RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2024:0724)

high Nessus Plugin ID 190110

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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-2024:0724 advisory.

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

- kernel: improper input validation may lead to privilege escalation (CVE-2021-4204)

- kernel: memory leak for large arguments in video_usercopy function in drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c (CVE-2021-30002)

- kernel: eBPF verification flaw (CVE-2021-34866)

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

- kernel: Linux ebpf logic vulnerability leads to critical memory read and write gaining root privileges (CVE-2022-0500)

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

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

- kernel: buffer overflow in nft_set_desc_concat_parse() (CVE-2022-2078)

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

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

- kernel: memory leak in ipv6_renew_options() (CVE-2022-3524)

- kernel: nfp: use-after-free in area_cache_get() (CVE-2022-3545)

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

- kernel: Rate limit overflow messages in r8152 in intr_callback (CVE-2022-3594)

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

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

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

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

- kernel: local privileges escalation in kernel/bpf/verifier.c (CVE-2022-23222)

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

- kernel: Executable Space Protection Bypass (CVE-2022-25265)

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

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

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

- kernel: memory leak in ttusb_dec_exit_dvb() in media/usb/ttusb-dec/ttusb_dec.c (CVE-2022-45887)

- kernel: speculative pointer dereference in do_prlimit() in kernel/sys.c (CVE-2023-0458)

- kernel: net/tls: tls_is_tx_ready() checked list_entry (CVE-2023-1075)

- kernel: ovl: fix use after free in struct ovl_aio_req (CVE-2023-1252)

- kernel: Use after free bug in btsdio_remove due to race condition (CVE-2023-1989)

- kernel: NULL pointer dereference in can_rcv_filter (CVE-2023-2166)

- kernel: Slab-out-of-bound read in compare_netdev_and_ip (CVE-2023-2176)

- kernel: Use after free bug in r592_remove (CVE-2023-3141)

- kernel: smsusb: use-after-free caused by do_submit_urb() (CVE-2023-4132)

- kernel: use-after-free in sch_qfq network scheduler (CVE-2023-4921)

- kernel: A heap out-of-bounds write when function perf_read_group is called and sibling_list is smaller than its child's sibling_list (CVE-2023-5717)

- kernel: NULL pointer dereference in nvmet_tcp_build_iovec (CVE-2023-6356)

- kernel: NULL pointer dereference in nvmet_tcp_execute_request (CVE-2023-6535)

- kernel: NULL pointer dereference in __nvmet_req_complete (CVE-2023-6536)

- kernel: OOB Access in smb2_dump_detail (CVE-2023-6610)

- kernel: inactive elements in nft_pipapo_walk (CVE-2023-6817)

- kernel: use-after-free in IPv4 IGMP (CVE-2023-6932)

- hw amd: Return Address Predictor vulnerability leading to information disclosure (CVE-2023-20569)

- Kernel: denial of service in atm_tc_enqueue in net/sched/sch_atm.c due to type confusion (CVE-2023-23455)

- kernel: Denial of service issue in az6027 driver in drivers/media/usb/dev-usb/az6027.c (CVE-2023-28328)

- kernel: lib/seq_buf.c has a seq_buf_putmem_hex buffer overflow (CVE-2023-28772)

- kernel: r592: race condition leading to use-after-free in r592_remove() (CVE-2023-35825)

- kernel: use-after-free in l2cap_sock_release in net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c (CVE-2023-40283)

- kernel: drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c (CVE-2023-45862)

- kernel: SEV-ES local priv escalation (CVE-2023-46813)

- kernel: ktls overwrites readonly memory pages when using function splice with a ktls socket as destination (CVE-2024-0646)

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-2024:0724.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 190110

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-0724.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 2/7/2024

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-28893

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-0646

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: 2/7/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/2/2021

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-30002, CVE-2021-34866, CVE-2021-3640, CVE-2021-4204, CVE-2022-0168, CVE-2022-0500, CVE-2022-0617, CVE-2022-1462, CVE-2022-2078, CVE-2022-21499, CVE-2022-23222, CVE-2022-24448, CVE-2022-25265, CVE-2022-2586, CVE-2022-2663, CVE-2022-28388, CVE-2022-28390, CVE-2022-28893, CVE-2022-3524, CVE-2022-3545, CVE-2022-3566, CVE-2022-3594, CVE-2022-3619, CVE-2022-3623, CVE-2022-36946, CVE-2022-3707, CVE-2022-39189, CVE-2022-45887, CVE-2023-0458, CVE-2023-1075, CVE-2023-1252, CVE-2023-1989, CVE-2023-20569, CVE-2023-2166, CVE-2023-2176, CVE-2023-23455, CVE-2023-28328, CVE-2023-28772, CVE-2023-3141, CVE-2023-35825, CVE-2023-40283, CVE-2023-4132, CVE-2023-45862, CVE-2023-46813, CVE-2023-4921, CVE-2023-5717, CVE-2023-6356, CVE-2023-6535, CVE-2023-6536, CVE-2023-6610, CVE-2023-6817, CVE-2023-6932, CVE-2024-0646

CWE: 119, 120, 123, 125, 269, 281, 366, 401, 415, 416, 476, 697, 763, 772, 779, 787, 843, 908, 923

RHSA: 2024:0724

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RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2024:0724)

high Nessus Plugin ID 190110

Synopsis

Description

Solution

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Plugin Details

Risk Information

VPR

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

Vulnerability Information

Exploitable With

Reference Information