RHEL 9 : kernel live patch module (RHSA-2024:1253)

high Nessus Plugin ID 191899

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kernel live patch module.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:1253 advisory.

This is a kernel live patch module which is automatically loaded by the RPM post-install script to modify the code of a running kernel.

Security Fix(es):

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

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

* kernel: net/sched: cls_u32 component reference counter leak if tcf_change_indev() fails (CVE-2023-3609)

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

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

* kernel: GSM multiplexing race condition leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2023-6546)

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 live patch module package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:1253.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 191899

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-1253.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/12/2024

Updated: 6/17/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-2163

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_64_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_75_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_80_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_70_1, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_85_1

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: 3/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2023

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-2163, CVE-2023-3390, CVE-2023-3609, CVE-2023-4622, CVE-2023-6546, CVE-2024-0646

CWE: 415, 416, 682

RHSA: 2024:1253

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