Issued:: 2024-07-23
Updated:: 2024-07-23

RHSA-2024:4740 - Moderate: kernel security update

Synopsis

Moderate: kernel security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 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 bug in btsdio_remove due to race condition (CVE-2023-1989)
kernel: KVM: SEV-ES / SEV-SNP VMGEXIT double fetch vulnerability (CVE-2023-4155)
kernel: kvm: Avoid potential UAF in LPI translation cache (CVE-2024-26598)
kernel: wifi: mac80211: fix potential key use-after-free (CVE-2023-52530)
kernel: drm/amdgpu: use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2024-26656)
kernel: KVM: s390: vsie: fix race during shadow creation (CVE-2023-52639)
kernel: ipv6: sr: fix possible use-after-free and null-ptr-deref (CVE-2024-26735)
kernel: net: ip_tunnel: prevent perpetual headroom growth (CVE-2024-26804)
kernel: Bluetooth: Avoid potential use-after-free in hci_error_reset (CVE-2024-26801)
kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: use timestamp to check for set element timeout (CVE-2024-27397)
kernel: net/mlx5e: fix a potential double-free in fs_any_create_groups (CVE-2023-52667)
kernel: wifi: cfg80211: check A-MSDU format more carefully (CVE-2024-35937)
kernel: net/mlx5: Properly link new fs rules into the tree (CVE-2024-35960)
kernel: net: ena: Fix incorrect descriptor free behavior (CVE-2024-35958)
kernel: net: qcom/emac: fix UAF in emac_remove (CVE-2021-47311)
kernel: net: ti: fix UAF in tlan_remove_one (CVE-2021-47310)
kernel: ethernet: hisilicon: hns: hns_dsaf_misc: fix a possible array overflow in hns_dsaf_ge_srst_by_port() (CVE-2021-47548)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

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

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

Affected Products

Product	Version	Arch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions	8.8	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support	8.8	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension	8.8	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support	8.8	ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support	8.8	s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support	8.8	aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions	8.8	ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS	8.8	x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support	8.8	x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support	8.8	ppc64le
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support	8.8	aarch64

Updated Packages

kernel-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.src.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
bpftool-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
bpftool-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
kernel-doc-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
perf-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
perf-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
perf-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
bpftool-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-core-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-devel-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
bpftool-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.noarch.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

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

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