SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:1642-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 197045

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:1642-1 advisory.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

- CVE-2024-26840: Fixed a memory leak in cachefiles_add_cache() (bsc#1222976).
- CVE-2021-47113: Abort btrfs rename_exchange if we fail to insert the second ref (bsc#1221543).
- CVE-2021-47131: Fixed a use-after-free after the TLS device goes down and up (bsc#1221545).
- CVE-2024-26852: Fixed net/ipv6 to avoid possible UAF in ip6_route_mpath_notify() (bsc#1223057).
- CVE-2021-46955: Fixed an out-of-bounds read with openvswitch, when fragmenting IPv4 packets (bsc#1220513).
- CVE-2024-26862: Fixed packet annotate data-races around ignore_outgoing (bsc#1223111).
- CVE-2024-0639: Fixed a denial-of-service vulnerability due to a deadlock found in sctp_auto_asconf_init in net/sctp/socket.c (bsc#1218917).
- CVE-2024-27043: Fixed a use-after-free in edia/dvbdev in different places (bsc#1223824).
- CVE-2022-48631: Fixed a bug in ext4, when parsing extents where eh_entries == 0 and eh_depth > 0 (bsc#1223475).
- CVE-2024-23307: Fixed Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in x86 and ARM md, raid, raid5 modules (bsc#1219169).
- CVE-2022-48651: Fixed an out-of-bound bug in ipvlan caused by unset skb->mac_header (bsc#1223513).
- CVE-2024-26906: Disallowed vsyscall page read for copy_from_kernel_nofault() (bsc#1223202).
- CVE-2024-26816: Fixed relocations in .notes section when building with CONFIG_XEN_PV=y by ignoring them (bsc#1222624).
- CVE-2024-26610: Fixed memory corruption in wifi/iwlwifi (bsc#1221299).
- CVE-2024-26689: Fixed a use-after-free in encode_cap_msg() (bsc#1222503).
- CVE-2021-47041: Don't set sk_user_data without write_lock (bsc#1220755).
- CVE-2021-47074: Fixed memory leak in nvme_loop_create_ctrl() (bsc#1220854).
- CVE-2024-26744: Fixed null pointer dereference in srpt_service_guid parameter in rdma/srpt (bsc#1222449).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 197045

File Name: suse_SU-2024-1642-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/15/2024

Updated: 8/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2024-26898

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:novell:suse_linux:kernel-macros, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-zfcpdump, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-64kb-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-preempt-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ocfs2-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dlm-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-preempt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-livepatch, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gfs2-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-syms, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:reiserfs-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_161-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-livepatch-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cluster-md-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-obs-build, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-source, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-64kb

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-46955, CVE-2021-47041, CVE-2021-47074, CVE-2021-47113, CVE-2021-47131, CVE-2021-47184, CVE-2021-47185, CVE-2021-47194, CVE-2021-47198, CVE-2021-47201, CVE-2021-47202, CVE-2021-47203, CVE-2021-47206, CVE-2021-47207, CVE-2021-47212, CVE-2021-47216, CVE-2022-48631, CVE-2022-48638, CVE-2022-48650, CVE-2022-48651, CVE-2022-48654, CVE-2022-48672, CVE-2022-48686, CVE-2022-48687, CVE-2022-48693, CVE-2022-48695, CVE-2022-48701, CVE-2022-48702, CVE-2023-2860, CVE-2023-6270, CVE-2024-0639, CVE-2024-0841, CVE-2024-22099, CVE-2024-23307, CVE-2024-26610, CVE-2024-26688, CVE-2024-26689, CVE-2024-26733, CVE-2024-26739, CVE-2024-26744, CVE-2024-26816, CVE-2024-26840, CVE-2024-26852, CVE-2024-26862, CVE-2024-26898, CVE-2024-26903, CVE-2024-26906, CVE-2024-27043

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:1642-1

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