SB2024092420 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support update for kernel

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SB2024092420 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support update for kernel

Published: September 24, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024092420
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Code execution

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Processor optimization removal or modification of security-critical code (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2201)

CWE-ID: CWE-1037 - Processor optimization removal or modification of security-critical code

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to native branch history injection on x86 systems. A malicious guest can infer the contents of arbitrary host memory, including memory assigned to other guests and compromise the affected system.


2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-41071)

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


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_prep_hw_scan() function in net/mac80211/scan.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References