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MiracleLinux 8 : kernel-4.18.0-305.el8 (AXSA:2021-2148:12)

high Nessus Plugin ID 294043

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2021-2148:12 advisory.

 * kernel: Integer overflow in Intel(R) Graphics Drivers (CVE-2020-12362)
 * kernel: memory leak in sof_set_get_large_ctrl_data() function in sound/soc/sof/ipc.c (CVE-2019-18811)
 * kernel: use-after-free caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/usb/misc/adutux.c driver (CVE-2019-19523)
 * kernel: use-after-free bug caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c driver (CVE-2019-19528)
 * kernel: possible out of bounds write in kbd_keycode of keyboard.c (CVE-2020-0431)
 * kernel: DoS by corrupting mountpoint reference counter (CVE-2020-12114)
 * kernel: use-after-free in usb_sg_cancel function in drivers/usb/core/message.c (CVE-2020-12464)
 * kernel: buffer uses out of index in ext3/4 filesystem (CVE-2020-14314)
 * kernel: Use After Free vulnerability in cgroup BPF component (CVE-2020-14356)
 * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in serial8250_isa_init_ports function in drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c (CVE-2020-15437)
 * kernel: umask not applied on filesystem without ACL support (CVE-2020-24394)
 * kernel: TOCTOU mismatch in the NFS client code (CVE-2020-25212)
 * kernel: incomplete permission checking for access to rbd devices (CVE-2020-25284)
 * kernel: race condition between hugetlb sysctl handlers in mm/hugetlb.c (CVE-2020-25285)
 * kernel: improper input validation in ppp_cp_parse_cr function leads to memory corruption and read overflow (CVE-2020-25643)
 * kernel: perf_event_parse_addr_filter memory (CVE-2020-25704)
 * kernel: use-after-free in kernel midi subsystem (CVE-2020-27786)
 * kernel: child process is able to access parent mm through hfi dev file handle (CVE-2020-27835)
 * kernel: slab-out-of-bounds read in fbcon (CVE-2020-28974)
 * kernel: fork: fix copy_process(CLONE_PARENT) race with the exiting ->real_parent (CVE-2020-35508)
 * kernel: fuse: fuse_do_getattr() calls make_bad_inode() in inappropriate situations (CVE-2020-36322)
 * kernel: use after free in tun_get_user of tun.c could lead to local escalation of privilege (CVE-2021-0342)
 * kernel: NULL pointer dereferences in ov511_mode_init_regs and ov518_mode_init_regs in drivers/media/usb/gspca/ov519.c (CVE-2020-11608)

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/13330

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 294043

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2021-2148.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/20/2026

Updated: 1/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25643

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27786

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-modules, 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: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, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel, 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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/3/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-18811, CVE-2019-19523, CVE-2019-19528, CVE-2020-0431, CVE-2020-11608, CVE-2020-12114, CVE-2020-12362, CVE-2020-12464, CVE-2020-14314, CVE-2020-14356, CVE-2020-15437, CVE-2020-24394, CVE-2020-25212, CVE-2020-25284, CVE-2020-25285, CVE-2020-25643, CVE-2020-25704, CVE-2020-27786, CVE-2020-27835, CVE-2020-28974, CVE-2020-35508, CVE-2020-36322, CVE-2021-0342