SB2024091105 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for kernel
Published: September 11, 2024
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 27 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52463)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the efivarfs_get_tree() function in fs/efivarfs/super.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26629)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the check_for_locks() and nfsd4_release_lockowner() functions in fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
3) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26630)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the filemap_cachestat() function in mm/filemap.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
4) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26720)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a division by zero error within the wb_dirty_limits() function in mm/page-writeback.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
5) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26886)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the bt_sock_recvmsg() and bt_sock_ioctl() functions in net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
6) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26946)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the can_probe() function in arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
7) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35791)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the svm_register_enc_region() function in arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
8) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35797)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error within the filemap_cachestat() function in mm/filemap.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
9) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35875)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the setup_arch() function in arch/x86/kernel/setup.c, within the cc_mkdec() function in arch/x86/coco/core.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
10) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36000)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to reachable assertion within the alloc_huge_page() function in mm/hugetlb.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
11) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52801)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the iopt_area_split() function in drivers/iommu/iommufd/io_pagetable.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
12) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36883)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error within the net_alloc_generic() and register_pernet_operations() functions in net/core/net_namespace.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
13) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36019)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error within the regcache_maple_drop() function in drivers/base/regmap/regcache-maple.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
14) Use of uninitialized resource (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-38619)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to use of uninitialized resource within the short_pack() and alauda_check_media() functions in drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
15) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36979)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the br_mst_vlan_set_state() and br_mst_set_state() functions in net/bridge/br_mst.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
16) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-38559)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error within the qedf_dbg_debug_cmd_write() function in drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_debugfs.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
17) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40927)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the xhci_invalidate_cancelled_tds() and xhci_handle_cmd_set_deq() functions in drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
18) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40936)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the devm_cxl_add_region() and __create_region() functions in drivers/cxl/core/region.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
19) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-41040)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the net/sched/act_ct.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
20) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-41044)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the ppp_read() and ppp_write() functions in drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
21) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-41055)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the include/linux/mmzone.h. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
22) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-41096)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the msi_capability_init() function in drivers/pci/msi/msi.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
23) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-42082)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the __xdp_reg_mem_model() function in net/core/xdp.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
24) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-42096)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the profile_pc() function in arch/x86/kernel/time.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
25) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-42102)
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the wb_dirty_limits() function in mm/page-writeback.c. A local user can execute arbitrary code.
26) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-42131)
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the domain_dirty_limits(), node_dirty_limit(), dirty_background_bytes_handler() and dirty_bytes_handler() functions in mm/page-writeback.c. A local user can execute arbitrary code.
27) Double free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-41073)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a double free error within the nvme_cleanup_cmd() function in drivers/nvme/host/core.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.