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Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2024-1607)

high Nessus Plugin ID 193196

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-1607 advisory.

 - ext4: fix kernel BUG in 'ext4_write_inline_data_end()' (Carlos Maiolino) [RHEL-26331 RHEL-23386] {CVE-2021-33631}
 - serial: core: return early on unsupported ioctls (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - lib/hexdump: make print_hex_dump_bytes() a nop on !DEBUG builds (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix race condition in status line change on dead connections (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - Revert 'tty: n_gsm: fix UAF in gsm_cleanup_mux' (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix the UAF caused by race condition in gsm_cleanup_mux (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix UAF in gsm_cleanup_mux (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: add parameter negotiation support (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: add parameters used with parameter negotiation (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: introduce macro for minimal unit size (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: name the debug bits (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: introduce gsm_control_command() function (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: replace use of gsm_read_ea() with gsm_read_ea_val() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: name gsm tty device minors (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: initialize more members at gsm_alloc_mux() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: add sanity check for gsm->receive in gsm_receive_buf() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix flow control handling in tx path (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix resource allocation order in gsm_activate_mux() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix deadlock and link starvation in outgoing data path (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix race condition in gsmld_write() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix non flow control frames during mux flow off (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix missing timer to handle stalled links (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix wrong queuing behavior in gsm_dlci_data_output() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix tty registration before control channel open (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix user open not possible at responder until initiator open (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: Debug output allocation must use GFP_ATOMIC (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: Fix packet data hex dump output (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix buffer over-read in gsm_dlci_data() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix sometimes uninitialized warning in gsm_dlci_modem_output() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix software flow control handling (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix invalid use of MSC in advanced option (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix broken virtual tty handling (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix missing update of modem controls after DLCI open (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix reset fifo race condition (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix missing tty wakeup in convergence layer type 2 (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix wrong signal octets encoding in MSC (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix wrong command frame length field encoding (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix wrong command retry handling (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix missing explicit ldisc flush (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix wrong DLCI release order (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix insufficient txframe size (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix frame reception handling (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix wrong signal octet encoding in convergence layer type 2 (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix mux cleanup after unregister tty device (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix decoupled mux resource (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix restart handling via CLD command (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix deadlock in gsmtty_open() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix wrong modem processing in convergence layer type 2 (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix wrong tty control line for flow control (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix NULL pointer access due to DLCI release (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix encoding of command/response bit (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: fix SW flow control encoding/handling (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: remove tty parameter from mxser_receive_chars_new() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: don't throttle manually (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: make mxser_port::ldisc_stop_rx a bool (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: Don't ignore write return value in gsmld_output() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: clean up indenting in gsm_queue() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: Save dlci address open status when config requester (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: Modify gsmtty driver register method when config requester (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: Delete gsmtty open SABM frame when config requester (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: Modify CR,PF bit printk info when config requester (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: Modify CR,PF bit when config requester (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: stop using alloc_tty_driver (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: don't store semi-state into tty drivers (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - hvsi: don't panic on tty_register_driver failure (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - amiserial: switch rs_table to a single state (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - amiserial: expand 'custom' (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - amiserial: use memset to zero serial_state (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - amiserial: remove serial_* strings (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: drop mxser_port::custom_divisor (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: drop mxser_port::baud_base (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: remove unused mxser_port::stop_rx (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: don't allocate MXSER_PORTS + 1 (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: remove cnt from mxser_receive_chars (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: remove MOXA_GETMSTATUS ioctl (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: remove MOXA_GETDATACOUNT ioctl (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: remove MOXA_CHKPORTENABLE ioctl (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: remove MOXA_ASPP_LSTATUS ioctl (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: remove MOXA_ASPP_MON and friends (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: remove MOXA_SET_BAUD_METHOD ioctl (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: remove MOXA_GET_MAJOR deprecated ioctl (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: drop unused MOXA_DIAGNOSE macro (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: drop UART_MCR_AFE and UART_LSR_SPECIAL defines (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: remove else from LSR bits checks (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: extract mxser_receive_chars_old (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: extract mxser_receive_chars_new (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: simplify mxser_interrupt and drop mxser_board::vector_mask (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: extract port ISR (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: cleanup LSR handling in mxser_receive_chars (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: remove nonsense from ISR (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: drop constant board::uart_type (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: introduce enum mxser_must_hwid (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: rename mxser_board::chip_flag to must_hwid (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: rename CheckIsMoxaMust to mxser_get_must_hwid (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: cleanup Gpci_uart_info struct (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: integrate mxser.h into .c (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: drop ISA support (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - n_gsm: use goto-failpaths in gsm_init (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: mxser: drop low-latency workaround (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: check error while registering tty devices (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: mxser: fix TIOCSSERIAL jiffies conversions (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm, remove duplicates of parameters (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: do not check tty_unregister_driver's return value (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: nozomi, remove init/exit messages (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty_port: drop last traces of low_latency (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: Demote obvious abuse of kernel-doc and supply other missing docss (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm, eliminate indirection for gsm->{output,error}() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: Fix bogus i++ in gsm_data_kick (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: Remove unnecessary test in gsm_print_packet() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: Fix waking up upper tty layer when room available (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: Fix SOF skipping (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: Improve debug output (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - n_gsm: switch constipated to bool (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - n_gsm: switch throttled to bool (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - n_gsm: switch dead to bool (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - n_gsm: introduce enum gsm_dlci_mode (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - n_gsm: introduce enum gsm_dlci_state (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - n_gsm: drop unneeded gsm_dlci->fifo field (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: avoid recursive locking with async port hangup (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: add helpers to convert mux-num to/from tty-base (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - docs: serial: move it to the driver-api (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - docs: serial: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: Mark expected switch fall-throughs (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - n_gsm: Constify u8 and unsigned char usage (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty: n_gsm: Add copy_config() and gsm_config() to prepare for serdev (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - mxser: switch to ->[sg]et_serial() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - amiserial: switch to ->[sg]et_serial() (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - tty/serial_core: add ISO7816 infrastructure (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-19954 RHEL-19955] {CVE-2023-6546}
 - drm/amdgpu: Fix potential fence use-after-free v2 (Jorge San Emeterio) [RHEL-24479 RHEL-22504] {CVE-2023-51042}
 - perf: Fix perf_event_validate_size() lockdep splat (Michael Petlan) [RHEL-22930 RHEL-17968] {CVE-2023-6931}
 - perf: Fix perf_event_validate_size() (Michael Petlan) [RHEL-22930 RHEL-17968] {CVE-2023-6931}
 - smb: client: fix OOB in receive_encrypted_standard() (Scott Mayhew) [RHEL-22077 RHEL-21685] {CVE-2024-0565}
 - drm/vmwgfx: Fix possible null pointer derefence with invalid contexts (Jocelyn Falempe) [RHEL-22766 RHEL-3179] {CVE-2022-38096}

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-2024-1607.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 193196

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-1607.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/11/2024

Updated: 11/2/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-0565

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-1086

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8::baseos_latest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules, cpe:/a:oracle:exadata_dbserver:23.1.15.0.0::ol8, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, cpe:/a:oracle:exadata_dbserver:24.1.1.0.0::ol8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-perf, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::codeready_builder, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool, cpe:/a:oracle:exadata_dbserver:24.1.0.0.0::ol8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:9:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra, 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: 4/10/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2022

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/20/2024

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-33631, CVE-2022-38096, CVE-2023-51042, CVE-2023-6546, CVE-2023-6931, CVE-2024-0565, CVE-2024-1086