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RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2024:1881)
high Nessus Plugin ID 193474
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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-2024:1881 advisory.The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: Marvin vulnerability side-channel leakage in the RSA decryption operation (CVE-2023-6240)
* kernel: tls: use-after-free with partial reads and async decrypt (CVE-2024-26582)
* kernel: tls: handle backlogging of crypto requests (CVE-2024-26584)
* kernel: mlxsw: spectrum_acl_tcam: Fix stack corruption (CVE-2024-26586)
Bug Fix(es):
* [Lenovo RHEL9] Realtek patch for P1 G6 Audio (BZ#2208068)
* Please integrate commit b949ee6801f4 (powerpc/fadump: invoke ibm,os-term with rtas_call_unlocked()) (JIRA:RHEL-17106)
* PVT:1050:XM:Nimitz Linux EEH Nimitz - After FATAL Injection BIT 13 on D10 Register, unable to see the htx traffic status after long time (JIRA:RHEL-22413)
* RHEL9.2 - Performance Degradation in the Case of Asymmetric Scheduler Domains in Linux (JIRA:RHEL-24862)
* kernel: mlxsw: spectrum_acl_tcam: Fix stack corruption (JIRA:RHEL-29186)
* kernel NULL pointer dereference from nvme_fc_io_getuuid+0xc/0x30 [nvme_fc] (JIRA:RHEL-29221)
* sched_setaffinity(2) returns undocumented error ENODEV (JIRA:RHEL-21140)
* kernel: tls: use-after-free with partial reads and async decrypt (JIRA:RHEL-26396)
* kernel: Marvin vulnerability side-channel leakage in the RSA decryption operation (JIRA:RHEL-27840)
* sched_setaffinity(2) doesn't return -1 for an empty mask (JIRA:RHEL-29540)
* [EMR] [TBOOT OS] SUT could not go to S3 state with RHEL 9.2 Tboot OS One CPU return -16 running BUSY (JIRA:RHEL-29665)
* ipoib mcast lockup fix (JIRA:RHEL-29923)
* ice 0000:6f:00.0: PTP failed to get time (JIRA:RHEL-30108)
* blk-mq: don't schedule blk-mq kworkers on isolated CPUs (JIRA:RHEL-30418)
* kernel: tls: handle backlogging of crypto requests (JIRA:RHEL-30450)
* Kernel panic in skb_segment (JIRA:RHEL-30561)
* [IBM 9.4 FEAT] Update IBM vNIC Driver (ibmvnic) (JIRA:RHEL-28648)
* SCTP OOTB scenario in OVS/Netfilter where the SCTP connection can not be recovered by HB_REQ/HB_ACK (JIRA:RHEL-29949)
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-2024:1881.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?827bb0fb
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250843
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265518
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265519
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 193474
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-1881.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/18/2024
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-26582
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.8
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:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, 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-64k, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-uki-virt, 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-64k-debug-modules, 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-modules-core, 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, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rtla, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-64k-devel-matched, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-6240, CVE-2024-26582, CVE-2024-26584, CVE-2024-26586, CVE-2024-35890