Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2024-10943)

high Nessus Plugin ID 212696

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-10943 advisory.

- irqchip/gic-v4: Correctly deal with set_affinity on lazily-mapped VPEs (Charles Mirabile) [RHEL-66965] {CVE-2024-50192}
- irqchip/gic-v4: Don't allow a VMOVP on a dying VPE (Charles Mirabile) [RHEL-66965] {CVE-2024-50192}
- blk-rq-qos: fix crash on rq_qos_wait vs. rq_qos_wake_function race (Ming Lei) [RHEL-65158] {CVE-2024-50082}
- vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk->trans (Jon Maloy) [RHEL-68025] {CVE-2024-50264}
- xfrm: fix one more kernel-infoleak in algo dumping (Sabrina Dubroca) [RHEL-65955] {CVE-2024-50110}
- netfilter: nf_reject_ipv6: fix potential crash in nf_send_reset6() (Florian Westphal) [RHEL-66862] {CVE-2024-50256}
- selinux,smack: don't bypass permissions check in inode_setsecctx hook (Ondrej Mosnacek) [RHEL-66104] {CVE-2024-46695}
- arm64: probes: Remove broken LDR (literal) uprobe support (Mark Salter) [RHEL-66042] {CVE-2024-50099}
- net: avoid potential underflow in qdisc_pkt_len_init() with UFO (Davide Caratti) [RHEL-65399] {CVE-2024-49949}

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 212696

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-10943.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 12/12/2024

Updated: 12/12/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-50264

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8::baseos_latest, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::codeready_builder, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:10:baseos_patch

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/13/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-46695, CVE-2024-49949, CVE-2024-50082, CVE-2024-50099, CVE-2024-50110, CVE-2024-50142, CVE-2024-50192, CVE-2024-50256, CVE-2024-50264

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