In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: stricter state check in mptcp_worker As reported by Christoph, the mptcp protocol can run the worker when the relevant msk socket is in an unexpected state: connect() // incoming reset + fastclose // the mptcp worker is scheduled mptcp_disconnect() // msk is now CLOSED listen() mptcp_worker() Leading to the following splat: divide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP CPU: 1 PID: 21 Comm: kworker/1:0 Not tainted 6.3.0-rc1-gde5e8fd0123c #11 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.11.0-2.el7 04/01/2014 Workqueue: events mptcp_worker RIP: 0010:__tcp_select_window+0x22c/0x4b0 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:3018 RSP: 0018:ffffc900000b3c98 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: 000000000000ffd7 RBX: 000000000000ffd7 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8214ce97 RDI: 0000000000000004 RBP: 000000000000ffd7 R08: 0000000000000004 R09: 0000000000010000 R10: 000000000000ffd7 R11: ffff888005afa148 R12: 000000000000ffd7 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88803ed00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000405270 CR3: 000000003011e006 CR4: 0000000000370ee0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> tcp_select_window net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:262 [inline] __tcp_transmit_skb+0x356/0x1280 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1345 tcp_transmit_skb net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1417 [inline] tcp_send_active_reset+0x13e/0x320 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:3459 mptcp_check_fastclose net/mptcp/protocol.c:2530 [inline] mptcp_worker+0x6c7/0x800 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2705 process_one_work+0x3bd/0x950 kernel/workqueue.c:2390 worker_thread+0x5b/0x610 kernel/workqueue.c:2537 kthread+0x138/0x170 kernel/kthread.c:376 ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:308 </TASK> This change addresses the issue explicitly checking for bad states before running the mptcp worker.

The AlmaLinux 9.2 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1777616064 advisory.

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Fix potential double free in     create_var_ref() In create_var_ref(), init_var_ref() is called to initialize the fields of variable     ref_field, which is allocated in the previous function call to create_hist_field(). Function     init_var_ref() allocates the corresponding fields such as ref_field->system, but frees these fields when     the function encounters an error. The caller later calls destroy_hist_field() to conduct error handling,     which frees the fields and the variable itself. This results in double free of the fields which are     already freed in the previous function. Fix this by storing NULL to the corresponding fields when they are     freed in init_var_ref(). (CVE-2022-49410)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mdio: fix undefined behavior in     bit shift for __mdiobus_register Shifting signed 32-bit value by 31 bits is undefined, so changing     significant bit to unsigned. The UBSAN warning calltrace like below: UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in     drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c:586:27 left shift of 1 by 31 places cannot be represented in type 'int' Call     Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x7d/0xa5 dump_stack+0x15/0x1b ubsan_epilogue+0xe/0x4e
    __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x1e7/0x20c __mdiobus_register+0x49d/0x4e0     fixed_mdio_bus_init+0xd8/0x12d do_one_initcall+0x76/0x430 kernel_init_freeable+0x3b3/0x422     kernel_init+0x24/0x1e0 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 </TASK> (CVE-2022-49907)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vt: Clear selection before changing     the font When changing the console font with ioctl(KDFONTOP) the new font size can be bigger than the     previous font. A previous selection may thus now be outside of the new screen size and thus trigger out-     of-bounds accesses to graphics memory if the selection is removed in vc_do_resize(). Prevent such out-of-     memory accesses by dropping the selection before the various con_font_set() console handlers are called.
    (CVE-2022-49948)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix double free on     tx path. We see kernel crashes and lockups and KASAN errors related to ax210 firmware crashes. One of the     KASAN dumps pointed at the tx path, and it appears there is indeed a way to double-free an skb. If     iwl_mvm_tx_skb_sta returns non-zero, then the 'skb' sent into the method will be freed. But, in case where     we build TSO skb buffer, the skb may also be freed in error case. So, return 0 in that particular error     case and do cleanup manually. BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __list_del_entry_valid+0x12/0x90 iwlwifi     0000:06:00.0: 0x00000000 | tsf hi Read of size 8 at addr ffff88813cfa4ba0 by task btserver/9650 CPU: 4     PID: 9650 Comm: btserver Tainted: G W 5.19.8+ #5 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x00000000 | time gp1 Hardware     name: Default string Default string/SKYBAY, BIOS 5.12 02/19/2019 Call Trace: <TASK>     dump_stack_lvl+0x55/0x6d print_report.cold.12+0xf2/0x684 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x1D0915A8 | time gp2 ?
    __list_del_entry_valid+0x12/0x90 kasan_report+0x8b/0x180 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x00000001 | uCode revision     type ? __list_del_entry_valid+0x12/0x90 __list_del_entry_valid+0x12/0x90 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x00000048     | uCode version major tcp_update_skb_after_send+0x5d/0x170 __tcp_transmit_skb+0xb61/0x15c0 iwlwifi     0000:06:00.0: 0xDAA05125 | uCode version minor ? __tcp_select_window+0x490/0x490 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0:
    0x00000420 | hw version ? trace_kmalloc_node+0x29/0xd0 ? __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x12a/0x260 ?     memset+0x1f/0x40 ? __build_skb_around+0x125/0x150 ? __alloc_skb+0x1d4/0x220 ?     skb_zerocopy_clone+0x55/0x230 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x00489002 | board version ? kmalloc_reserve+0x80/0x80     ? rcu_read_lock_bh_held+0x60/0xb0 tcp_write_xmit+0x3f1/0x24d0 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x034E001C | hcmd ?
    __check_object_size+0x180/0x350 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x24020000 | isr0 tcp_sendmsg_locked+0x8a9/0x1520     iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x01400000 | isr1 ? tcp_sendpage+0x50/0x50 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x48F0000A | isr2 ?     lock_release+0xb9/0x400 ? tcp_sendmsg+0x14/0x40 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x00C3080C | isr3 ?     lock_downgrade+0x390/0x390 ? do_raw_spin_lock+0x114/0x1d0 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x00200000 | isr4 ?     rwlock_bug.part.2+0x50/0x50 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x034A001C | last cmd Id ? rwlock_bug.part.2+0x50/0x50 ?     lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xe/0x200 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x0000C2F0 | wait_event ?
    __local_bh_enable_ip+0x87/0xe0 ? inet_send_prepare+0x220/0x220 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x000000C4 |     l2p_control tcp_sendmsg+0x22/0x40 sock_sendmsg+0x5f/0x70 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x00010034 | l2p_duration
    __sys_sendto+0x19d/0x250 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x00000007 | l2p_mhvalid ? __ia32_sys_getpeername+0x40/0x40     iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x00000000 | l2p_addr_match ? rcu_read_lock_held_common+0x12/0x50 ?     rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x5a/0xd0 ? rcu_read_lock_bh_held+0xb0/0xb0 ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x5a/0xd0     ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x5a/0xd0 ? lock_release+0xb9/0x400 ? lock_downgrade+0x390/0x390 ?     ktime_get+0x64/0x130 ? ktime_get+0x8d/0x130 ? rcu_read_lock_held_common+0x12/0x50 ?     rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x5a/0xd0 ? rcu_read_lock_held_common+0x12/0x50 ?     rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x5a/0xd0 ? rcu_read_lock_bh_held+0xb0/0xb0 ? rcu_read_lock_bh_held+0xb0/0xb0
    __x64_sys_sendto+0x6f/0x80 do_syscall_64+0x34/0xb0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 RIP:
    0033:0x7f1d126e4531 Code: 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 48 8d 05 35 80 0c 00 41 89 ca 8b 00 85 c0     75 1c 45 31 c9 45 31 c0 b8 2c 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 67 c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 83 ec 20     48 89 RSP: 002b:00007ffe21a679d8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX:
    000000000000ffdc RCX: 00007f1d126e4531 RDX: 0000000000010000 RSI: 000000000374acf0 RDI: 0000000000000014     RBP: 00007ffe21a67ac0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11:
    0000000000000246 R ---truncated--- (CVE-2022-50248)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mmc: rtsx_usb_sdmmc: fix return value     check of mmc_add_host() mmc_add_host() may return error, if we ignore its return value, the memory that     allocated in mmc_alloc_host() will be leaked and it will lead a kernel crash because of deleting not added     device in the remove path. So fix this by checking the return value and calling mmc_free_host() in the     error path, besides, led_classdev_unregister() and pm_runtime_disable() also need be called.
    (CVE-2022-50347)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - mptcp: stricter state check in mptcp_worker As reported by Christoph, the mptcp protocol can run the     worker when the relevant msk socket is in an unexpected state: connect() // incoming reset + fastclose //     the mptcp worker is scheduled mptcp_disconnect() // msk is now CLOSED listen() mptcp_worker() Leading to     the following splat: divide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP CPU: 1 PID: 21 Comm: kworker/1:0 Not tainted     6.3.0-rc1-gde5e8fd0123c #11 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.11.0-2.el7     04/01/2014 Workqueue: events mptcp_worker RIP: 0010:__tcp_select_window+0x22c/0x4b0     net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:3018 RSP: 0018:ffffc900000b3c98 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: 000000000000ffd7 RBX:
    000000000000ffd7 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8214ce97 RDI: 0000000000000004     RBP: 000000000000ffd7 R08: 0000000000000004 R09: 0000000000010000 R10: 000000000000ffd7 R11:
    ffff888005afa148 R12: 000000000000ffd7 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000     FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88803ed00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000     CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000405270 CR3: 000000003011e006 CR4: 0000000000370ee0 DR0:
    0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0     DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> tcp_select_window net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:262 [inline]
    __tcp_transmit_skb+0x356/0x1280 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1345 tcp_transmit_skb net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1417     [inline] tcp_send_active_reset+0x13e/0x320 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:3459 mptcp_check_fastclose     net/mptcp/protocol.c:2530 [inline] mptcp_worker+0x6c7/0x800 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2705     process_one_work+0x3bd/0x950 kernel/workqueue.c:2390 worker_thread+0x5b/0x610 kernel/workqueue.c:2537     kthread+0x138/0x170 kernel/kthread.c:376 ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:308 </TASK>     This change addresses the issue explicitly checking for bad states before running the mptcp worker.
    (CVE-2023-54176)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-169 advisory.

    An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel's XFS file system in how a user restores     an XFS image after failure (with a dirty log journal). This flaw allows a local user to crash or     potentially escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2023-2124)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    skbuff: Fix a race between coalescing and releasing SKBs (CVE-2023-53186)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    net: openvswitch: fix race on port output (CVE-2023-53188)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    raw: Fix NULL deref in raw_get_next(). (CVE-2023-53198)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    nfsd: call op_release, even when op_func returns an error (CVE-2023-53241)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    Drivers: vmbus: Check for channel allocation before looking up relids (CVE-2023-53273)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    sctp: check send stream number after wait_for_sndbuf (CVE-2023-53296)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    sctp: fix a potential overflow in sctp_ifwdtsn_skip (CVE-2023-53372)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    tracing: Free error logs of tracing instances (CVE-2023-53375)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    cgroup,freezer: hold cpu_hotplug_lock before freezer_mutex (CVE-2023-53522)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    RDMA/cma: Allow UD qp_type to join multicast only (CVE-2023-53525)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    mm/swap: fix swap_info_struct race between swapoff and get_swap_pages() (CVE-2023-53623)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    bpf, arm64: Fixed a BTI error on returning to patched function (CVE-2023-53634)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    NFSD: Avoid calling OPDESC() with ops->opnum == OP_ILLEGAL (CVE-2023-53680)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    netlink: annotate lockless accesses to nlk->max_recvmsg_len (CVE-2023-53824)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ping: Fix potentail NULL deref for /proc/net/icmp. (CVE-2023-53987)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    RDMA/core: Fix GID entry ref leak when create_ah fails (CVE-2023-54003)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    io_uring: fix memory leak when removing provided buffers (CVE-2023-54041)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    fs: drop peer group ids under namespace lock (CVE-2023-54128)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    mptcp: stricter state check in mptcp_worker (CVE-2023-54176)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    drm/i915: fix race condition UAF in i915_perf_add_config_ioctl (CVE-2023-54202)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ipv6: Fix an uninit variable access bug in __ip6_make_skb() (CVE-2023-54265)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.15.108-65.141. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-017 advisory.

    An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel's XFS file system in how a user restores     an XFS image after failure (with a dirty log journal). This flaw allows a local user to crash or     potentially escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2023-2124)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    skbuff: Fix a race between coalescing and releasing SKBs (CVE-2023-53186)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    Drivers: vmbus: Check for channel allocation before looking up relids (CVE-2023-53273)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    sctp: check send stream number after wait_for_sndbuf (CVE-2023-53296)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    sctp: fix a potential overflow in sctp_ifwdtsn_skip (CVE-2023-53372)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    tracing: Free error logs of tracing instances (CVE-2023-53375)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    RDMA/cma: Allow UD qp_type to join multicast only (CVE-2023-53525)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    mm/swap: fix swap_info_struct race between swapoff and get_swap_pages() (CVE-2023-53623)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    NFSD: Avoid calling OPDESC() with ops->opnum == OP_ILLEGAL (CVE-2023-53680)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    RDMA/core: Fix GID entry ref leak when create_ah fails (CVE-2023-54003)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    fs: drop peer group ids under namespace lock (CVE-2023-54128)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    mptcp: stricter state check in mptcp_worker (CVE-2023-54176)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    drm/i915: fix race condition UAF in i915_perf_add_config_ioctl (CVE-2023-54202)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ipv6: Fix an uninit variable access bug in __ip6_make_skb() (CVE-2023-54265)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
353159	AlmaLinux 9.2 [TuxCare] Security Update: bpftool / kernel / kernel-abi-stablelists / kernel-core / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1777616064)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
281526	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-54176	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
175085	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2023-169)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
174975	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-017 (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2023-017)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high

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