Issued:

2024-04-03

Updated:

2024-04-03

RHSA-2024:1653 - Moderate: kernel security and bug fix update

Synopsis

Moderate: kernel security and bug fix update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

• kernel: use-after-free in drivers/media/rc/ene_ir.c due to race condition (CVE-2023-1118)

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

• kernel: sched/membarrier: reduce the ability to hammer on sys_membarrier (CVE-2024-26602)

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-devel-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-core-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-core-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-devel-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-tools-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-doc-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.noarch.rpm
• kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-core-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-devel-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-headers-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• bpftool-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• perf-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• perf-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-core-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-headers-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• perf-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-modules-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-headers-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.src.rpm
• kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• bpftool-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-tools-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-modules-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-modules-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-tools-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• perf-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• python3-perf-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-headers-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-tools-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-devel-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debug-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-modules-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-devel-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-core-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.noarch.rpm
• bpftool-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-modules-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• python3-perf-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• python3-perf-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• bpftool-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• python3-perf-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 2174400
• This content is not included.BZ - 2261976
• This content is not included.BZ - 2267695

CVEs

• CVE-2021-33631
• CVE-2023-1118
• CVE-2024-26602

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Additional information

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