RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2024:2621)

high Nessus Plugin ID 194828

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:2621 advisory.

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: use after free flaw in l2cap_conn_del in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-3640)

* kernel: Information leak in l2cap_parse_conf_req in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-42895)

* kernel: GSM multiplexing race condition leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2023-6546,ZDI-CAN-20527)

* kernel: ext4: kernel bug in ext4_write_inline_data_end() (CVE-2021-33631)

* kernel: untrusted VMM can trigger int80 syscall handling (CVE-2024-25744)

Bug Fix(es):

* kernel: use after free flaw in l2cap_conn_del in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (JIRA:RHEL-18806)

* tx-checksumming required for accessing port in OpenShift for RHEL 8.6 (JIRA:RHEL-20821)

* ceph: several cap and snap fixes (JIRA:RHEL-20908)

* unable to access smsc95xx based interface unless you start outgoing traffic. (JIRA:RHEL-25718)

* [RHEL8] ] BUG bio-696 (Not tainted): Poison overwritten (JIRA:RHEL-26100)

* kernel: ext4: kernel bug in ext4_write_inline_data_end() (JIRA:RHEL-26330)

* kernel: Information leak in l2cap_parse_conf_req in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (JIRA:RHEL-18808)

* kernel: GSM multiplexing race condition leads to privilege escalation (JIRA:RHEL-19953)

Enhancement(s):

* [IBM 8.10 FEAT] Upgrade the qeth driver to latest from upstream, e.g. kernel 6.4 (JIRA:RHEL-25810)

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 affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f2fa1ea9

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2621

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2139610

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2147356

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255498

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2261976

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 194828

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-2621.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/30/2024

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: High

Score: 8.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3640

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-2024-25744

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-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-core, 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, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, 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

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: 4/30/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-33631, CVE-2022-3640, CVE-2022-42895, CVE-2023-6546, CVE-2024-25744

CWE: 190, 416, 824

RHSA: 2024:2621