Issued:: 2024-09-04
Updated:: 2024-09-04

RHSA-2024:6267 - 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 9.2 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: kprobes/x86: Use copy_from_kernel_nofault() to read from unsafe address (CVE-2024-26946)
kernel: netfilter: bridge: replace physindev with physinif in nf_bridge_info (CVE-2024-35839)
kernel: bpf, sockmap: Prevent lock inversion deadlock in map delete elem (CVE-2024-35895)
kernel: x86/coco: Require seeding RNG with RDRAND on CoCo systems (CVE-2024-35875)
kernel: gfs2: Fix potential glock use-after-free on unmount (CVE-2024-38570)
kernel: bnxt_re: avoid shift undefined behavior in bnxt_qplib_alloc_init_hwq (CVE-2024-38540)
kernel: ionic: fix use after netif_napi_del() (CVE-2024-39502)
kernel: mm/huge_memory: don't unpoison huge_zero_folio (CVE-2024-40914)
kernel: dmaengine: idxd: Fix possible Use-After-Free in irq_process_work_list (CVE-2024-40956)
kernel: scsi: qedi: Fix crash while reading debugfs attribute (CVE-2024-40978)
kernel: tipc: force a dst refcount before doing decryption (CVE-2024-40983)
kernel: ppp: reject claimed-as-LCP but actually malformed packets (CVE-2024-41044)
kernel: Revert "mm/writeback: fix possible divide-by-zero in wb_dirty_limits(), again" (CVE-2024-42102)
kernel: mm: avoid overflows in dirty throttling logic (CVE-2024-42131)

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	9.2	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support	9.2	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support	9.2	ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support	9.2	s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates	9.2	s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support	9.2	aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates	9.2	aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions	9.2	ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS	9.2	x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support	9.2	x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support	9.2	ppc64le
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support	9.2	s390x
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support	9.2	aarch64

Updated Packages

bpftool-debuginfo-7.0.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-core-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-doc-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
rtla-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-64k-modules-core-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
bpftool-7.0.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
perf-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-modules-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-devel-matched-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-64k-modules-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
bpftool-7.0.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-uki-virt-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-headers-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-modules-core-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-modules-core-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-64k-devel-matched-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-core-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-64k-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
perf-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-devel-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
rtla-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-modules-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-core-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-7.0.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-core-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-64k-debug-modules-core-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-core-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-64k-core-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-core-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-abi-stablelists-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-7.0.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-devel-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-core-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
bpftool-7.0.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
rtla-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-64k-debug-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-uki-virt-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-64k-debuginfo-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
bpftool-7.0.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-64k-debug-modules-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-devel-matched-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-64k-modules-extra-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.src.rpm
perf-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-core-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-core-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-matched-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-tools-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-devel-matched-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
perf-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-headers-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
rtla-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-64k-debug-devel-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-7.0.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-core-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-64k-debug-core-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-core-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-core-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-64k-devel-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
kernel-core-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
python3-perf-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

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

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