SB2024102406 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Security Guardium

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 19 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Improper handling of exceptional conditions (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5090)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of errors within the svm_set_x2apic_msr_interception() function in KVM. A local user can send specially crafted input and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

2) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-45862)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the ENE UB6250 reader driver in drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c. A local user can trigger a boundary error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

3) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26735)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the seg6_init() function in net/ipv6/seg6.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.

4) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26601)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the ext4_mb_generate_buddy() and mb_free_blocks() functions in fs/ext4/mballoc.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

5) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-28835)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when parsing the cert_list_size parameter in the gnutls_x509_trust_list_verify_crt2() function in certtool. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted PEM encoded certificate chain that contains more than 16 certificates to the certtool and crash it.

6) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52458)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the blkpg_do_ioctl() function in block/ioctl.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

7) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35958)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the ena_unmap_tx_buff() and ena_free_tx_bufs() functions in drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

8) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27397)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the __nft_rbtree_insert(), nft_rbtree_deactivate() and nft_rbtree_gc() functions in net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c, within the pipapo_get(), nft_pipapo_get(), nft_pipapo_insert(), pipapo_gc() and pipapo_deactivate() functions in net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c, within the nft_rhash_key(), nft_rhash_cmp(), nft_rhash_lookup(), nft_rhash_get(), nft_rhash_update(), nft_rhash_insert() and nft_rhash_deactivate() functions in net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c, within the nft_trans_gc_catchall_sync() and nf_tables_valid_genid() functions in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

9) Integer underflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0565)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to integer underflow within the receive_encrypted_standard() function in fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c in the SMB Client sub-component in the Linux Kernel. A remote attacker can trick the victim to connect to a malicious SMB server, trigger an integer underflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

10) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52450)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the discover_upi_topology() function in arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snbep.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

11) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26993)

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to information disclosure within the sysfs_break_active_protection() function in fs/sysfs/file.c. A local user can gain access to sensitive information.

12) Expired pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26808)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a stale reference within the nf_tables_netdev_event() function in net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

13) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25744)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to missing access restrictions related to arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c and arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_amd.c. An untrusted VMM can trigger int80 syscall handling at any given point and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

14) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52439)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the uio_open() function in drivers/uio/uio.c. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

15) Improper Initialization (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35960)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper initialization within the add_rule_fg() function in drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

16) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26585)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition within the tls_encrypt_done() function in net/tls/tls_sw.c. A remote attacker user can send specially crafted requests to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

17) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26598)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the vgic_its_check_cache() and vgic_its_inject_cached_translation() functions in virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.

18) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52628)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the nft_exthdr_sctp_eval(), nft_exthdr_tcp_eval(), and nft_exthdr_ipv6_eval() functions. A local user can pass specially crafted data to the system, trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

19) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0443)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak in the blkgs destruction path in block/blk-cgroup.c. A local user can perform denial of service attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7173960