RHSA-2024:6267MediumCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Published
September 4, 2024
Last Modified
August 19, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (14)

CVE-2024-41044 →CVE-2024-42131 →CVE-2024-35839 →CVE-2024-35875 →CVE-2024-38540 →CVE-2024-38570 →CVE-2024-40956 →CVE-2024-40983 →CVE-2024-42102 →CVE-2024-26946 →CVE-2024-35895 →CVE-2024-39502 →CVE-2024-40914 →CVE-2024-40978 →

📋 Description

CVE-2024-26946 — kernel: kprobes/x86: Use copy_from_kernel_nofault() to read from unsafe address CVE-2024-35839 — kernel: netfilter: bridge: replace physindev with physinif in nf_bridge_info CVE-2024-35875 — kernel: x86/coco: Require seeding RNG with RDRAND on CoCo systems CVE-2024-35895 — kernel: bpf, sockmap: Prevent lock inversion deadlock in map delete elem CVE-2024-38540 — kernel: bnxt_re: avoid shift undefined behavior in bnxt_qplib_alloc_init_hwq CVE-2024-38570 — kernel: gfs2: Fix potential glock use-after-free on unmount CVE-2024-39502 — kernel: ionic: fix use after netif_napi_del() CVE-2024-40914 — kernel: mm/huge_memory: don't unpoison huge_zero_folio CVE-2024-40956 — kernel: dmaengine: idxd: Fix possible Use-After-Free in irq_process_work_list CVE-2024-40978 — kernel: scsi: qedi: Fix crash while reading debugfs attribute CVE-2024-40983 — kernel: tipc: force a dst refcount before doing decryption CVE-2024-41044 — kernel: ppp: reject claimed-as-LCP but actually malformed packets CVE-2024-42102 — kernel: Revert "mm/writeback: fix possible divide-by-zero in wb_dirty_limits(), again" CVE-2024-42131 — kernel: mm: avoid overflows in dirty throttling logic

🎯 Affected products200

  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.2)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • bpftool-0:7.0.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • bpftool-0:7.0.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • bpftool-0:7.0.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • bpftool-0:7.0.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.0.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.2)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.0.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.0.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.0.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.2)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.0.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.0.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.0.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.2)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.0.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.0.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.0.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.2)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.0.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.0.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • kernel-64k-0:5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • kernel-64k-core-0:5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • kernel-64k-debug-0:5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • kernel-64k-debug-core-0:5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-0:5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.2)
  • kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-0:5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)
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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: 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.

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