Issued at: 2024-09-17
Updated at: 2024-09-17
Synopsis
Important: kernel security update
Description
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: powerpc: Fix access beyond end of drmem array (CVE-2023-52451)
* kernel: efivarfs: force RO when remounting if SetVariable is not supported (CVE-2023-52463)
* kernel: tracing: Restructure trace_clock_global() to never block (CVE-2021-46939)
* kernel: ext4: avoid online resizing failures due to oversized flex bg (CVE-2023-52622)
* kernel: net/sched: flower: Fix chain template offload (CVE-2024-26669)
* kernel: stmmac: Clear variable when destroying workqueue (CVE-2024-26802)
* kernel: efi: runtime: Fix potential overflow of soft-reserved region size (CVE-2024-26843)
* kernel: quota: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2024-26878)
* kernel: TIPC message reassembly use-after-free remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2024-36886)
* kernel: SUNRPC: fix a memleak in gss_import_v2_context (CVE-2023-52653)
* kernel: dmaengine/idxd: hardware erratum allows potential security problem with direct access by untrusted application (CVE-2024-21823)
* kernel: Revert "net/mlx5: Block entering switchdev mode with ns inconsistency" (CVE-2023-52658)
* kernel: ext4: fix corruption during on-line resize (CVE-2024-35807)
* kernel: x86/fpu: Keep xfd_state in sync with MSR_IA32_XFD (CVE-2024-35801)
* kernel: dyndbg: fix old BUG_ON in >control parser (CVE-2024-35947)
* kernel: net/sched: act_skbmod: prevent kernel-infoleak (CVE-2024-35893)
* kernel: x86/mce: Make sure to grab mce_sysfs_mutex in set_bank() (CVE-2024-35876)
* kernel: platform/x86: wmi: Fix opening of char device (CVE-2023-52864)
* kernel: tipc: Change nla_policy for bearer-related names to NLA_NUL_STRING (CVE-2023-52845)
* (CVE-2023-28746)
* (CVE-2023-52847)
* (CVE-2021-47548)
* (CVE-2024-36921)
* (CVE-2024-26921)
* (CVE-2021-47579)
* (CVE-2024-36927)
* (CVE-2024-39276)
* (CVE-2024-33621)
* (CVE-2024-27010)
* (CVE-2024-26960)
* (CVE-2024-38596)
* (CVE-2022-48743)
* (CVE-2024-26733)
* (CVE-2024-26586)
* (CVE-2024-26698)
* (CVE-2023-52619)
Bug Fix(es):
* Rocky Linux SIG Cloud8.6 - Spinlock statistics may show negative elapsed time and incorrectly formatted output (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-17678)
* [AWS][8.9]There are call traces found when booting debug-kernel for Amazon EC2 r8g.metal-24xl instance (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-23841)
* [rhel8] gfs2: Fix glock shrinker (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-32941)
* lan78xx: Microchip LAN7800 never comes up after unplug and replug (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-33437)
* [Hyper-V][Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-8.10.z] Update hv_netvsc driver to TOT (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-39074)
* Use-after-free on proc inode-i_sb triggered by fsnotify (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-40167)
* blk-cgroup: Properly propagate the iostat update up the hierarchy [rhel-8.10.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-40939)
* (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-31798)
* (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-10263)
* (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-40901)
* (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-43547)
* (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-34876)
Enhancement(s):
* [RFE] Add module parameters 'soft_reboot_cmd' and 'soft_active_on_boot' for customizing softdog configuration (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-19723)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.