RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2024:0412)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 189549

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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-2024:0412 advisory.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

- kernel: Unprivileged users may use PTRACE_SEIZE to set PTRACE_O_SUSPEND_SECCOMP option (CVE-2022-30594)

- hw: Intel: Gather Data Sampling (GDS) side channel vulnerability (CVE-2022-40982)

- kernel: Report vmalloc UAF in dvb-core/dmxdev (CVE-2022-41218)

- kernel: null-ptr-deref vulnerabilities in sl_tx_timeout in drivers/net/slip (CVE-2022-41858)

- kernel: memory corruption in usbmon driver (CVE-2022-43750)

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

- kernel: NULL pointer dereference in rawv6_push_pending_frames (CVE-2023-0394)

- kernel: HID: check empty report_list in hid_validate_values() (CVE-2023-1073)

- kernel: hid: Use After Free in asus_remove() (CVE-2023-1079)

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

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

- kernel: denial of service in tipc_conn_close (CVE-2023-1382)

- kernel: Possible use-after-free since the two fdget() during vhost_net_set_backend() (CVE-2023-1838)

- kernel: use-after-free bug in remove function xgene_hwmon_remove (CVE-2023-1855)

- kernel: Spectre v2 SMT mitigations problem (CVE-2023-1998)

- kernel: UAF during login when accessing the shost ipaddress (CVE-2023-2162)

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

- kernel: i2c: out-of-bounds write in xgene_slimpro_i2c_xfer() (CVE-2023-2194)

- kernel: ext4: use-after-free in ext4_xattr_set_entry() (CVE-2023-2513)

- kernel: fbcon: shift-out-of-bounds in fbcon_set_font() (CVE-2023-3161)

- kernel: out-of-bounds access in relay_file_read (CVE-2023-3268)

- kernel: use after free in vcs_read in drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c due to race (CVE-2023-3567)

- kernel: net/sched: sch_qfq component can be exploited if in qfq_change_agg function happens qfq_enqueue overhead (CVE-2023-3611)

- kernel: xfrm: NULL pointer dereference in xfrm_update_ae_params() (CVE-2023-3772)

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

- kernel: vmxnet3: NULL pointer dereference in vmxnet3_rq_cleanup() (CVE-2023-4459)

- kernel: use after free in unix_stream_sendpage (CVE-2023-4622)

- kernel: net/sched: sch_hfsc UAF (CVE-2023-4623)

- kernel: Race between task migrating pages and another task calling exit_mmap to release those same pages getting invalid opcode BUG in include/linux/swapops.h (CVE-2023-4732)

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

- kernel: slab-out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities in cbq_classify (CVE-2023-23454)

- kernel: mpls: double free on sysctl allocation failure (CVE-2023-26545)

- kernel: out-of-bounds write in qfq_change_class function (CVE-2023-31436)

- kernel: net: qcom/emac: race condition leading to use-after-free in emac_remove() (CVE-2023-33203)

- kernel: saa7134: race condition leading to use-after-free in saa7134_finidev() (CVE-2023-35823)

- kernel: dm1105: race condition leading to use-after-free in dm1105_remove.c() (CVE-2023-35824)

- kernel: fbcon: out-of-sync arrays in fbcon_mode_deleted due to wrong con2fb_map assignment (CVE-2023-38409)

- kernel: netfilter: potential slab-out-of-bound access due to integer underflow (CVE-2023-42753)

- kernel: IGB driver inadequate buffer size for frames larger than MTU (CVE-2023-45871)

- kernel: use-after-free after removing device in wb_inode_writeback_end in mm/page-writeback.c (CVE-2024-0562)

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-2024:0412.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 189549

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-0412.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 1/25/2024

Updated: 4/29/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

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-2022-1679

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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-2023-5178

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, 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-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-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-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: 1/25/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0854, CVE-2022-1016, CVE-2022-1679, CVE-2022-20141, CVE-2022-3028, CVE-2022-30594, CVE-2022-3522, CVE-2022-3567, CVE-2022-3628, CVE-2022-40982, CVE-2022-41218, CVE-2022-4129, CVE-2022-41858, CVE-2022-43750, CVE-2022-47929, CVE-2023-0394, CVE-2023-1073, CVE-2023-1079, CVE-2023-1192, CVE-2023-1195, CVE-2023-1382, CVE-2023-1838, CVE-2023-1855, CVE-2023-1998, CVE-2023-2162, CVE-2023-2163, CVE-2023-2194, CVE-2023-23454, CVE-2023-2513, CVE-2023-26545, CVE-2023-31436, CVE-2023-3161, CVE-2023-3268, CVE-2023-33203, CVE-2023-3567, CVE-2023-35823, CVE-2023-35824, CVE-2023-3611, CVE-2023-3772, CVE-2023-3812, CVE-2023-38409, CVE-2023-42753, CVE-2023-4459, CVE-2023-45871, CVE-2023-4622, CVE-2023-4623, CVE-2023-4732, CVE-2023-5178, CVE-2024-0562

CWE: 120, 125, 129, 1335, 200, 276, 362, 366, 401, 415, 416, 421, 476, 667, 682, 787, 909

RHSA: 2024:0412

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