SB2024081471 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for kernel



SB2024081471 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for kernel

Published: August 14, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024081471
Severity
Critical
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 45
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

Critical 2% Medium 2% Low 96%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 45 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26600)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in drivers/phy/ti/phy-omap-usb2.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Expired pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26808)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a stale reference within the nf_tables_netdev_event() function in net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


3) Integer underflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26828)

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to integer underflow within the parse_server_interfaces() function in fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c. A local user can execute arbitrary code.


4) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26897)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the ath9k_wmi_event_tasklet() function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c, within the ath9k_tx_init() function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c, within the ath9k_htc_probe_device() function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


5) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26868)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the ff_layout_cancel_io() function in fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


6) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26853)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the igc_xdp_xmit() function in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


7) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27065)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the nf_tables_updtable() function in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


8) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27052)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the rtl8xxxu_stop() function in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


9) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27049)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the mt7925_pci_remove() function in drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7925/pci.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


10) Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-21823)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure deserialization in hardware logic. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


11) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35789)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the ieee80211_change_station() function in net/mac80211/cfg.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


12) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27417)

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to information disclosure within the inet6_rtm_getaddr() function in net/ipv6/addrconf.c. A local user can gain access to sensitive information.


13) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27434)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the iwl_mvm_get_sec_flags() function in drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mld-key.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


14) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35823)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the vc_uniscr_delete() function in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


15) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35800)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the generic_ops_supported() function in drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


16) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35852)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_vregion_destroy() function in drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_tcam.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


17) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35848)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the at24_probe() function in drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


18) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35845)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the iwl_dbg_tlv_alloc_debug_info() function in drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-dbg-tlv.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


19) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35911)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the ice_vsi_rebuild() function in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


20) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35899)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the nf_tables_module_exit() function in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


21) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35937)

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 ieee80211_amsdu_subframe_length(), ieee80211_is_valid_amsdu() and ieee80211_amsdu_to_8023s() functions in net/wireless/util.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


22) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35969)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the ipv6_get_ifaddr() function in net/ipv6/addrconf.c, within the in6_ifa_hold() function in include/net/addrconf.h. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


23) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36005)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the nft_netdev_event() function in net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


24) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52864)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the wmi_dev_match() function in drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


25) Use of uninitialized resource (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36020)

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 i40e_reset_all_vfs() function in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


26) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36017)

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 do_setvfinfo() function in net/core/rtnetlink.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


27) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36941)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the nl80211_set_coalesce() function in net/wireless/nl80211.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


28) Improper error handling (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36929)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper error handling within the skb_alloc_rx_flag() and skb_copy_expand() functions in net/core/skbuff.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


29) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36922)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the iwl_txq_reclaim() function in drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/queue/tx.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


30) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36921)

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 iwl_mvm_mld_rm_sta() function in drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mld-sta.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


31) Use of uninitialized resource (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36903)

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 __ip6_make_skb() function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


32) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36971)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the xfrm_link_failure() function in net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c, within the dst_entry ip6_dst_check() and ip6_dst_check() functions in net/ipv6/route.c, within the dst_entry ipv4_dst_check() and ip_do_redirect() functions in net/ipv4/route.c. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets to the system and execute arbitrary code.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.


33) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-47606)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the netlink_sendmsg() function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


34) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-38575)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the brcmf_pcie_provide_random_bytes() and brcmf_pcie_download_fw_nvram() functions in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/pcie.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


35) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-38558)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when parsing ICMPv6 packets within the parse_icmpv6() function in net/openvswitch/flow.c. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


36) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-33621)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the ipvlan_process_v4_outbound() and ipvlan_process_v6_outbound() functions in drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


37) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-37356)

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/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


38) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-37353)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the vp_find_vqs_msix() function in drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


39) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36489)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the tls_ctx_create() function in net/tls/tls_main.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


40) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-38391)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the cxl_pmem_region_alloc() function in drivers/cxl/core/region.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


41) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-39487)

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 bond_option_arp_ip_targets_set() function in drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


42) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40928)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the ethtool_get_phy_stats_ethtool() function in net/ethtool/ioctl.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


43) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40954)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the sk_common_release() function in net/core/sock.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


44) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40958)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() function in net/core/net_namespace.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


45) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40961)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the fib6_nh_init() function in net/ipv6/route.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.