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RHEL 8 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:1081)
high Nessus Plugin ID 148369
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kernel-rt.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:1081 advisory.The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: use after free in eventpoll.c may lead to escalation of privilege (CVE-2020-0466)
* kernel: SCSI target (LIO) write to any block on ILO backstore (CVE-2020-28374)
* kernel: Use after free via PI futex state (CVE-2021-3347)
* kernel: race conditions caused by wrong locking in net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c (CVE-2021-26708)
* kernel: out-of-bounds read in libiscsi module (CVE-2021-27364)
* kernel: heap buffer overflow in the iSCSI subsystem (CVE-2021-27365)
* Kernel: KVM: host stack overflow due to lazy update IOAPIC (CVE-2020-27152)
* kernel: iscsi: unrestricted access to sessions and handles (CVE-2021-27363)
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.
Bug Fix(es):
* kernel-rt possible livelock: WARNING: CPU: 28 PID: 3109 at kernel/ptrace.c:242 ptrace_check_attach+0xdd/0x1a0 (BZ#1925308)
* kernel-rt: update RT source tree to the RHEL-8.3.z3 source tree (BZ#1926369)
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-rt package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:1081.See Also
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1922249
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1925588
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1926369
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1930078
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1930079
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1930080
http://www.nessus.org/u?7b7d0500
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1081
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1888886
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 148369
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-1081.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/7/2021
Updated: 11/7/2024
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: Important
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-2021-3347
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.1
Temporal Score: 7.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-28374
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-kvm, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules
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: 4/6/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-0466, CVE-2020-27152, CVE-2020-28374, CVE-2021-26708, CVE-2021-27363, CVE-2021-27364, CVE-2021-27365, CVE-2021-3347