SB2024031938 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 update for kpatch-patch

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0646)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input in the Linux kernel’s Transport Layer Security functionality in the way a user calls a function splice with a ktls socket as the destination. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

2) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3611)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the qfq_change_agg() function in net/sched/sch_qfq.c within the Linux kernel net/sched: sch_qfq component. A local user trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

3) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-31436)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the qfq_change_class() function in net/sched/sch_qfq.c when handling the MTU value provided to the QFQ Scheduler. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1377