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Medium ALSA-2024:8617 22 CVEs

Moderate: kernel security update

Published Oct 30, 2024 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

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

Security Fix(es):

* hw: cpu: intel: Native Branch History Injection (BHI) (CVE-2024-2201)
* kernel: tcp: add sanity checks to rx zerocopy (CVE-2024-26640)
* kernel: mptcp: fix data re-injection from stale subflow (CVE-2024-26826)
* kernel: af_unix: Fix garbage collector racing against connect() (CVE-2024-26923)
* kernel: mac802154: fix llsec key resources release in mac802154_llsec_key_del (CVE-2024-26961)
* kernel: scsi: core: Fix unremoved procfs host directory regression (CVE-2024-26935)
* kernel: tty: Fix out-of-bound vmalloc access in imageblit (CVE-2021-47383)
* kernel: net/sched: taprio: extend minimum interval restriction to entire cycle too (CVE-2024-36244)
* kernel: xfs: fix log recovery buffer allocation for the legacy h_size fixup (CVE-2024-39472)
* kernel: netfilter: nft_inner: validate mandatory meta and payload (CVE-2024-39504)
* kernel: USB: class: cdc-wdm: Fix CPU lockup caused by excessive log messages (CVE-2024-40904)
* kernel: mptcp: ensure snd_una is properly initialized on connect (CVE-2024-40931)
* kernel: ipv6: prevent possible NULL dereference in rt6_probe() (CVE-2024-40960)
* kernel: ext4: do not create EA inode under buffer lock (CVE-2024-40972)
* kernel: wifi: mt76: mt7921s: fix potential hung tasks during chip recovery (CVE-2024-40977)
* kernel: net/sched: act_api: fix possible infinite loop in tcf_idr_check_alloc() (CVE-2024-40995)
* kernel: ext4: fix uninitialized ratelimit_state->lock access in __ext4_fill_super() (CVE-2024-40998)
* kernel: netpoll: Fix race condition in netpoll_owner_active (CVE-2024-41005)
* kernel: xfs: don't walk off the end of a directory data block (CVE-2024-41013)
* kernel: xfs: add bounds checking to xlog_recover_process_data (CVE-2024-41014)
* kernel: block: initialize integrity buffer to zero before writing it to media (CVE-2024-43854)
* kernel: netfilter: flowtable: initialise extack before use (CVE-2024-45018)

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 62

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 bpftool 7.3.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-core 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-core 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-devel 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-modules 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-modules-core 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-devel 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-modules 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-modules-core 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-modules-extra 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-abi-stablelists 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-core 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-cross-headers 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-core 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-devel 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-modules 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-modules-core 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-modules-extra 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-uki-virt 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-devel 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-doc 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-headers 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-modules 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-modules-core 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-modules-extra 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-devel 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-modules-core 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-devel 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-modules-extra 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-tools 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-tools-libs 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-tools-libs-devel 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-uki-virt 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-core 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-devel 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-modules 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 libperf 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 perf 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 python3-perf 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 rtla 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 rv 5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4

Vulnerabilities 22

  • High 7.8

    tty: Fix out-of-bound vmalloc access in imageblit

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: Fix out-of-bound vmalloc access in imageblit This issue happens when a userspace program does an ioctl FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO passing the fb_var_screeninfo struct containing only the fields…

  • High 7.8

    tcp: add sanity checks to rx zerocopy

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: add sanity checks to rx zerocopy TCP rx zerocopy intent is to map pages initially allocated from NIC drivers, not pages owned by a fs. This patch adds to can_map_frag() these additional …

  • High 7.8

    af_unix: Fix garbage collector racing against connect()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: Fix garbage collector racing against connect() Garbage collector does not take into account the risk of embryo getting enqueued during the garbage collection. If such embryo has a pe…

  • High 7.5

    mptcp: fix data re-injection from stale subflow

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: fix data re-injection from stale subflow When the MPTCP PM detects that a subflow is stale, all the packet scheduler must re-inject all the mptcp-level unacked data. To avoid acquiring…

  • High 7.3

    xfs: fix log recovery buffer allocation for the legacy h_size fixup

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: fix log recovery buffer allocation for the legacy h_size fixup Commit a70f9fe52daa ("xfs: detect and handle invalid iclog size set by mkfs") added a fixup for incorrect h_size values use…

  • High 7.1

    xfs: add bounds checking to xlog_recover_process_data

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: add bounds checking to xlog_recover_process_data There is a lack of verification of the space occupied by fixed members of xlog_op_header in the xlog_recover_process_data. We can create …

  • High 7.0

    mac802154: fix llsec key resources release in mac802154_llsec_key_del

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mac802154: fix llsec key resources release in mac802154_llsec_key_del mac802154_llsec_key_del() can free resources of a key directly without following the RCU rules for waiting before the end…

  • Medium 4.7

    CVE-2024-2201

    A cross-privilege Spectre v2 vulnerability allows attackers to bypass all deployed mitigations, including the recent Fine(IBT), and to leak arbitrary Linux kernel memory on Intel systems.

  • Unscored —

    scsi: core: Fix unremoved procfs host directory regression

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: core: Fix unremoved procfs host directory regression Commit fc663711b944 ("scsi: core: Remove the /proc/scsi/${proc_name} directory earlier") fixed a bug related to modules loading/unlo…

  • Unscored —

    net/sched: taprio: extend minimum interval restriction to entire cycle too

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: taprio: extend minimum interval restriction to entire cycle too It is possible for syzbot to side-step the restriction imposed by the blamed commit in the Fixes: tag, because the t…

  • Unscored —

    netfilter: nft_inner: validate mandatory meta and payload

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_inner: validate mandatory meta and payload Check for mandatory netlink attributes in payload and meta expression when used embedded from the inner expression, otherwise NULL po…

  • Unscored —

    USB: class: cdc-wdm: Fix CPU lockup caused by excessive log messages

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: class: cdc-wdm: Fix CPU lockup caused by excessive log messages The syzbot fuzzer found that the interrupt-URB completion callback in the cdc-wdm driver was taking too long, and the driv…

  • Unscored —

    mptcp: ensure snd_una is properly initialized on connect

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: ensure snd_una is properly initialized on connect This is strictly related to commit fb7a0d334894 ("mptcp: ensure snd_nxt is properly initialized on connect"). It turns out that syzkal…

  • Unscored —

    ipv6: prevent possible NULL dereference in rt6_probe()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: prevent possible NULL dereference in rt6_probe() syzbot caught a NULL dereference in rt6_probe() [1] Bail out if __in6_dev_get() returns NULL. [1] Oops: general protection fault, probab…

  • Unscored —

    ext4: do not create EA inode under buffer lock

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: do not create EA inode under buffer lock ext4_xattr_set_entry() creates new EA inodes while holding buffer lock on the external xattr block. This is problematic as it nests all the allo…

  • Unscored —

    wifi: mt76: mt7921s: fix potential hung tasks during chip recovery

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7921s: fix potential hung tasks during chip recovery During chip recovery (e.g. chip reset), there is a possible situation that kernel worker reset_work is holding the lock and …

  • Unscored —

    net/sched: act_api: fix possible infinite loop in tcf_idr_check_alloc()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: act_api: fix possible infinite loop in tcf_idr_check_alloc() syzbot found hanging tasks waiting on rtnl_lock [1] A reproducer is available in the syzbot bug. When a request to add …

  • Unscored —

    ext4: fix uninitialized ratelimit_state->lock access in __ext4_fill_super()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix uninitialized ratelimit_state->lock access in __ext4_fill_super() In the following concurrency we will access the uninitialized rs->lock: ext4_fill_super ext4_register_sysfs // sysf…

  • Unscored —

    netpoll: Fix race condition in netpoll_owner_active

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netpoll: Fix race condition in netpoll_owner_active KCSAN detected a race condition in netpoll: BUG: KCSAN: data-race in net_rx_action / netpoll_send_skb write (marked) to 0xffff8881164168b0 …

  • Unscored —

    xfs: don't walk off the end of a directory data block

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: don't walk off the end of a directory data block This adds sanity checks for xfs_dir2_data_unused and xfs_dir2_data_entry to make sure don't stray beyond valid memory region. Before patc…

  • Unscored —

    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…

  • Unscored —

    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.

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-47383
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2201
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26640
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26826
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26923
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26935
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26961
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-36244
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-39472
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-39504
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40904
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40931
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40960
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40972
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40977
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40995
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40998
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-41005
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-41013
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-41014
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-43854
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45018
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2268118
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2270100
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2275604
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2277171
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2278176
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2278235
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2282357
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2293654
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2296067
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2297476
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2297488
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2297515
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2297544
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2297556
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2297561
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2297579
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2297582