RHEL 9 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2024:1019)

high Nessus Plugin ID 191092

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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-2024:1019 advisory.

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

- kernel: Use-after-free in nft_verdict_dump due to a race between set GC and transaction (CVE-2023-4244)

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

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

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

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

- kernel: use-after-free during a race condition between a nonblocking atomic commit and a driver unload in drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c (CVE-2023-51043)

- kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in nft_trans_gc_catchall_sync leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2024-0193)

- kernel: nf_tables: use-after-free vulnerability in the nft_setelem_catchall_deactivate() function (CVE-2024-1085)

- 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-rt package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:1019.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 191092

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-1019.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 2/28/2024

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-1086

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, 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-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra, 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-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-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: 2/28/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-38096, CVE-2023-4244, CVE-2023-51042, CVE-2023-51043, CVE-2023-6546, CVE-2023-6817, CVE-2023-6931, CVE-2024-0193, CVE-2024-1085, CVE-2024-1086

CWE: 416, 476, 787

RHSA: 2024:1019

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