AlmaLinux 8 : kernel (ALSA-2024:5101)

high Nessus Plugin ID 205293

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Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2024:5101 advisory.

* kernel: powerpc: Fix access beyond end of drmem array (CVE-2023-52451)
* kernel: efivarfs: force RO when remounting if SetVariable is not supported (CVE-2023-52463)
* kernel: tracing: Restructure trace_clock_global() to never block (CVE-2021-46939)
* kernel: ext4: avoid online resizing failures due to oversized flex bg (CVE-2023-52622)
* kernel: net/sched: flower: Fix chain template offload (CVE-2024-26669)
* kernel: stmmac: Clear variable when destroying workqueue (CVE-2024-26802)
* kernel: efi: runtime: Fix potential overflow of soft-reserved region size (CVE-2024-26843)
* kernel: quota: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2024-26878)
* kernel: TIPC message reassembly use-after-free remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2024-36886)
* kernel: SUNRPC: fix a memleak in gss_import_v2_context (CVE-2023-52653)
* kernel: dmaengine/idxd: hardware erratum allows potential security problem with direct access by untrusted application (CVE-2024-21823)
* kernel: Revert net/mlx5: Block entering switchdev mode with ns inconsistency (CVE-2023-52658)
* kernel: ext4: fix corruption during on-line resize (CVE-2024-35807)
* kernel: x86/fpu: Keep xfd_state in sync with MSR_IA32_XFD (CVE-2024-35801)
* kernel: dyndbg: fix old BUG_ON in >control parser (CVE-2024-35947)
* kernel: net/sched: act_skbmod: prevent kernel-infoleak (CVE-2024-35893)
* kernel: x86/mce: Make sure to grab mce_sysfs_mutex in set_bank() (CVE-2024-35876)
* kernel: platform/x86: wmi: Fix opening of char device (CVE-2023-52864)
* kernel: tipc: Change nla_policy for bearer-related names to NLA_NUL_STRING (CVE-2023-52845)
* (CVE-2023-28746)
* (CVE-2023-52847)
* (CVE-2021-47548)
* (CVE-2024-36921)
* (CVE-2024-26921)
* (CVE-2021-47579)
* (CVE-2024-36927)
* (CVE-2024-39276)
* (CVE-2024-33621)
* (CVE-2024-27010)
* (CVE-2024-26960)
* (CVE-2024-38596)
* (CVE-2022-48743)
* (CVE-2024-26733)
* (CVE-2024-26586)
* (CVE-2024-26698)
* (CVE-2023-52619)

Bug Fix(es):

* AlmaLinux8.6 - Spinlock statistics may show negative elapsed time and incorrectly formatted output (JIRA:AlmaLinux-17678)
* [AWS][8.9]There are call traces found when booting debug-kernel for Amazon EC2 r8g.metal-24xl instance (JIRA:AlmaLinux-23841)
* [almalinux8] gfs2: Fix glock shrinker (JIRA:AlmaLinux-32941)
* lan78xx: Microchip LAN7800 never comes up after unplug and replug (JIRA:AlmaLinux-33437)
* [Hyper-V][AlmaLinux-8.10.z] Update hv_netvsc driver to TOT (JIRA:AlmaLinux-39074)
* Use-after-free on proc inode-i_sb triggered by fsnotify (JIRA:AlmaLinux-40167)
* blk-cgroup: Properly propagate the iostat update up the hierarchy [almalinux-8.10.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-40939)
* (JIRA:AlmaLinux-31798)
* (JIRA:AlmaLinux-10263)
* (JIRA:AlmaLinux-40901)
* (JIRA:AlmaLinux-43547)
* (JIRA:AlmaLinux-34876)

Enhancement(s):

* [RFE] Add module parameters 'soft_reboot_cmd' and 'soft_active_on_boot' for customizing softdog configuration (JIRA:AlmaLinux-19723)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 205293

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2024-5101.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Family: Alma Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/9/2024

Updated: 9/23/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-40974

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-35814

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2021

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 8/28/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-46939, CVE-2021-47257, CVE-2021-47284, CVE-2021-47304, CVE-2021-47373, CVE-2021-47408, CVE-2021-47461, CVE-2021-47468, CVE-2021-47491, CVE-2021-47548, CVE-2021-47579, CVE-2021-47624, CVE-2022-48632, CVE-2022-48743, CVE-2022-48747, CVE-2022-48757, CVE-2023-28746, CVE-2023-52463, CVE-2023-52469, CVE-2023-52471, CVE-2023-52486, CVE-2023-52530, CVE-2023-52619, CVE-2023-52622, CVE-2023-52623, CVE-2023-52648, CVE-2023-52653, CVE-2023-52658, CVE-2023-52662, CVE-2023-52679, CVE-2023-52707, CVE-2023-52730, CVE-2023-52762, CVE-2023-52764, CVE-2023-52775, CVE-2023-52777, CVE-2023-52784, CVE-2023-52791, CVE-2023-52796, CVE-2023-52803, CVE-2023-52811, CVE-2023-52832, CVE-2023-52834, CVE-2023-52845, CVE-2023-52847, CVE-2023-52864, CVE-2024-21823, CVE-2024-2201, CVE-2024-25739, CVE-2024-26586, CVE-2024-26614, CVE-2024-26640, CVE-2024-26660, CVE-2024-26669, CVE-2024-26686, CVE-2024-26698, CVE-2024-26704, CVE-2024-26733, CVE-2024-26740, CVE-2024-26772, CVE-2024-26773, CVE-2024-26802, CVE-2024-26810, CVE-2024-26837, CVE-2024-26840, CVE-2024-26843, CVE-2024-26852, CVE-2024-26853, CVE-2024-26870, CVE-2024-26878, CVE-2024-26921, CVE-2024-26925, CVE-2024-26940, CVE-2024-26958, CVE-2024-26960, CVE-2024-26961, CVE-2024-27010, CVE-2024-27011, CVE-2024-27019, CVE-2024-27020, CVE-2024-27025, CVE-2024-27065, CVE-2024-27388, CVE-2024-27395, CVE-2024-27434, CVE-2024-31076, CVE-2024-33621, CVE-2024-35790, CVE-2024-35801, CVE-2024-35807, CVE-2024-35810, CVE-2024-35814, CVE-2024-35823, CVE-2024-35824, CVE-2024-35847, CVE-2024-35893, CVE-2024-35896, CVE-2024-35897, CVE-2024-35899, CVE-2024-35900, CVE-2024-35910, CVE-2024-35912, CVE-2024-35924, CVE-2024-35925, CVE-2024-35930, CVE-2024-35937, CVE-2024-35938, CVE-2024-35946, CVE-2024-35947, CVE-2024-35952, CVE-2024-36000, CVE-2024-36005, CVE-2024-36006, CVE-2024-36010, CVE-2024-36016, CVE-2024-36017, CVE-2024-36020, CVE-2024-36025, CVE-2024-36270, CVE-2024-36286, CVE-2024-36489, CVE-2024-36886, CVE-2024-36889, CVE-2024-36896, CVE-2024-36904, CVE-2024-36905, CVE-2024-36917, CVE-2024-36921, CVE-2024-36927, CVE-2024-36929, CVE-2024-36933, CVE-2024-36940, CVE-2024-36941, CVE-2024-36945, CVE-2024-36950, CVE-2024-36954, CVE-2024-36960, CVE-2024-36971, CVE-2024-36978, CVE-2024-36979, CVE-2024-38538, CVE-2024-38555, CVE-2024-38573, CVE-2024-38575, CVE-2024-38596, CVE-2024-38598, CVE-2024-38615, CVE-2024-38627, CVE-2024-39276, CVE-2024-39472, CVE-2024-39476, CVE-2024-39487, CVE-2024-39502, CVE-2024-40927, CVE-2024-40974

CWE: 119, 120, 121, 122, 124, 125, 129, 131, 1342, 1423, 170, 190, 20, 229, 276, 362, 369, 400, 401, 402, 413, 415, 416, 457, 459, 476, 590, 664, 665, 667, 690, 754, 787, 822, 833, 99

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