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Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2012-0743)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68544

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-0743 advisory.

 - [security] fix compile error in commoncap.c (Eric Paris) [806725 806726] {CVE-2012-2123}
 - [security] fcaps: clear the same personality flags as suid when fcaps are used (Eric Paris) [806725 806726] {CVE-2012-2123}
 - [net] rds: fix rds-ping inducing kernel panic (Jay Fenlason) [822757 803936] {CVE-2012-2372}
 - [net] sock: validate data_len before allocating skb in sock_alloc_send_pskb() (Jason Wang) [816292 814504] {CVE-2012-2136}
 - [virt] kvm: Fix buffer overflow in kvm_set_irq() (Avi Kivity) [816154 816155] {CVE-2012-2137}
 - [drm] integer overflow in drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl() (Dave Airlie) [773249 773250] {CVE-2012-0044}
 - [mm] read_pmd_atomic: fix pmd_populate SMP race condition (Andrea Arcangeli) [822824 820762] {CVE-2012-2373}
 - [mm] thp: fix pmd_bad() triggering in code paths holding mmap_sem read mode (Andrea Arcangeli) [803808 800328] {CVE-2012-1179}
 - [vhost] net: fix possible NULL pointer dereference of vq->bufs (Jason Wang) [814286 814288] {CVE-2012-2119}
 - [net] macvtap: validate zerocopy vectors before building skb (Jason Wang) [814286 814288] {CVE-2012-2119}
 - [net] macvtap: set SKBTX_DEV_ZEROCOPY only when skb is built successfully (Jason Wang) [814286 814288] {CVE-2012-2119}
 - [net] macvtap: put zerocopy page when fail to get all requested user pages (Jason Wang) [814286 814288] {CVE-2012-2119}
 - [net] macvtap: fix zerocopy offset calculation when building skb (Jason Wang) [814286 814288] {CVE-2012-2119}
 - [virt] KVM: lock slots_lock around device assignment (Alex Williamson) [814154 811653] {CVE-2012-2121}
 - [virt] kvm: unmap pages from the iommu when slots are removed (Alex Williamson) [814154 811653] {CVE-2012-2121}

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-2012-0743.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68544

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0743.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2136

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0044

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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: 6/18/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0044, CVE-2012-1179, CVE-2012-2119, CVE-2012-2121, CVE-2012-2123, CVE-2012-2136, CVE-2012-2137, CVE-2012-2372, CVE-2012-2373

BID: 51371, 52533, 53162, 53165, 53166, 53614, 53721, 54062

RHSA: 2012:0743