Oracle Linux 9 : kernel (ELSA-2024-12094)

high Nessus Plugin ID 189666

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-12094 advisory.

- nfp: fix use-after-free in area_cache_get() (Jialiang Wang) {CVE-2022-3545}
- drivers: net: slip: fix NPD bug in sl_tx_timeout() (Duoming Zhou) {CVE-2022-41858}
- can: af_can: fix NULL pointer dereference in can_rcv_filter (Oliver Hartkopp) {CVE-2023-2166}
- RDMA/core: Fix resolve_prepare_src error cleanup (Patrisious Haddad) {CVE-2023-2176}
- netfilter: nf_tables: skip bound chain on rule flush (Pablo Neira Ayuso} {CVE-2023-3777}
- net: tun: fix bugs for oversize packet when napi frags enabled (Ziyang Xuan) {CVE-2023-3812}
- netfilter: nf_tables: skip immediate deactivate in _PREPARE_ERROR (Pablo Neira Ayuso) {CVE-2023-4015}
- af_unix: Fix null-ptr-deref in unix_stream_sendpage(). (Kuniyuki Iwashima) {CVE-2023-4622}
- nvmet-tcp: Fix a possible UAF in queue intialization setup (Sagi Grimberg) {CVE-2023-5178}
- fbcon: set_con2fb_map needs to set con2fb_map! (Daniel Vetter) {CVE-2023-38409}
- fbcon: Fix error paths in set_con2fb_map (Daniel Vetter) {CVE-2023-38409}
- Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_sock_ready_cb (Sungwoo Kim) {CVE-2023-40283)
- netfilter: ipset: add the missing IP_SET_HASH_WITH_NET0 macro for ip_set_hash_netportnet.c (Kyle Zeng) {CVE-2023-42753}
- x86/sev: Check IOBM for IOIO exceptions from user-space (Joerg Roedel) {CVE-2023-46813}
- x86/sev: Disable MMIO emulation from user mode (Borislav Petkov) {CVE-2023-46813}

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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-12094.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 189666

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-12094.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/26/2024

Updated: 11/2/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2023-5178

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rtla, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rv, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:3:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::codeready_builder, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libperf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9::baseos_latest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/26/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3545, CVE-2022-41858, CVE-2023-2166, CVE-2023-2176, CVE-2023-3777, CVE-2023-3812, CVE-2023-38409, CVE-2023-4015, CVE-2023-40283, CVE-2023-42753, CVE-2023-4622, CVE-2023-46813, CVE-2023-5178