SB2024032840 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support update for kernel

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SB2024032840 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support update for kernel

Published: March 28, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024032840
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Denial of service

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Integer underflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0565)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to integer underflow within the receive_encrypted_standard() function in fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c in the SMB Client sub-component in the Linux Kernel. A remote attacker can trick the victim to connect to a malicious SMB server, trigger an integer underflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26602)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper resource management in kernel/sched/membarrier.c. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References