RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2024:5101)

high Nessus Plugin ID 205214

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-2024:5101 advisory.

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: powerpc: Fix access beyond end of drmem array (CVE-2023-52451)

* kernel: efivarfs: force RO when remounting if SetVariable is not supported (CVE-2023-52463)

* kernel: tracing: Restructure trace_clock_global() to never block (CVE-2021-46939)

* kernel: ext4: avoid online resizing failures due to oversized flex bg (CVE-2023-52622)

* kernel: net/sched: flower: Fix chain template offload (CVE-2024-26669)

* kernel: stmmac: Clear variable when destroying workqueue (CVE-2024-26802)

* kernel: efi: runtime: Fix potential overflow of soft-reserved region size (CVE-2024-26843)

* kernel: quota: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2024-26878)

* kernel: TIPC message reassembly use-after-free remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2024-36886)

* kernel: SUNRPC: fix a memleak in gss_import_v2_context (CVE-2023-52653)

* kernel: dmaengine/idxd: hardware erratum allows potential security problem with direct access by untrusted application (CVE-2024-21823)

* kernel: Revert net/mlx5: Block entering switchdev mode with ns inconsistency (CVE-2023-52658)

* kernel: ext4: fix corruption during on-line resize (CVE-2024-35807)

* kernel: x86/fpu: Keep xfd_state in sync with MSR_IA32_XFD (CVE-2024-35801)

* kernel: dyndbg: fix old BUG_ON in >control parser (CVE-2024-35947)

* kernel: net/sched: act_skbmod: prevent kernel-infoleak (CVE-2024-35893)

* kernel: x86/mce: Make sure to grab mce_sysfs_mutex in set_bank() (CVE-2024-35876)

* kernel: platform/x86: wmi: Fix opening of char device (CVE-2023-52864)

* kernel: tipc: Change nla_policy for bearer-related names to NLA_NUL_STRING (CVE-2023-52845)

* (CVE-2023-28746)
* (CVE-2023-52847)
* (CVE-2021-47548)
* (CVE-2024-36921)
* (CVE-2024-26921)
* (CVE-2021-47579)
* (CVE-2024-36927)
* (CVE-2024-39276)
* (CVE-2024-33621)
* (CVE-2024-27010)
* (CVE-2024-26960)
* (CVE-2024-38596)
* (CVE-2022-48743)
* (CVE-2024-26733)
* (CVE-2024-26586)
* (CVE-2024-26698)
* (CVE-2023-52619)

Bug Fix(es):

* RHEL8.6 - Spinlock statistics may show negative elapsed time and incorrectly formatted output (JIRA:RHEL-17678)

* [AWS][8.9]There are call traces found when booting debug-kernel for Amazon EC2 r8g.metal-24xl instance (JIRA:RHEL-23841)

* [rhel8] gfs2: Fix glock shrinker (JIRA:RHEL-32941)

* lan78xx: Microchip LAN7800 never comes up after unplug and replug (JIRA:RHEL-33437)

* [Hyper-V][RHEL-8.10.z] Update hv_netvsc driver to TOT (JIRA:RHEL-39074)

* Use-after-free on proc inode-i_sb triggered by fsnotify (JIRA:RHEL-40167)

* blk-cgroup: Properly propagate the iostat update up the hierarchy [rhel-8.10.z] (JIRA:RHEL-40939)

* (JIRA:RHEL-31798)
* (JIRA:RHEL-10263)
* (JIRA:RHEL-40901)
* (JIRA:RHEL-43547)
* (JIRA:RHEL-34876)

Enhancement(s):

* [RFE] Add module parameters 'soft_reboot_cmd' and 'soft_active_on_boot' for customizing softdog configuration (JIRA:RHEL-19723)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer 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-2024:5101.

See Also

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2263879

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265645

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https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-36222

http://www.nessus.org/u?5f9901ba

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5101

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 205214

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-5101.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/8/2024

Updated: 9/10/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-38627

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

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:F/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, 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, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, 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: 8/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2021

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 8/28/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-46939, CVE-2021-47018, CVE-2021-47257, CVE-2021-47284, CVE-2021-47304, CVE-2021-47373, CVE-2021-47408, CVE-2021-47461, CVE-2021-47468, CVE-2021-47491, CVE-2021-47548, CVE-2021-47579, CVE-2021-47624, CVE-2022-48632, CVE-2022-48743, CVE-2022-48747, CVE-2022-48757, CVE-2023-28746, CVE-2023-52451, CVE-2023-52463, CVE-2023-52469, CVE-2023-52471, CVE-2023-52486, CVE-2023-52530, CVE-2023-52619, CVE-2023-52622, CVE-2023-52623, CVE-2023-52648, CVE-2023-52653, CVE-2023-52658, CVE-2023-52662, CVE-2023-52679, CVE-2023-52707, CVE-2023-52730, CVE-2023-52756, CVE-2023-52762, CVE-2023-52764, CVE-2023-52775, CVE-2023-52777, CVE-2023-52784, CVE-2023-52791, CVE-2023-52796, CVE-2023-52803, CVE-2023-52811, CVE-2023-52832, CVE-2023-52834, CVE-2023-52845, CVE-2023-52847, CVE-2023-52864, CVE-2024-21823, CVE-2024-2201, CVE-2024-25739, CVE-2024-26586, CVE-2024-26614, CVE-2024-26640, CVE-2024-26660, CVE-2024-26669, CVE-2024-26686, CVE-2024-26698, CVE-2024-26704, CVE-2024-26733, CVE-2024-26740, CVE-2024-26772, CVE-2024-26773, CVE-2024-26802, CVE-2024-26810, CVE-2024-26837, CVE-2024-26840, CVE-2024-26843, CVE-2024-26852, CVE-2024-26853, CVE-2024-26870, CVE-2024-26878, CVE-2024-26908, CVE-2024-26921, CVE-2024-26925, CVE-2024-26940, CVE-2024-26958, CVE-2024-26960, CVE-2024-26961, CVE-2024-27010, CVE-2024-27011, CVE-2024-27019, CVE-2024-27020, CVE-2024-27025, CVE-2024-27065, CVE-2024-27388, CVE-2024-27395, CVE-2024-27434, CVE-2024-31076, CVE-2024-33621, CVE-2024-35790, CVE-2024-35801, CVE-2024-35807, CVE-2024-35810, CVE-2024-35814, CVE-2024-35823, CVE-2024-35824, CVE-2024-35847, CVE-2024-35876, CVE-2024-35893, CVE-2024-35896, CVE-2024-35897, CVE-2024-35899, CVE-2024-35900, CVE-2024-35910, CVE-2024-35912, CVE-2024-35924, CVE-2024-35925, CVE-2024-35930, CVE-2024-35937, CVE-2024-35938, CVE-2024-35946, CVE-2024-35947, CVE-2024-35952, CVE-2024-36000, CVE-2024-36005, CVE-2024-36006, CVE-2024-36010, CVE-2024-36016, CVE-2024-36017, CVE-2024-36020, CVE-2024-36025, CVE-2024-36270, CVE-2024-36286, CVE-2024-36489, CVE-2024-36886, CVE-2024-36889, CVE-2024-36896, CVE-2024-36904, CVE-2024-36905, CVE-2024-36917, CVE-2024-36921, CVE-2024-36927, CVE-2024-36929, CVE-2024-36933, CVE-2024-36940, CVE-2024-36941, CVE-2024-36945, CVE-2024-36950, CVE-2024-36954, CVE-2024-36960, CVE-2024-36971, CVE-2024-36978, CVE-2024-36979, CVE-2024-38538, CVE-2024-38555, CVE-2024-38573, CVE-2024-38575, CVE-2024-38596, CVE-2024-38598, CVE-2024-38615, CVE-2024-38627, CVE-2024-39276, CVE-2024-39472, CVE-2024-39476, CVE-2024-39487, CVE-2024-39502, CVE-2024-40927, CVE-2024-40974

CWE: 119, 120, 121, 122, 124, 125, 129, 131, 1342, 1423, 170, 190, 20, 229, 276, 362, 369, 401, 402, 413, 415, 416, 457, 459, 476, 590, 664, 665, 667, 690, 754, 787, 820, 822, 833, 99

RHSA: 2024:5101