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Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2024-5259)

high Nessus Plugin ID 207397

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-5259 advisory.

 [3.10.0-1160.119.1.0.3.el7.OL7]
 - net: fix __dst_negative_advice() race (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 36947298]

 [3.10.0-1160.119.1.0.2.el7.OL7]
 - md/raid5: fix oops during stripe resizing (Ritika Srivastava) [Orabug: 34048726]
 - blk-mq: Remove generation seqeunce (Ritika Srivastava) [Orabug: 33964689]
 - block: init flush rq ref count to 1 (Ritika Srivastava) [Orabug: 33964689]
 - block: fix null pointer dereference in blk_mq_rq_timed_out() (Ritika Srivastava) [Orabug: 33964689]
 - [xen/netfront] stop tx queues during live migration (Orabug: 33446314)
 - [xen/balloon] Support xend-based toolstack (Orabug: 28663970)
 - [x86/apic/x2apic] avoid allocate multiple irq vectors for a single interrupt on multiple cpu, otherwise irq vectors would be used up when there are only 2 cpu online per node. [Orabug: 28691156]
 - [bonding] avoid repeated display of same link status change. [Orabug: 28109857]
 - [ipc] ipc/sem.c: bugfix for semctl(,,GETZCNT) (Manfred Spraul) [Orabug: 22552377]
 - kexec: Increase KEXEC_AUTO_RESERVED_SIZE to 256M [Orabug: 31517048]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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 affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-5259.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 207397

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-5259.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/18/2024

Updated: 9/18/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1011

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-36971

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-whitelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:7::latest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:7::optional_latest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:7:9:patch

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/18/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2022

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

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1011, CVE-2024-36971