Ubuntu Linux kernel vulnerabilities in 22.04 LTS / 23.10 (USN-6774-1
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# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6774-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(197216);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/01/15");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2023-47233",
"CVE-2023-52601",
"CVE-2023-52602",
"CVE-2023-52604",
"CVE-2023-52615",
"CVE-2024-2201",
"CVE-2024-26614",
"CVE-2024-26622",
"CVE-2024-26635",
"CVE-2024-26704",
"CVE-2024-26801",
"CVE-2024-26805"
);
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"6774-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.10 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6774-1)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as
referenced in the USN-6774-1 advisory.
Zheng Wang discovered that the Broadcom FullMAC WLAN driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition
during device removal, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could
possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-47233)
Sander Wiebing, Alvise de Faveri Tron, Herbert Bos, and Cristiano Giuffrida discovered that the Linux
kernel mitigations for the initial Branch History Injection vulnerability (CVE-2022-0001) were
insufficient for Intel processors. A local attacker could potentially use this to expose sensitive
information. (CVE-2024-2201)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to
compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- Hardware random number generator core;
- Ext4 file system;
- JFS file system;
- Bluetooth subsystem;
- Networking core;
- IPv4 networking;
- Logical Link layer;
- Netlink;
- Tomoyo security module; (CVE-2024-26704, CVE-2023-52615, CVE-2024-26805, CVE-2023-52604, CVE-2024-26614,
CVE-2023-52602, CVE-2024-26635, CVE-2024-26622, CVE-2023-52601, CVE-2024-26801)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.
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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6774-1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected kernel package.");
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:U/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:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-26704");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/11/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/05/16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/05/16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.5.0-1019-nvidia-64k");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.5.0-1020-aws");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.5.0-1023-oem");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.5.0-1023-oracle-64k");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.5.0-35-generic-64k");
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script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2024-2025 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2024-2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include('debian_package.inc');
include('ksplice.inc');
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('22.04' >< os_release || '23.10' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 22.04 / 23.10', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) 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, 'Ubuntu', cpu);
var kernel_mappings = {
'22.04': {
'6.5.0': {
'generic': '6.5.0-35',
'generic-64k': '6.5.0-35',
'starfive': '6.5.0-1014',
'nvidia': '6.5.0-1019',
'nvidia-64k': '6.5.0-1019',
'aws': '6.5.0-1020',
'gcp': '6.5.0-1020',
'azure': '6.5.0-1021',
'azure-fde': '6.5.0-1021',
'oem': '6.5.0-1023'
}
},
'23.10': {
'6.5.0': {
'lowlatency': '6.5.0-35',
'lowlatency-64k': '6.5.0-35',
'starfive': '6.5.0-1014',
'laptop': '6.5.0-1016',
'raspi': '6.5.0-1017',
'aws': '6.5.0-1020',
'gcp': '6.5.0-1020',
'azure': '6.5.0-1021',
'azure-fde': '6.5.0-1021',
'oracle': '6.5.0-1023',
'oracle-64k': '6.5.0-1023'
}
}
};
var host_kernel_release = get_kb_item('Host/uptrack-uname-r');
if (empty_or_null(host_kernel_release)) host_kernel_release = get_kb_item_or_exit('Host/uname-r');
var host_kernel_base_version = get_kb_item_or_exit('Host/Debian/kernel-base-version');
var host_kernel_type = get_kb_item_or_exit('Host/Debian/kernel-type');
if(empty_or_null(kernel_mappings[os_release][host_kernel_base_version][host_kernel_type])) audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, 'kernel ' + host_kernel_release);
var extra = '';
var kernel_fixed_version = kernel_mappings[os_release][host_kernel_base_version][host_kernel_type] + "-" + host_kernel_type;
if (deb_ver_cmp(ver1:host_kernel_release, ver2:kernel_fixed_version) < 0)
{
extra += 'Running Kernel level of ' + host_kernel_release + ' does not meet the minimum fixed level of ' + kernel_fixed_version + ' for this advisory.\n\n';
}
else
{
audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, 'Kernel package for USN-6774-1');
}
if (get_one_kb_item('Host/ksplice/kernel-cves'))
{
var cve_list = make_list('CVE-2023-47233', 'CVE-2023-52601', 'CVE-2023-52602', 'CVE-2023-52604', 'CVE-2023-52615', 'CVE-2024-2201', 'CVE-2024-26614', 'CVE-2024-26622', 'CVE-2024-26635', 'CVE-2024-26704', 'CVE-2024-26801', 'CVE-2024-26805');
if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
{
audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, 'KSplice hotfix for USN-6774-1');
}
else
{
extra = extra + ksplice_reporting_text();
}
}
if (extra) {
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : extra
);
exit(0);
}
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