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MiracleLinux 9 : kernel-5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4 (AXSA:2024-8960:35)

high Nessus Plugin ID 291803

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2024-8960:35 advisory.

 * hw: cpu: intel: Native Branch History Injection (BHI) (CVE-2024-2201)
 * kernel: tcp: add sanity checks to rx zerocopy (CVE-2024-26640)
 * kernel: mptcp: fix data re-injection from stale subflow (CVE-2024-26826)
 * kernel: af_unix: Fix garbage collector racing against connect() (CVE-2024-26923)
 * kernel: mac802154: fix llsec key resources release in mac802154_llsec_key_del (CVE-2024-26961)
 * kernel: scsi: core: Fix unremoved procfs host directory regression (CVE-2024-26935)
 * kernel: tty: Fix out-of-bound vmalloc access in imageblit (CVE-2021-47383)
 * kernel: net/sched: taprio: extend minimum interval restriction to entire cycle too (CVE-2024-36244)
 * kernel: xfs: fix log recovery buffer allocation for the legacy h_size fixup (CVE-2024-39472)
 * kernel: netfilter: nft_inner: validate mandatory meta and payload (CVE-2024-39504)
 * kernel: USB: class: cdc-wdm: Fix CPU lockup caused by excessive log messages (CVE-2024-40904)
 * kernel: mptcp: ensure snd_una is properly initialized on connect (CVE-2024-40931)
 * kernel: ipv6: prevent possible NULL dereference in rt6_probe() (CVE-2024-40960)
 * kernel: ext4: do not create EA inode under buffer lock (CVE-2024-40972)
 * kernel: wifi: mt76: mt7921s: fix potential hung tasks during chip recovery (CVE-2024-40977)
 * kernel: net/sched: act_api: fix possible infinite loop in tcf_idr_check_alloc() (CVE-2024-40995)
 * kernel: ext4: fix uninitialized ratelimit_state->lock access in __ext4_fill_super() (CVE-2024-40998)
 * kernel: netpoll: Fix race condition in netpoll_owner_active (CVE-2024-41005)
 * kernel: xfs: don't walk off the end of a directory data block (CVE-2024-41013)
 * kernel: xfs: add bounds checking to xlog_recover_process_data (CVE-2024-41014)
 * kernel: block: initialize integrity buffer to zero before writing it to media (CVE-2024-43854)
 * kernel: netfilter: flowtable: initialise extack before use (CVE-2024-45018)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux 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.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/20144

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 291803

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2024-8960.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/20/2026

Updated: 1/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-26961

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:rv, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:rtla, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libperf, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-modules-core, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-47383, CVE-2024-2201, CVE-2024-26640, CVE-2024-26826, CVE-2024-26923, CVE-2024-26935, CVE-2024-26961, CVE-2024-36244, CVE-2024-39472, CVE-2024-39504, CVE-2024-40904, CVE-2024-40931, CVE-2024-40960, CVE-2024-40972, CVE-2024-40977, CVE-2024-40995, CVE-2024-40998, CVE-2024-41005, CVE-2024-41013, CVE-2024-41014, CVE-2024-43854, CVE-2024-45018