Issued:
2024-08-14
Updated:
2024-08-14

RHSA-2024:5365 - Important: kernel-rt security update

Synopsis

Important: kernel-rt security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. 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-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.

Security Fix(es):

  • kernel: wifi: ath9k: delay all of ath9k_wmi_event_tasklet() until init is complete (CVE-2024-26897)

  • kernel: wifi: rtl8xxxu: add cancel_work_sync() for c2hcmd_work (CVE-2024-27052)

  • kernel: wifi: ath10k: fix NULL pointer dereference in ath10k_wmi_tlv_op_pull_mgmt_tx_compl_ev() (CVE-2023-52651)

  • kernel: wifi: cfg80211: check A-MSDU format more carefully (CVE-2024-35937)

  • kernel: platform/x86: wmi: Fix opening of char device (CVE-2023-52864)

  • kernel: net: CVE-2024-36971 kernel: UAF in network route management (CVE-2024-36971)

  • kernel: net/mlx5: Add a timeout to acquire the command queue semaphore (CVE-2024-38556)

  • kernel: stm class: Fix a double free in stm_register_device() (CVE-2024-38627)

Bug Fix(es):

  • kernel-rt: update RT source tree to the latest RHEL-9.2 ad hoc schedule build (JIRA:RHEL-52875)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer 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

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions9.2x86_64

Updated Packages

  • kernel-rt-debug-modules-core-5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-rt-5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-rt-kvm-5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-rt-modules-extra-5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-rt-modules-5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-rt-modules-core-5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-rt-5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2.src.rpm
  • kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-rt-debug-core-5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-rt-debug-kvm-5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-rt-debug-modules-5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-rt-debuginfo-5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-rt-devel-5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-rt-debug-devel-5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2.x86_64.rpm

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References

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