RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2024:0930)

high Nessus Plugin ID 190828

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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-2024:0930 advisory.

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

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

- kernel: media: em28xx: initialize refcount before kref_get (CVE-2022-3239)

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

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

- hw: cpu: arm64: Spectre-BHB (CVE-2022-23960)

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

- kernel: vmwgfx: integer overflow in vmwgfx_execbuf.c (CVE-2022-36402)

- kernel: vmwgfx: NULL pointer dereference in vmw_cmd_dx_define_query (CVE-2022-38096)

- kernel: vmwgfx: use-after-free in vmw_cmd_res_check (CVE-2022-38457)

- kernel: vmwgfx: use-after-free in vmw_execbuf_tie_context (CVE-2022-40133)

- kernel: sctp: fail if no bound addresses can be used for a given scope (CVE-2023-1074)

- kernel: GSM multiplexing race condition leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2023-6546)

- kernel: Out of boundary write in perf_read_group() as result of overflow a perf_event's read_size (CVE-2023-6931)

- kernel: KVM: nVMX: missing consistency checks for CR0 and CR4 (CVE-2023-30456)

- kernel: blocking operation in dvb_frontend_get_event and wait_event_interruptible (CVE-2023-31084)

- kernel: use-after-free in amdgpu_cs_wait_all_fences in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c (CVE-2023-51042)

- kernel: nf_tables: use-after-free vulnerability in the nft_verdict_init() function (CVE-2024-1086)

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-2024:0930.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 190828

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-0930.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 2/21/2024

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: Critical

Score: 9.5

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: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2196

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: 2/21/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-33655, CVE-2022-20368, CVE-2022-2196, CVE-2022-23960, CVE-2022-29581, CVE-2022-3239, CVE-2022-3625, CVE-2022-36402, CVE-2022-38096, CVE-2022-38457, CVE-2022-40133, CVE-2023-1074, CVE-2023-30456, CVE-2023-31084, CVE-2023-51042, CVE-2023-6546, CVE-2023-6931, CVE-2024-1086

CWE: 1188, 190, 358, 401, 416, 476, 787

RHSA: 2024:0930

Detections

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