sched: cls_fw component can be exploited as result of failure in tcf_change_indev function (CVE-2023-3776)

* kernel: netfilter: use-after-free due to improper element removal in nft_pipapo_remove() (CVE-2023-4004)

* kernel: netfilter: nf_tables_newrule when adding a rule with NFTA_RULE_CHAIN_ID leads to use-after-free (CVE-2023-4147)

* kernel: nf_tables: use-after-free in nft_chain_lookup_byid() (CVE-2023-31248)

* kernel: nf_tables: stack-out-of-bounds-read in nft_byteorder_eval() (CVE-2023-35001)

* kernel: save/restore speculative MSRs during S3 suspend/resume (CVE-2023-1637)

* hw: amd: Cross-Process Information Leak (CVE-2023-20593)

* kernel: bypass of shadow stack protection due to a logic error (CVE-2023-21102)

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):

* [Intel 9.3 BUG] [SPR][EMR][FHF] ACPI: Fix system hang during S3 wakeup (BZ#2218026)

* [Dell 9.2 BUG] Monitor lost after replug WD19TBS to SUT port wiith VGA/DVI to type-C dongle (BZ#2219463)

* rtmutex: Incorrect waiter woken when requeueing in rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain() (BZ#2222121)

* RHEL AWS ARM Instability During Microshift e2e tests (BZ#2223310)

* RHEL 9.x updates for SEV-SNP guest support (BZ#2224587)

* Lock state corruption from nested rtmutex blocking in blk_flush_plug() (BZ#2225623)

* bpf_jit_limit hit again - copy_seccomp() fix (BZ#2226945)

* libceph: harden msgr2.1 frame segment length checks (BZ#2227070)

* Temporary values used for the FIPS integrity test should be zeroized after use (BZ#2227768)

* Important iavf bug fixes July 2023 (BZ#2228156)

* [i40e/ice] error: Cannot set interface MAC/vlanid to 1e:b7:e2:02:b1:aa/0 for ifname ens4f0 vf 0:
Resource temporarily unavailable (BZ#2228158)

* lvconvert --splitcache, --uncache operations getting hung (BZ#2228481)

* perf: EMR core and uncore PMU support (BZ#2230175)

* NVIDIA - Grace: Backport i2c: tegra: Set ACPI node as primary fwnode (BZ#2230483)

* NVIDIA - Grace: Backport i2c: tegra: Fix PEC support for SMBUS block read (BZ#2230488)

* [Hyper-V][RHEL 9]incomplete fc_transport implementation in storvsc causes null dereference in fc_timed_out() (BZ#2230747)

* Kernel config option CONFIG_CRYPTO_STATS should be disabled until it is enhanced (BZ#2231850)

* [RHEL 9][Hyper-V]Excessive hv_storvsc driver logging with srb_status SRB_STATUS_INTERNAL_ERROR (0x30) (BZ#2231990)

* RHEL-9: WARNING: bad unlock balance detected! (BZ#2232213)

* NVIDIA - Grace: Backport drm/ast patch expected for kernel 6.4 (BZ#2232302)

* [Lenovo 9.1 bug] RHEL 9 will hang when echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger. (BZ#2232700)

* [RHEL-9] bz2022169 in /kernel/general/process/reg-suit fails on aarch64 (/proc/[pid]/wchan broken) (BZ#2233928)

Enhancement(s):

* [Intel 9.3 FEAT] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Enable HWP IO boost for all servers (BZ#2210270)

* [Dell 9.3 FEAT] - New MB with AMP Codec Change on Maya Bay (audio driver) (BZ#2218960)

* [Lenovo 9.3 FEAT] MDRAID - Update to the latest upstream (BZ#2221170)

* [Intel 9.3 FEAT] [EMR] Add EMR support to uncore-frequency driver (BZ#2230169)

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 affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181279

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-5069.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 9/12/2023

Updated: 11/8/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-44466

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-4004

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, 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, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-core, 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-64k-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules-core, 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, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rtla, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-devel-matched

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: 9/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1637, CVE-2023-20593, CVE-2023-21102, CVE-2023-31248, CVE-2023-3390, CVE-2023-35001, CVE-2023-3610, CVE-2023-3776, CVE-2023-4004, CVE-2023-4147, CVE-2023-44466

CWE: 119, 1239, 125, 200, 413, 416

RHSA: 2023:5069

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