RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2024:10262)

high Nessus Plugin ID 211841

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-2024:10262 advisory.

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: improper input validation may lead to privilege escalation (CVE-2021-4204)

* kernel: local privileges escalation in kernel/bpf/verifier.c (CVE-2022-23222)

* kernel: Linux ebpf logic vulnerability leads to critical memory read and write gaining root privileges (CVE-2022-0500)

* kernel: x86/mm: Randomize per-cpu entry area (CVE-2023-0597)

* kernel: mm/sparsemem: fix race in accessing memory_section->usage (CVE-2023-52489)

* kernel: blk-mq: fix IO hang from sbitmap wakeup race (CVE-2024-26671)

* kernel: mac802154: fix llsec key resources release in mac802154_llsec_key_del (CVE-2024-26961)

* kernel: nvme-tcp: fix UAF when detecting digest errors (CVE-2022-48686)

* kernel: vt: fix unicode buffer corruption when deleting characters (CVE-2024-35823)

* kernel: hwmon: (mlxreg-fan) Return non-zero value when fan current state is enforced from sysfs (CVE-2021-47393)

* kernel: userfaultfd: fix a race between writeprotect and exit_mmap() (CVE-2021-47461)

* kernel: scsi: mpi3mr: Avoid memcpy field-spanning write WARNING (CVE-2024-36920)

* kernel: mptcp: ensure snd_nxt is properly initialized on connect (CVE-2024-36889)

* kernel: bpf: Add BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SKB attach type enforcement in BPF_LINK_CREATE (CVE-2024-38564)

* kernel: genirq/cpuhotplug, x86/vector: Prevent vector leak during CPU offline (CVE-2024-31076)

* kernel: drm/radeon: fix UBSAN warning in kv_dpm.c (CVE-2024-40988)

* kernel: xprtrdma: fix pointer derefs in error cases of rpcrdma_ep_create (CVE-2022-48773)

* kernel: bpf: Fix overrunning reservations in ringbuf (CVE-2024-41009)

* kernel: xfs: add bounds checking to xlog_recover_process_data (CVE-2024-41014)

* kernel: sched/deadline: Fix task_struct reference leak (CVE-2024-41023)

* kernel: bpf: Fix crash due to out of bounds access into reg2btf_ids. (CVE-2022-48929)

* kernel: mptcp: pm: Fix uaf in __timer_delete_sync (CVE-2024-46858)

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-2024:10262.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 211841

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-10262.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/26/2024

Updated: 11/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23222

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-2022-48686

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-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: 11/26/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4204, CVE-2021-47393, CVE-2021-47461, CVE-2022-0500, CVE-2022-23222, CVE-2022-48686, CVE-2022-48773, CVE-2022-48929, CVE-2023-0597, CVE-2023-52489, CVE-2024-26671, CVE-2024-26961, CVE-2024-31076, CVE-2024-35823, CVE-2024-36889, CVE-2024-36920, CVE-2024-38564, CVE-2024-40988, CVE-2024-41009, CVE-2024-41014, CVE-2024-41023, CVE-2024-46858

CWE: 119, 121, 125, 362, 401, 402, 416, 459, 476, 665, 754, 763, 787

RHSA: 2024:10262

Detections

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RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2024:10262)

high Nessus Plugin ID 211841

Synopsis

Description

Solution

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Risk Information

VPR

Vendor

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

Vulnerability Information

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Reference Information