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RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2024:5065)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 205114
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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-2024:5065 advisory.The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: drm: Don't unref the same fb many times by mistake due to deadlock handling (CVE-2023-52486)
* kernel: tcp: add sanity checks to rx zerocopy (CVE-2024-26640)
* kernel: vfio/pci: Lock external INTx masking ops (CVE-2024-26810)
* kernel: mptcp: fix data re-injection from stale subflow (CVE-2024-26826)
* kernel: NFSv4.2: fix nfs4_listxattr kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:102 (CVE-2024-26870)
* kernel: mac802154: fix llsec key resources release in mac802154_llsec_key_del (CVE-2024-26961)
* kernel: wifi: mac80211: check/clear fast rx for non-4addr sta VLAN changes (CVE-2024-35789)
* kernel: mm/hugetlb: fix missing hugetlb_lock for resv uncharge (CVE-2024-36000)
* kernel: hwmon: (mlxreg-fan) Return non-zero value when fan current state is enforced from sysfs (CVE-2021-47393)
* kernel: net/mlx5: Discard command completions in internal error (CVE-2024-38555)
* kernel: ipvlan: Dont Use skb->sk in ipvlan_process_v{4,6}_outbound (CVE-2024-33621)
* kernel: tls: fix missing memory barrier in tls_init (CVE-2024-36489)
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-2024:5065.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2275604
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2281057
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2273654
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2293687
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2269070
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2270100
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2275711
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2278176
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2281968
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2282345
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2293444
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2293657
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 205114
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-5065.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 8/7/2024
Updated: 8/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.1
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-2024-35789
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-36489
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-cross-headers, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6, 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_e4s:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, 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-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-47393, CVE-2023-52486, CVE-2024-26640, CVE-2024-26810, CVE-2024-26826, CVE-2024-26870, CVE-2024-26961, CVE-2024-33621, CVE-2024-35789, CVE-2024-36000, CVE-2024-36489, CVE-2024-38555