RHEL 9 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2023:2148)

high Nessus Plugin ID 175460

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kernel-rt.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:2148 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):

* use-after-free in l2cap_connect and l2cap_le_connect_req in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-42896)

* net/ulp: use-after-free in listening ULP sockets (CVE-2023-0461)

* hw: cpu: AMD CPUs may transiently execute beyond unconditional direct branch (CVE-2021-26341)

* malicious data for FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO ioctl may cause OOB write memory (CVE-2021-33655)

* possible race condition in drivers/tty/tty_buffers.c (CVE-2022-1462)

* KVM: NULL pointer dereference in kvm_mmu_invpcid_gva (CVE-2022-1789)

* use-after-free in free_pipe_info() could lead to privilege escalation (CVE-2022-1882)

* KVM: nVMX: missing IBPB when exiting from nested guest can lead to Spectre v2 attacks (CVE-2022-2196)

* netfilter: nf_conntrack_irc message handling issue (CVE-2022-2663)

* race condition in xfrm_probe_algs can lead to OOB read/write (CVE-2022-3028)

* out-of-bounds read in fib_nh_match of the file net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c (CVE-2022-3435)

* race condition in hugetlb_no_page() in mm/hugetlb.c (CVE-2022-3522)

* memory leak in ipv6_renew_options() (CVE-2022-3524)

* data races around icsk->icsk_af_ops in do_ipv6_setsockopt (CVE-2022-3566)

* data races around sk->sk_prot (CVE-2022-3567)

* memory leak in l2cap_recv_acldata of the file net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-3619)

* denial of service in follow_page_pte in mm/gup.c due to poisoned pte entry (CVE-2022-3623)

* use-after-free after failed devlink reload in devlink_param_get (CVE-2022-3625)

* USB-accessible buffer overflow in brcmfmac (CVE-2022-3628)

* use after free flaw in l2cap_conn_del in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-3640)

* Double-free in split_2MB_gtt_entry when function intel_gvt_dma_map_guest_page failed (CVE-2022-3707)

* mptcp: NULL pointer dereference in subflow traversal at disconnect time (CVE-2022-4128)

* l2tp: missing lock when clearing sk_user_data can lead to NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2022-4129)

* igmp: use-after-free in ip_check_mc_rcu when opening and closing inet sockets (CVE-2022-20141)

* lockdown bypass using IMA (CVE-2022-21505)

* double free in usb_8dev_start_xmit in drivers/net/can/usb/usb_8dev.c (CVE-2022-28388)

* network backend may cause Linux netfront to use freed SKBs (XSA-405) (CVE-2022-33743)

* unmap_mapping_range() race with munmap() on VM_PFNMAP mappings leads to stale TLB entry (CVE-2022-39188)

* TLB flush operations are mishandled in certain KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED leading to guest malfunctioning (CVE-2022-39189)

* u8 overflow problem in cfg80211_update_notlisted_nontrans() (CVE-2022-41674)

* use-after-free related to leaf anon_vma double reuse (CVE-2022-42703)

* use-after-free in bss_ref_get in net/wireless/scan.c (CVE-2022-42720)

* BSS list corruption in cfg80211_add_nontrans_list in net/wireless/scan.c (CVE-2022-42721)

* Denial of service in beacon protection for P2P-device (CVE-2022-42722)

* memory corruption in usbmon driver (CVE-2022-43750)

* NULL pointer dereference in traffic control subsystem (CVE-2022-47929)

* NULL pointer dereference in rawv6_push_pending_frames (CVE-2023-0394)

* use-after-free due to race condition in qdisc_graft() (CVE-2023-0590)

* use-after-free caused by invalid pointer hostname in fs/cifs/connect.c (CVE-2023-1195)

* denial of service in tipc_conn_close (CVE-2023-1382)

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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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-2023:2148.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?14f4954d

http://www.nessus.org/u?ecefa061

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2148

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2061703

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2073091

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2078466

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2089701

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2090723

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2106830

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2107924

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2108691

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2114937

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2122228

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2123056

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2124788

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2130141

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2133483

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2133490

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2134377

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2134380

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2134451

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2134506

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2134517

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2134528

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2137979

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2139610

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2143893

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2143943

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2144720

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2147364

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2150947

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2150960

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2150979

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2151270

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2154171

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2154235

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2160023

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2162120

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2165721

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2165741

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2168246

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2176192

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2177371

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 175460

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-2148.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/13/2023

Updated: 9/10/2025

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: 7.3

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-2022-1882

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/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-2022-42896

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-core, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, 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-debug-modules-core

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: 5/9/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-26341, CVE-2021-33631, CVE-2021-33655, CVE-2021-47560, CVE-2021-47592, CVE-2022-1462, CVE-2022-1789, CVE-2022-1882, CVE-2022-20141, CVE-2022-21505, CVE-2022-2196, CVE-2022-2663, CVE-2022-28388, CVE-2022-3028, CVE-2022-33743, CVE-2022-3435, CVE-2022-3524, CVE-2022-3566, CVE-2022-3567, CVE-2022-3619, CVE-2022-3623, CVE-2022-3625, CVE-2022-3628, CVE-2022-36280, CVE-2022-3640, CVE-2022-36879, CVE-2022-3707, CVE-2022-39188, CVE-2022-39189, CVE-2022-4128, CVE-2022-4129, CVE-2022-41674, CVE-2022-42703, CVE-2022-42720, CVE-2022-42721, CVE-2022-42722, CVE-2022-42896, CVE-2022-43750, CVE-2022-4662, CVE-2022-47929, CVE-2022-48695, CVE-2023-0394, CVE-2023-0461, CVE-2023-0590, CVE-2023-1195, CVE-2023-1382, CVE-2023-2177, CVE-2023-22998, CVE-2023-2513, CVE-2023-52340

CWE: 1188, 120, 123, 125, 190, 20, 305, 362, 366, 400, 401, 415, 416, 421, 436, 455, 459, 476, 552, 667, 705, 787, 911, 923

RHSA: 2023:2148