RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2024:3810)

high Nessus Plugin ID 200413

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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 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3810 advisory.

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: use-after-free in drivers/media/rc/ene_ir.c due to race condition (CVE-2023-1118)

* kernel: Spectre v2 SMT mitigations problem (CVE-2023-1998)

* kernel: NULL pointer dereference in __nvmet_req_complete (CVE-2023-6536)

* kernel: NULL pointer dereference in nvmet_tcp_execute_request (CVE-2023-6535)

* kernel: NULL pointer dereference in nvmet_tcp_build_iovec (CVE-2023-6356)

* kernel: mlxsw: spectrum_acl_tcam: Fix stack corruption (CVE-2024-26586)

* kernel: net:emac/emac-mac: Fix a use after free in emac_mac_tx_buf_send (CVE-2021-47013)

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

* kernel: net: bridge: data races indata-races in br_handle_frame_finish() (CVE-2023-52578)

* CVE-2024-25743 hw: amd: Instruction raise #VC exception at exit (AMD- SN-3008,CVE-2024-25742,CVE-2024-25743)

* kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: disallow anonymous set with timeout flag (CVE-2024-26642)

Bug Fix(es):

* md raid5 deadlock during sync check (JIRA:RHEL-27235)

* NULL pointer dereference occurs in x2apic_dead_cpu() due to missing backport from upstream commit 7a22e03b0c02 (JIRA:RHEL-32733)

* [RHEL8.8][ltp] case vma05 failed on x86_64 (JIRA:RHEL-33448)

* XFS: thaw operation hungs if caches are dropped while FS is frozen (JIRA:RHEL-34523)

* Temporary values in FIPS integrity test should be zeroized (JIRA:RHEL-36693)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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-2024:3810.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 200413

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-3810.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 6/12/2024

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: 7.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1118

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

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: 6/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/12/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-47013, CVE-2023-1118, CVE-2023-1998, CVE-2023-52578, CVE-2023-6356, CVE-2023-6535, CVE-2023-6536, CVE-2024-25742, CVE-2024-25743, CVE-2024-26586, CVE-2024-26602, CVE-2024-26642

CWE: 200, 362, 416, 476, 99

IAVA: 2024-A-0356

RHSA: 2024:3810

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