Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: bpftool / bpftool-debuginfo / kernel / kernel-abi-stablelists / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crxsa-2024_1607)

high Nessus Plugin ID 357010

Synopsis

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

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crxsa-2024_1607 advisory.

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

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

* kernel: GSM multiplexing race condition leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2023-6546,ZDI-CAN-20527)

* kernel: CIFS Filesystem Decryption Improper Input Validation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in function receive_encrypted_standard of client (CVE-2024-0565)

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

* kernel: ext4: kernel bug in ext4_write_inline_data_end() (CVE-2021-33631)

* kernel: nf_tables: use-after-free vulnerability in the nft_verdict_init() function (CVE-2024-1086)

Bug Fix(es):

* OCP 4.12 crashed due to use-after-free in libceph in rhel8 (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-21394)

* kernel: nf_tables: use-after-free vulnerability in the nft_verdict_init() function (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-24010)

* Screen floods with random colour suggesting something not initialised (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-21055)

* kernel: vmxgfx: NULL pointer dereference in vmw_cmd_dx_define_query (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-22766)

* tx-checksumming required for accessing port in OpenShift for Rocky Linux SIG Cloud 8.6 (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-20822)

* kernel: CIFS Filesystem Decryption Improper Input Validation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in function receive_encrypted_standard of client (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-22077)

* kernel: Out of boundary write in perf_read_group() as result of overflow a perf_event's read_size (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-22930)

* rbd: don't move requests to the running list on errors [8.x] (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-24204)

* kernel: use-after-free in amdgpu_cs_wait_all_fences in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-24479)

* ceph: several cap and snap fixes (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-20909)

* [RHVH] Migration hangs between RHVH release bellow 4.5.1 and RHVH over or equal 4.5.2 release (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-23063)

* unable to access smsc95xx based interface unless you start outgoing traffic. (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-25719)

* [Rocky Linux SIG Cloud8] ] BUG bio-696 (Not tainted): Poison overwritten (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-26101)

* kernel: GSM multiplexing race condition leads to privilege escalation (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-19954)

* backport smartpqi: fix disable_managed_interrupts (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-26139)

* kernel: ext4: kernel bug in ext4_write_inline_data_end() (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-26331)

* ceph: always check dir caps asynchronously (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-27496)

Enhancement(s):

* [IBM 8.10 FEAT] Upgrade the qeth driver to latest from upstream, e.g. kernel 6.4 (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-25811)

This advisory is provided by Ctrl IQ, Inc for Rocky Linux systems. For more information about CIQ security practices, visit https://ciq.com/security.

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 crxsa-2024_1607.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 357010

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crxsa-2024_1607.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.6

Percentile: 99.95

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-0565

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-1086

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2021

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/20/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-33631, CVE-2022-38096, CVE-2023-51042, CVE-2023-6546, CVE-2023-6931, CVE-2024-0565, CVE-2024-1086

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