RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2024:5255)

high Nessus Plugin ID 205470

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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-2024:5255 advisory.

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

Security Fix(es):

* hw amd: Return Address Predictor vulnerability leading to information disclosure (AMD- SN-7005,CVE-2023-20569,RAS)

* kernel: tls: race between tx work scheduling and socket close (CVE-2024-26585)

* kernel: tls: handle backlogging of crypto requests (CVE-2024-26584)

* kernel: tls: race between async notify and socket close (CVE-2024-26583)

* kernel: gfs2: Fix kernel NULL pointer dereference in gfs2_rgrp_dump (CVE-2023-52448)

* kernel: vt: fix memory overlapping when deleting chars in the buffer (CVE-2022-48627)

* kernel: net/sched: act_ct: fix skb leak and crash on ooo frags (CVE-2023-52610)

* kernel: tcp: add sanity checks to rx zerocopy (CVE-2024-26640)

* kernel: fs/proc: do_task_stat: use sig->stats_lock to gather the threads/children stats (CVE-2024-26686)

* kernel: ext4: fix double-free of blocks due to wrong extents moved_len (CVE-2024-26704)

* kernel: ext4: avoid allocating blocks from corrupted group in ext4_mb_try_best_found() (CVE-2024-26773)

* kernel: arp: Prevent overflow in arp_req_get(). (CVE-2024-26733)

* kernel: NFSv4.2: fix nfs4_listxattr kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:102 (CVE-2024-26870)

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

* kernel: Squashfs: check the inode number is not the invalid value of zero (CVE-2024-26982)

* kernel: mlxsw: spectrum_acl_tcam: Fix memory leak when canceling rehash work (CVE-2024-35852)

* kernel: tcp: properly terminate timers for kernel sockets (CVE-2024-35910)

* kernel: mm/hugetlb: fix missing hugetlb_lock for resv uncharge (CVE-2024-36000)

* kernel: i40e: fix vf may be used uninitialized in this function warning (CVE-2024-36020)

* kernel: net: CVE-2024-36971 kernel: UAF in network route management (CVE-2024-36971)

* kernel: net/mlx5: Discard command completions in internal error (CVE-2024-38555)

* kernel: net: bridge: xmit: make sure we have at least eth header len bytes (CVE-2024-38538)

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-2024:5255.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 205470

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-5255.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/13/2024

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

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-2024-38555

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, 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-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: 8/13/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/3/2023

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

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48627, CVE-2023-20569, CVE-2023-52448, CVE-2023-52610, CVE-2024-26583, CVE-2024-26584, CVE-2024-26585, CVE-2024-26640, CVE-2024-26686, CVE-2024-26704, CVE-2024-26733, CVE-2024-26773, CVE-2024-26870, CVE-2024-26982, CVE-2024-35852, CVE-2024-35910, CVE-2024-36000, CVE-2024-36020, CVE-2024-36886, CVE-2024-36971, CVE-2024-38538, CVE-2024-38555

CWE: 122, 1260, 20, 229, 362, 393, 402, 413, 415, 416, 99

RHSA: 2024:5255

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