RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2022:8267)

high Nessus Plugin ID 167620

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:8267 advisory.

- kernel: off-path attacker may inject data or terminate victim's TCP session (CVE-2020-36516)

- kernel: use-after-free vulnerability in function sco_sock_sendmsg() (CVE-2021-3640)

- kernel: smb2_ioctl_query_info NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2022-0168)

- kernel: NULL pointer dereference in udf_expand_file_adinicbdue() during writeback (CVE-2022-0617)

- kernel: swiotlb information leak with DMA_FROM_DEVICE (CVE-2022-0854)

- kernel: uninitialized registers on stack in nft_do_chain can cause kernel pointer leakage to UM (CVE-2022-1016)

- kernel: race condition in snd_pcm_hw_free leading to use-after-free (CVE-2022-1048)

- kernel: KVM: cmpxchg_gpte can write to pfns outside the userspace region (CVE-2022-1158)

- kernel: use-after-free and memory errors in ext4 when mounting and operating on a corrupted image (CVE-2022-1184)

- kernel: concurrency use-after-free between drm_setmaster_ioctl and drm_mode_getresources (CVE-2022-1280)

- kernel: kernel info leak issue in pfkey_register (CVE-2022-1353)

- kernel: use-after-free in ath9k_htc_probe_device() could cause an escalation of privileges (CVE-2022-1679)

- kernel: NULL pointer dereference in x86_emulate_insn may lead to DoS (CVE-2022-1852)

- kernel: fanotify misuses fd_install() which could lead to use-after-free (CVE-2022-1998)

- kernel: net/packet: slab-out-of-bounds access in packet_recvmsg() (CVE-2022-20368)

- hw: cpu: incomplete clean-up of multi-core shared buffers (aka SBDR) (CVE-2022-21123)

- hw: cpu: incomplete clean-up of microarchitectural fill buffers (aka SBDS) (CVE-2022-21125)

- hw: cpu: incomplete clean-up in specific special register write operations (aka DRPW) (CVE-2022-21166)

- kernel: possible to use the debugger to write zero into a location of choice (CVE-2022-21499)

- hw: cpu: AMD: Branch Type Confusion (non-retbleed) (CVE-2022-23825)

- kernel: nfs_atomic_open() returns uninitialized data instead of ENOTDIR (CVE-2022-24448)

- kernel: nf_tables cross-table potential use-after-free may lead to local privilege escalation (CVE-2022-2586)

- hw: cpu: Intel: Post-barrier Return Stack Buffer Predictions (CVE-2022-26373)

- kernel: openvswitch: integer underflow leads to out-of-bounds write in reserve_sfa_size() (CVE-2022-2639)

- kernel: double free in ems_usb_start_xmit in drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c (CVE-2022-28390)

- kernel: use after free in SUNRPC subsystem (CVE-2022-28893)

- kernel: use-after-free due to improper update of reference count in net/sched/cls_u32.c (CVE-2022-29581)

- hw: cpu: AMD: RetBleed Arbitrary Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions (CVE-2022-29900)

- hw: cpu: Intel: RetBleed Arbitrary Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions (CVE-2022-29901)

- kernel: DoS in nfqnl_mangle in net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c (CVE-2022-36946)

- kernel: nf_tables disallow binding to already bound chain (CVE-2022-39190)

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: 167620

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-8267.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/16/2022

Updated: 1/16/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-29581

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules, 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-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perf, 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: 11/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-36516, CVE-2021-3640, CVE-2022-0168, CVE-2022-0617, CVE-2022-0854, CVE-2022-1016, CVE-2022-1048, CVE-2022-1184, CVE-2022-1280, CVE-2022-1353, CVE-2022-1679, CVE-2022-1852, CVE-2022-1998, CVE-2022-20368, CVE-2022-21123, CVE-2022-21125, CVE-2022-21166, CVE-2022-21499, CVE-2022-23825, CVE-2022-24448, CVE-2022-2586, CVE-2022-26373, CVE-2022-2639, CVE-2022-28390, CVE-2022-28893, CVE-2022-29581, CVE-2022-29900, CVE-2022-29901, CVE-2022-36946, CVE-2022-39190

CWE: 192, 200, 212, 267, 290, 362, 392, 401, 415, 416, 459, 476, 787, 824, 908

RHSA: 2022:8267

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