RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2024:0412)

high Nessus Plugin ID 189549

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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-2024:0412 advisory.

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: bpf: Incorrect verifier pruning leads to unsafe code paths being incorrectly marked as safe (CVE-2023-2163)

* kernel: net/sched: multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-3611, CVE-2023-4623)

* kernel: tun: bugs for oversize packet when napi frags enabled in tun_napi_alloc_frags (CVE-2023-3812)

* kernel: use after free in unix_stream_sendpage (CVE-2023-4622)

* kernel: use after free in nvmet_tcp_free_crypto in NVMe (CVE-2023-5178)

* kernel: out-of-bounds write in qfq_change_class function (CVE-2023-31436)

* kernel: netfilter: potential slab-out-of-bound access due to integer underflow (CVE-2023-42753)

* kernel: IGB driver inadequate buffer size for frames larger than MTU (CVE-2023-45871)

* kernel: multiple race condition vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-3028, CVE-2022-3522, CVE-2023-33203, CVE-2023-35823, CVE-2023-35824, CVE-2022-3567, BZ#2230094)

* kernel: swiotlb information leak with DMA_FROM_DEVICE (CVE-2022-0854)

* kernel: uninitialized registers on stack in nft_do_chain can cause kernel pointer leakage to UM (CVE-2022-1016)

* kernel: use-after-free in ath9k_htc_probe_device() could cause an escalation of privileges (CVE-2022-1679)

* kernel: USB-accessible buffer overflow in brcmfmac (CVE-2022-3628)

* kernel: multiple NULL pointer dereference vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-4129, CVE-2022-47929, CVE-2023-0394, CVE-2023-3772, CVE-2023-4459)

* kernel: igmp: use-after-free in ip_check_mc_rcu when opening and closing inet sockets (CVE-2022-20141)

* kernel: Unprivileged users may use PTRACE_SEIZE to set PTRACE_O_SUSPEND_SECCOMP option (CVE-2022-30594)

* hw: Intel: Gather Data Sampling (GDS) side channel vulnerability (CVE-2022-40982)

* kernel: Report vmalloc UAF in dvb-core/dmxdev (CVE-2022-41218)

* kernel: null-ptr-deref vulnerabilities in sl_tx_timeout in drivers/net/slip (CVE-2022-41858)

* kernel: memory corruption in usbmon driver (CVE-2022-43750)

* kernel: HID: multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-1073, CVE-2023-1079)

* kernel: use-after-free caused by invalid pointer hostname in fs/cifs/connect.c (CVE-2023-1195)

* kernel: denial of service in tipc_conn_close (CVE-2023-1382)

* kernel: Possible use-after-free since the two fdget() during vhost_net_set_backend() (CVE-2023-1838)

* kernel: Spectre v2 SMT mitigations problem (CVE-2023-1998)

* Kernel: UAF during login when accessing the shost ipaddress (CVE-2023-2162)

* kernel: i2c: out-of-bounds write in xgene_slimpro_i2c_xfer() (CVE-2023-2194)

* kernel: ext4: use-after-free in ext4_xattr_set_entry() (CVE-2023-2513)

* kernel: fbcon: shift-out-of-bounds in fbcon_set_font() (CVE-2023-3161)

* kernel: out-of-bounds access in relay_file_read (CVE-2023-3268)

* kernel: use after free in vcs_read in drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c due to race (CVE-2023-3567)

* kernel: Race between task migrating pages and another task calling exit_mmap (CVE-2023-4732)

* kernel: slab-out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities in cbq_classify (CVE-2023-23454)

* kernel: mpls: double free on sysctl allocation failure (CVE-2023-26545)

* kernel: fbcon: out-of-sync arrays in fbcon_mode_deleted due to wrong con2fb_map assignment (CVE-2023-38409)

* kernel: use-after-free after removing device in wb_inode_writeback_end in mm/page-writeback.c (CVE-2024-0562)

* kernel: use-after-free in smb2_is_status_io_timeout() (CVE-2023-1192)

* kernel: use-after-free bug in remove function xgene_hwmon_remove (CVE-2023-1855)

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):

* bpf_jit_limit hit again (BZ#2243013)

* HPE Edgeline 920t resets during kdump context when ice driver is loaded and when system is booted with intel_iommu=on iommu=pt (BZ#2244627)

* RHEL8.6 - s390/dasd: Use correct lock while counting channel queue length (BZ#2250882)

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-2024:0412.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 189549

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-0412.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 1/25/2024

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: 7.3

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1679

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 Score Source: CVE-2023-5178

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perf, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-core

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: 1/25/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0854, CVE-2022-1016, CVE-2022-1679, CVE-2022-20141, CVE-2022-3028, CVE-2022-30594, CVE-2022-3522, CVE-2022-3567, CVE-2022-3628, CVE-2022-40982, CVE-2022-41218, CVE-2022-4129, CVE-2022-41858, CVE-2022-43750, CVE-2022-47929, CVE-2023-0394, CVE-2023-1073, CVE-2023-1079, CVE-2023-1192, CVE-2023-1195, CVE-2023-1382, CVE-2023-1838, CVE-2023-1855, CVE-2023-1998, CVE-2023-2162, CVE-2023-2163, CVE-2023-2194, CVE-2023-23454, CVE-2023-2513, CVE-2023-26545, CVE-2023-31436, CVE-2023-3161, CVE-2023-3268, CVE-2023-33203, CVE-2023-3567, CVE-2023-35823, CVE-2023-35824, CVE-2023-3611, CVE-2023-3772, CVE-2023-3812, CVE-2023-38409, CVE-2023-42753, CVE-2023-4459, CVE-2023-45871, CVE-2023-4622, CVE-2023-4623, CVE-2023-4732, CVE-2023-5178, CVE-2024-0562

CWE: 120, 125, 129, 1335, 200, 276, 362, 366, 401, 415, 416, 421, 476, 667, 682, 787, 909

RHSA: 2024:0412

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RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2024:0412)

high Nessus Plugin ID 189549

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CVSS v2

CVSS v3

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