SB2025012935 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for the kernel:5.14.0 module
Published: January 29, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 7 vulnerabilities.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27062)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition within the nvkm_object_search() and nvkm_object_remove() functions in drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/core/object.c, within the nvkm_client_new() function in drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/core/client.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
2) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-41049)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the posix_lock_inode() function in fs/locks.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
3) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-41064)
CWE-ID: CWE-667 - Improper Locking
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 improper locking within the eeh_pe_bus_get() function in arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_pe.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
4) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-42124)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
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 improper input validation within the qedf_execute_tmf() function in drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_io.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
5) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-47675)
CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime
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 memory leak within the bpf_uprobe_multi_link_attach() function in kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
6) Improper error handling (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-49888)
CWE-ID: CWE-388 - Error Handling
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 improper error handling within the do_misc_fixups() function in kernel/bpf/verifier.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
7) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-50262)
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 trie_get_next_key() function in kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.