SB2025020535 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for kernel
Published: February 5, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26935)
CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to information disclosure within the scsi_host_dev_release() function in drivers/scsi/hosts.c. A local user can gain access to sensitive information.
2) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-50275)
CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors
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 resource management error within the sve_init_regs() function in arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.