Issued:

2024-10-16

Updated:

2024-10-16

RHSA-2024:8162 - 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.

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: Local information disclosure on Intel(R) Atom(R) processors (CVE-2023-28746)

• kernel: netfilter: nft_flow_offload: reset dst in route object after setting up flow (CVE-2024-27403)

• kernel: Revert "net/mlx5: Block entering switchdev mode with ns inconsistency" (CVE-2023-52658)

• kernel: dmaengine: idxd: Fix oops during rmmod on single-CPU platforms (CVE-2024-35989)

• kernel: hwmon: (w83792d) Fix NULL pointer dereference by removing unnecessary structure field (CVE-2021-47385)

• kernel: mptcp: ensure snd_nxt is properly initialized on connect (CVE-2024-36889)

• kernel: net: sched: sch_multiq: fix possible OOB write in multiq_tune() (CVE-2024-36978)

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

• kernel: KVM: SVM: WARN on vNMI + NMI window iff NMIs are outright masked (CVE-2024-39483)

• kernel: ionic: fix use after netif_napi_del() (CVE-2024-39502)

• kernel: xfrm6: check ip6_dst_idev() return value in xfrm6_get_saddr() (CVE-2024-40959)

• kernel: gfs2: Fix NULL pointer dereference in gfs2_log_flush (CVE-2024-42079)

• kernel: sched: act_ct: take care of padding in struct zones_ht_key (CVE-2024-42272)

• kernel: tipc: Return non-zero value from tipc_udp_addr2str() on error (CVE-2024-42284)

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

Updated Packages

• kernel-debug-modules-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-64k-devel-matched-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-doc-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.noarch.rpm
• kernel-devel-matched-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-modules-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-rt-debug-modules-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• rtla-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-tools-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-rt-modules-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• libperf-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• bpftool-7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-64k-debug-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-64k-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-rt-modules-extra-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-tools-libs-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-devel-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-devel-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• bpftool-7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-rt-debug-kvm-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• bpftool-7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• perf-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• rtla-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-cross-headers-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• rv-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-rt-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-modules-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-rt-debug-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-rt-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-modules-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-modules-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-modules-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• bpftool-debuginfo-7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-tools-libs-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• libperf-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• rv-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• rv-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• libperf-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-cross-headers-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• bpftool-7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-headers-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• perf-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-rt-debug-modules-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• libperf-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-cross-headers-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• libperf-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-headers-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• python3-perf-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-headers-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-64k-devel-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• libperf-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-uki-virt-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• python3-perf-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• perf-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debug-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• libperf-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.src.rpm
• kernel-64k-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-devel-matched-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-abi-stablelists-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.noarch.rpm
• kernel-devel-matched-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-headers-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-modules-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-modules-extra-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debug-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• rv-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-64k-debug-devel-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-rt-modules-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-rt-devel-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• rtla-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-devel-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-tools-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-devel-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-rt-debug-devel-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-rt-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• python3-perf-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-devel-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-modules-extra-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-cross-headers-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-64k-debug-modules-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-modules-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• python3-perf-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• perf-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-64k-modules-extra-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• bpftool-debuginfo-7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-modules-extra-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-64k-modules-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-modules-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-modules-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-modules-extra-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-uki-virt-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-tools-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-64k-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• bpftool-debuginfo-7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-rt-kvm-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-64k-debug-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• libperf-debuginfo-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-tools-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-tools-libs-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm
• rtla-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-64k-modules-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-64k-debug-modules-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-core-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm
• bpftool-debuginfo-7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-devel-matched-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le.rpm

Fixes

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CVEs

• CVE-2021-47385
• CVE-2023-28746
• CVE-2023-52658
• CVE-2024-27403
• CVE-2024-35989
• CVE-2024-36889
• CVE-2024-36978
• CVE-2024-38556
• CVE-2024-39483
• CVE-2024-39502
• CVE-2024-40959
• CVE-2024-42079
• CVE-2024-42272
• CVE-2024-42284

References

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

Additional information

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