RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2024:1250)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 191901

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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 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:1250 advisory.

Security Fix(es):

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

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

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

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

* kernel: vmxnet3: NULL pointer dereference in vmxnet3_rq_cleanup() (CVE-2023-4459)

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

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

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

* kernel: Race Condition leading to UAF in Unix Socket could happen in sk_receive_queue ()

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

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

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

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

* kernel: use-after-free in IPv4 IGMP (CVE-2023-6932)

* kernel: refcount leak in ctnetlink_create_conntrack() (CVE-2023-7192)

Bug Fix(es):

* kernel: fbcon: out-of-sync arrays in fbcon_mode_deleted due to wrong con2fb_map assignment (JIRA:RHEL-1104)

* [SanityOnly][kernel]BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:35 at: sock_map_update_elem_sys+0x85/0x2a0 (JIRA:RHEL-17572)

* kernel: vmxnet3: NULL pointer dereference in vmxnet3_rq_cleanup() (JIRA:RHEL-18084)

* kernel: NULL pointer dereference in can_rcv_filter (JIRA:RHEL-19463)

* kernel: hw: Intel: Gather Data Sampling (GDS) side channel vulnerability (JIRA:RHEL-8592)

* kernel: A heap out-of-bounds write (JIRA:RHEL-18008)

* kernel: Slab-out-of-bound read in compare_netdev_and_ip (JIRA:RHEL-19356)

* kernel: A flaw leading to a use-after-free in area_cache_get() (JIRA:RHEL-19454)

* kernel: bpf: Incorrect verifier pruning leads to unsafe code paths being incorrectly marked as safe (JIRA:RHEL-8978)

* kernel: use-after-free in smb2_is_status_io_timeout() (JIRA:RHEL-15167)

* kernel: various flaws (JIRA:RHEL-16148)

* kernel: use-after-free in l2cap_sock_release in net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c (JIRA:RHEL-19001)

* kernel: refcount leak in ctnetlink_create_conntrack() (JIRA:RHEL-20307)

* RHEL9.0 - s390/qeth: recovery and set offline lose routes and IPv6 addr (JIRA:RHEL-17885)

* kernel: ktls overwrites readonly memory pages when using function splice with a ktls socket as destination (JIRA:RHEL-22092)

* dm multipath device suspend deadlocks waiting on a flush request (JIRA:RHEL-19103)

* 5.14.0-70.87.1.el9_0: aarch64 BUG: arch topology borken / the CLS domain not a subset of the MC domain (JIRA:RHEL-22501)

* RHEL-9.0 TEST-17-Setup-struct-perf-event-attr / bz1308907 test failure on Ice Lake (JIRA:RHEL-23085)

* Unbounded memory usage by TCP for receive buffers (JIRA:RHEL-16127)

* kernel: use-after-free in IPv4 IGMP (JIRA:RHEL-21648)

* rbd: don't move requests to the running list on errors (JIRA:RHEL-23861)

* kernel: memcg does not limit the number of POSIX file locks allowing memory exhaustion (CVE-2022-0480)

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

* kernel: vmxgfx: NULL pointer dereference in vmw_cmd_dx_define_query (CVE-2022-38096)

* kernel: sched/membarrier: reduce the ability to hammer on sys_membarrier (CVE-2024-26602)

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-2024:1250.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 191901

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-1250.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/12/2024

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: 8.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 9.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:A

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-2023-3390

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-cross-headers, 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, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, 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-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-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

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: 8/29/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0480, CVE-2022-3545, CVE-2022-38096, CVE-2022-40982, CVE-2023-1192, CVE-2023-2163, CVE-2023-2166, CVE-2023-2176, CVE-2023-3268, CVE-2023-3390, CVE-2023-3609, CVE-2023-38409, CVE-2023-40283, CVE-2023-4459, CVE-2023-4622, CVE-2023-5717, CVE-2023-6546, CVE-2023-6932, CVE-2023-7192, CVE-2024-0646, CVE-2024-26602

CWE: 125, 129, 1314, 200, 401, 415, 416, 476, 682, 770, 787

RHSA: 2024:1250

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