Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: kernel-rt / kernel-rt-core / kernel-rt-debug / kernel-rt-debug-core / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2023_0300)

high Nessus Plugin ID 354294

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2023_0300 advisory.

* kernel: watch queue race condition can lead to privilege escalation (CVE-2022-2959)

* kernel: memory corruption in AX88179_178A based USB ethernet device. (CVE-2022-2964)

* kernel: i915: Incorrect GPU TLB flush can lead to random memory access (CVE-2022-4139)

* kernel: nfsd buffer overflow by RPC message over TCP with garbage data (CVE-2022-43945)

* kernel: i2c: unbounded length leads to buffer overflow in ismt_access() (CVE-2022-3077)

* kernel: Unprivileged users may use PTRACE_SEIZE to set PTRACE_O_SUSPEND_SECCOMP option (CVE-2022-30594)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2023_0300.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 354294

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2023_0300.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.25

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-30594

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-2022-4139

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/23/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2959, CVE-2022-2964, CVE-2022-30594, CVE-2022-3077, CVE-2022-4139, CVE-2022-43945

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