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Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2024-12845)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 211823

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-12845 advisory.

 - mm: avoid leaving partial pfn mappings around in error case (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 37311329] {CVE-2024-47674}
 - mm: add remap_pfn_range_notrack (Christoph Hellwig) [Orabug: 37311329] {CVE-2024-47674}
 - mm/memory.c: make remap_pfn_range() reject unaligned addr (Alex Zhang) [Orabug: 37311329] {CVE-2024-47674}
 - mm: fix ambiguous comments for better code readability (chenqiwu) [Orabug: 37311329] {CVE-2024-47674}
 - mm: clarify a confusing comment for remap_pfn_range() (WANG Wenhu) [Orabug: 37311329] {CVE-2024-47674}

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-2024-12845.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 211823

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-12845.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/25/2024

Updated: 11/25/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-container-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-perf, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::uekr6, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:7::uekr6, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek

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: 11/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-26734, CVE-2024-47674