RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2023:7549)

high Nessus Plugin ID 186369

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7549 advisory.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: bpf: Incorrect verifier pruning leads to unsafe code paths being incorrectly marked as safe (CVE-2023-2163)

* kernel: tun: bugs for oversize packet when napi frags enabled in tun_napi_alloc_frags (CVE-2023-3812)

* kernel: use after free in nvmet_tcp_free_crypto in NVMe (CVE-2023-5178)

* kernel: use-after-free due to race condition occurring in dvb_register_device() (CVE-2022-45884)

* kernel: use-after-free due to race condition occurring in dvb_net.c (CVE-2022-45886)

* kernel: use-after-free due to race condition occurring in dvb_ca_en50221.c (CVE-2022-45919)

* kernel: use-after-free in smb2_is_status_io_timeout() (CVE-2023-1192)

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):

* Random delay receiving packets after bringing up VLAN on top of VF with vf-vlan-pruning enabled (BZ#2240750)

* bpf_jit_limit hit again (BZ#2243011)

* HPE Edgeline 920t resets during kdump context when ice driver is loaded and when system is booted with intel_iommu=on iommu=pt (BZ#2244625)

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 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:7549.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c9beb3ec

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2148510

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2148517

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2151956

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2154178

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224048

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240249

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241924

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7549

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 186369

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-7549.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/28/2023

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: 7.3

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5178

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump, 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-zfcpdump-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules-extra

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: 11/28/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/25/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-45884, CVE-2022-45886, CVE-2022-45919, CVE-2023-1192, CVE-2023-2163, CVE-2023-3812, CVE-2023-5178, CVE-2023-52562

CWE: 401, 416, 682, 787

RHSA: 2023:7549