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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 12 for SLE 15 SP4) (SUSE-SU-2024:1596-1)

2024-05-1100:00:00
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5
suse sles15
kernel
update
vulnerabilities
local privilege escalation
information leak
double free

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

59.3%

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:1596-1 advisory.

  • A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s Linux Kernel Performance Events (perf) component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. If perf_read_group() is called while an event’s sibling_list is smaller than its child’s sibling_list, it can increment or write to memory locations outside of the allocated buffer. We recommend upgrading past commit 32671e3799ca2e4590773fd0e63aaa4229e50c06. (CVE-2023-5717)

  • A use-after-free flaw was found in the __ext4_remount in fs/ext4/super.c in ext4 in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a local user to cause an information leak problem while freeing the old quota file names before a potential failure, leading to a use-after-free. (CVE-2024-0775)

  • A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The nft_verdict_init() function allows positive values as drop error within the hook verdict, and hence the nf_hook_slow() function can cause a double free vulnerability when NF_DROP is issued with a drop error which resembles NF_ACCEPT. We recommend upgrading past commit f342de4e2f33e0e39165d8639387aa6c19dff660. (CVE-2024-1086)

  • In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tomoyo: fix UAF write bug in tomoyo_write_control() Since tomoyo_write_control() updates head->write_buf when write() of long lines is requested, we need to fetch head->write_buf after head->io_sem is held. Otherwise, concurrent write() requests can cause use-after-free-write and double-free problems. (CVE-2024-26622)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2024:1596-1. The text itself
# is copyright (C) SUSE.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(195473);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/05/30");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2023-5717",
    "CVE-2024-0775",
    "CVE-2024-1086",
    "CVE-2024-26622"
  );
  script_xref(name:"SuSE", value:"SUSE-SU-2024:1596-1");
  script_xref(name:"CISA-KNOWN-EXPLOITED", value:"2024/06/20");

  script_name(english:"SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 12 for SLE 15 SP4) (SUSE-SU-2024:1596-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in
the SUSE-SU-2024:1596-1 advisory.

  - A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Linux Kernel Performance Events (perf)
    component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. If perf_read_group() is called while an
    event's sibling_list is smaller than its child's sibling_list, it can increment or write to memory
    locations outside of the allocated buffer. We recommend upgrading past commit
    32671e3799ca2e4590773fd0e63aaa4229e50c06. (CVE-2023-5717)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the __ext4_remount in fs/ext4/super.c in ext4 in the Linux kernel. This
    flaw allows a local user to cause an information leak problem while freeing the old quota file names
    before a potential failure, leading to a use-after-free. (CVE-2024-0775)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to
    achieve local privilege escalation. The nft_verdict_init() function allows positive values as drop error
    within the hook verdict, and hence the nf_hook_slow() function can cause a double free vulnerability when
    NF_DROP is issued with a drop error which resembles NF_ACCEPT. We recommend upgrading past commit
    f342de4e2f33e0e39165d8639387aa6c19dff660. (CVE-2024-1086)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tomoyo: fix UAF write bug in
    tomoyo_write_control() Since tomoyo_write_control() updates head->write_buf when write() of long lines is
    requested, we need to fetch head->write_buf after head->io_sem is held. Otherwise, concurrent write()
    requests can cause use-after-free-write and double-free problems. (CVE-2024-26622)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1216644");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1219079");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1219435");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1220828");
  # https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2024-May/018504.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?fae43e4d");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5717");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0775");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1086");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26622");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_63-default and / or kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_138-default
packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-1086");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/06/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/05/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/05/11");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_63-default");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_138-default");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(os_release) || os_release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)\d+)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'SUSE');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLES15)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'SUSE SLES15', 'SUSE (' + os_ver + ')');

var uname_r = get_kb_item("Host/uname-r");
if (empty_or_null(uname_r)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "kernel");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'SUSE (' + os_ver + ')', cpu);

var service_pack = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(service_pack)) service_pack = "0";
if (os_ver == "SLES15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(3|4)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES15 SP3/4", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);

var kernel_live_checks = [
  {
    'kernels': {
      '5.14.21-150400.24.63-default': {
        'pkgs': [
          {'reference':'kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_63-default-13-150400.2.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-live-patching-release-15.4']}
        ]
      },
      '5.3.18-150300.59.138-default': {
        'pkgs': [
          {'reference':'kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_138-default-8-150300.2.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-live-patching-release-15.3']}
        ]
      }
    }
  }
];

var ltss_caveat_required = FALSE;
var flag = 0;
var kernel_affected = FALSE;
foreach var kernel_array ( kernel_live_checks ) {
  var kpatch_details = kernel_array['kernels'][uname_r];
  if (empty_or_null(kpatch_details)) continue;
  kernel_affected = TRUE;
  foreach var package_array ( kpatch_details['pkgs'] ) {
    var reference = NULL;
    var _release = NULL;
    var sp = NULL;
    var _cpu = NULL;
    var exists_check = NULL;
    var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
    if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (reference && _release) {
      if (exists_check) {
        var check_flag = 0;
        foreach var check (exists_check) {
          if (!rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:check)) continue;
          check_flag++;
        }
        if (!check_flag) continue;
      }
    }
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp)) flag++;
  }
}

# No kpatch details found for the running kernel version
if (!kernel_affected) audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, 'kernel', uname_r);

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_63-default / etc');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
novellsuse_linuxkernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_138-defaultp-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_138-default
novellsuse_linuxkernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_63-defaultp-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_63-default
novellsuse_linux15cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

59.3%