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Oracle Linux 8 / 9 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2024-12796)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 209512

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-12796 advisory.

 - mm: avoid leaving partial pfn mappings around in error case (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 37174198] {CVE-2024-47674}
 - netfilter: iptables: Fix null-ptr-deref in iptable_nat_table_init(). (Kuniyuki Iwashima) [Orabug:
 36964003] {CVE-2024-42270}
 - netfilter: iptables: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in ip6table_nat_table_init(). (Kuniyuki Iwashima) [Orabug: 36964001] {CVE-2024-42269}
 - pds_core: Prevent race issues involving the adminq (Brett Creeley) [Orabug: 36529980] {CVE-2024-26623}
 - netdevsim: avoid potential loop in nsim_dev_trap_report_work() (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 36530387] {CVE-2024-26681}
 - devlink: fix possible use-after-free and memory leaks in devlink_init() (Vasiliy Kovalev) [Orabug:
 36530666] {CVE-2024-26734}
 - x86/fpu: Keep xfd_state in sync with MSR_IA32_XFD (Adamos Ttofari) [Orabug: 36642225] {CVE-2024-35801}
 - net/mlx5e: Fix mlx5e_priv_init() cleanup flow (Carolina Jubran) [Orabug: 36643379] {CVE-2024-35959}
 - net/mlx5: Fix tainted pointer delete is case of flow rules creation fail (Aleksandr Mishin) [Orabug:
 36835804] {CVE-2024-40940}
 - netfilter: nf_tables: use timestamp to check for set element timeout (Pablo Neira Ayuso) [Orabug:
 36630431] {CVE-2024-27397}

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-2024-12796.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 209512

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-12796.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/22/2024

Updated: 10/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-47674

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-container, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:4:baseos_patch, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::uekr7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-container-debug, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::uekr7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9::baseos_latest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-core

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: 10/20/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/29/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-26623, CVE-2024-26681, CVE-2024-26734, CVE-2024-27397, CVE-2024-35801, CVE-2024-35959, CVE-2024-40940, CVE-2024-42269, CVE-2024-42270, CVE-2024-47674