RHSA-2024:8162MediumCVSS 7.3

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Published
October 16, 2024
Last Modified
August 19, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (14)

CVE-2023-52658 →CVE-2024-36889 →CVE-2024-42272 →CVE-2024-42284 →CVE-2024-27403 →CVE-2024-35989 →CVE-2024-36978 →CVE-2024-38556 →CVE-2024-39483 →CVE-2024-39502 →CVE-2024-40959 →CVE-2024-42079 →CVE-2021-47385 →CVE-2023-28746 →

📋 Description

CVE-2021-47385 — kernel: hwmon: (w83792d) Fix NULL pointer dereference by removing unnecessary structure field CVE-2023-28746 — kernel: Local information disclosure on Intel(R) Atom(R) processors CVE-2023-52658 — kernel: Revert "net/mlx5: Block entering switchdev mode with ns inconsistency" CVE-2024-27403 — kernel: netfilter: nft_flow_offload: reset dst in route object after setting up flow CVE-2024-35989 — kernel: dmaengine: idxd: Fix oops during rmmod on single-CPU platforms CVE-2024-36889 — kernel: mptcp: ensure snd_nxt is properly initialized on connect CVE-2024-36978 — kernel: net: sched: sch_multiq: fix possible OOB write in multiq_tune() CVE-2024-38556 — kernel: net/mlx5: Add a timeout to acquire the command queue semaphore CVE-2024-39483 — kernel: KVM: SVM: WARN on vNMI + NMI window iff NMIs are outright masked CVE-2024-39502 — kernel: ionic: fix use after netif_napi_del() CVE-2024-40959 — kernel: xfrm6: check ip6_dst_idev() return value in xfrm6_get_saddr() CVE-2024-42079 — kernel: gfs2: Fix NULL pointer dereference in gfs2_log_flush CVE-2024-42272 — kernel: sched: act_ct: take care of padding in struct zones_ht_key CVE-2024-42284 — kernel: tipc: Return non-zero value from tipc_udp_addr2str() on error

🎯 Affected products200

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 9)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 9)
  • bpftool-0:7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bpftool-0:7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bpftool-0:7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bpftool-0:7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 9)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • kernel-64k-0:5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • kernel-64k-core-0:5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
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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: To mitigate this issue, prevent module sch_multiq 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: 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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