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Medium ALSA-2024:10939 7 CVEs

Moderate: kernel security update

Published Dec 11, 2024 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: net/smc: fix illegal rmb_desc access in SMC-D connection dump (CVE-2024-26615)
* kernel: block: initialize integrity buffer to zero before writing it to media (CVE-2024-43854)
* kernel: iommu: Restore lost return in iommu_report_device_fault() (CVE-2024-44994)
* kernel: netfilter: flowtable: initialise extack before use (CVE-2024-45018)
* kernel: selinux,smack: don't bypass permissions check in inode_setsecctx hook (CVE-2024-46695)
* kernel: net: avoid potential underflow in qdisc_pkt_len_init() with UFO (CVE-2024-49949)
* kernel: netfilter: nft_payload: sanitize offset and length before calling skb_checksum() (CVE-2024-50251)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 63

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 bpftool 7.4.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-core 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-core 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-devel 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-modules 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-modules-core 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-devel 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-modules 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-modules-core 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-modules-extra 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-abi-stablelists 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-core 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-cross-headers 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-core 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-devel 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-modules 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-modules-core 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-modules-extra 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-uki-virt 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-devel 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-doc 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-headers 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-modules 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-modules-core 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-modules-extra 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-devel 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-modules-core 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-devel 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-modules-extra 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-tools 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-tools-libs 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-tools-libs-devel 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-uki-virt 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-uki-virt-addons 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-core 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-devel 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-modules 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 libperf 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 perf 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 python3-perf 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 rtla 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5
AlmaLinux · 9 rv 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5

Vulnerabilities 7

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2024-46695

    selinux,smack: don't bypass permissions check in inode_setsecctx hook

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: selinux,smack: don't bypass permissions check in inode_setsecctx hook Marek Gresko reports that the root user on an NFS client is able to change the security labels on files on an NFS filesys…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • High 8.8
    CVE-2024-44994

    iommu: Restore lost return in iommu_report_device_fault()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu: Restore lost return in iommu_report_device_fault() When iommu_report_device_fault gets called with a partial fault it is supposed to collect the fault into the group and then return. I…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2024-26615

    net/smc: fix illegal rmb_desc access in SMC-D connection dump

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: fix illegal rmb_desc access in SMC-D connection dump A crash was found when dumping SMC-D connections. It can be reproduced by following steps: - run nginx/wrk test: smc_run nginx sm…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2024-43854

    block: initialize integrity buffer to zero before writing it to media

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: initialize integrity buffer to zero before writing it to media Metadata added by bio_integrity_prep is using plain kmalloc, which leads to random kernel memory being written media. For…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2024-45018

    netfilter: flowtable: initialise extack before use

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: flowtable: initialise extack before use Fix missing initialisation of extack in flow offload.

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2024-49949

    net: avoid potential underflow in qdisc_pkt_len_init() with UFO

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: avoid potential underflow in qdisc_pkt_len_init() with UFO After commit 7c6d2ecbda83 ("net: be more gentle about silly gso requests coming from user") virtio_net_hdr_to_skb() had sanity …

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2024-50251 Public exploit

    netfilter: nft_payload: sanitize offset and length before calling skb_checksum()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_payload: sanitize offset and length before calling skb_checksum() If access to offset + length is larger than the skbuff length, then skb_checksum() triggers BUG_ON(). skb_chec…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26615
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-43854
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-44994
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45018
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-46695
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-49949
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50251
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2267355
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2309857
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2311715
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2312083
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2320505
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2324886
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-10939.html