RHSA-2024:5281HighCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Published
August 13, 2024
Last Modified
September 27, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (18)

📋 Description

CVE-2021-47311 — kernel: net: qcom/emac: fix UAF in emac_remove CVE-2021-47385 — kernel: hwmon: (w83792d) Fix NULL pointer dereference by removing unnecessary structure field CVE-2021-47566 — kernel: proc/vmcore: fix clearing user buffer by properly using clear_user() CVE-2022-48637 — kernel: bnxt: prevent skb UAF after handing over to PTP worker CVE-2022-48827 — kernel: NFSD: Fix the behavior of READ near OFFSET_MAX CVE-2022-48828 — kernel: NFSD: Fix ia_size underflow CVE-2022-48829 — kernel: NFSD: Fix NFSv3 SETATTR/CREATE's handling of large file sizes CVE-2023-52439 — kernel: uio: Fix use-after-free in uio_open CVE-2023-52448 — kernel: gfs2: Fix kernel NULL pointer dereference in gfs2_rgrp_dump CVE-2023-52881 — kernel: TCP-spoofed ghost ACKs and leak leak initial sequence number CVE-2023-52885 — kernel: SUNRPC: Fix UAF in svc_tcp_listen_data_ready() CVE-2024-21823 — kernel: dmaengine/idxd: hardware erratum allows potential security problem with direct access by untrusted application CVE-2024-35852 — kernel: mlxsw: spectrum_acl_tcam: Fix memory leak when canceling rehash work CVE-2024-36017 — kernel: rtnetlink: Correct nested IFLA_VF_VLAN_LIST attribute validation CVE-2024-36971 — kernel: net: kernel: UAF in network route management CVE-2024-39502 — kernel: ionic: fix use after netif_napi_del() CVE-2024-41090 — kernel: virtio-net: tap: mlx5_core short frame denial of service CVE-2024-41091 — kernel: virtio-net: tun: mlx5_core short frame denial of service

🎯 Affected products161

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6)
  • bpftool-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • bpftool-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • bpftool-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • bpftool-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • bpftool-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • bpftool-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6)
  • kernel-abi-stablelists-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • kernel-abi-stablelists-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • kernel-abi-stablelists-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6)
  • kernel-core-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • kernel-core-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • kernel-core-0:4.18.0-372.118.1.el8_6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
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✅ Remediation

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. Workaround: Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible. Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability. Workaround: To mitigate this issue, prevent module uio from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically. Workaround: No mitigation is currently available for this vulnerability. Make sure to perform the updates as they become available.

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