RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2024:0897)

high Nessus Plugin ID 190769

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Synopsis

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-2024:0897 advisory.

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: net/sched: sch_hfsc UAF (CVE-2023-4623)

* kernel: use-after-free in sch_qfq network scheduler (CVE-2023-4921)

* kernel: inactive elements in nft_pipapo_walk (CVE-2023-6817)

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

* kernel: ktls overwrites readonly memory pages when using function splice with a ktls socket as destination (CVE-2024-0646)

* kernel: nfp: use-after-free in area_cache_get() (CVE-2022-3545)

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

* kernel: HID: check empty report_list in hid_validate_values() (CVE-2023-1073)

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

* kernel: NULL pointer dereference in can_rcv_filter (CVE-2023-2166)

* kernel: Slab-out-of-bound read in compare_netdev_and_ip (CVE-2023-2176)

* kernel: A heap out-of-bounds write when function perf_read_group is called and sibling_list is smaller than its child's sibling_list (CVE-2023-5717)

* kernel: NULL pointer dereference in nvmet_tcp_build_iovec (CVE-2023-6356)

* kernel: NULL pointer dereference in nvmet_tcp_execute_request (CVE-2023-6535)

* kernel: NULL pointer dereference in __nvmet_req_complete (CVE-2023-6536)

* kernel: Out-Of-Bounds Read vulnerability in smbCalcSize (CVE-2023-6606)

* kernel: OOB Access in smb2_dump_detail (CVE-2023-6610)

* kernel: use-after-free in l2cap_sock_release in net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c (CVE-2023-40283)

* kernel: SEV-ES local priv escalation (CVE-2023-46813)

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.

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-2024:0897.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 190769

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-0897.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 2/20/2024

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: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-0646

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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:redhat:enterprise_linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, 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-zfcpdump-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules-extra, 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-core, 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: 2/20/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3545, CVE-2022-41858, CVE-2023-1073, CVE-2023-1838, CVE-2023-2166, CVE-2023-2176, CVE-2023-40283, CVE-2023-45871, CVE-2023-4623, CVE-2023-46813, CVE-2023-4921, CVE-2023-5717, CVE-2023-6356, CVE-2023-6535, CVE-2023-6536, CVE-2023-6606, CVE-2023-6610, CVE-2023-6817, CVE-2024-0646

CWE: 120, 125, 1314, 269, 416, 476, 787

RHSA: 2024:0897

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