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Medium ALSA-2024:8856 45 CVEs

Moderate: kernel security update

Published Nov 5, 2024 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: net/bluetooth: race condition in conn_info_{min,max}_age_set() (CVE-2024-24857)
* kernel: dmaengine: fix NULL pointer in channel unregistration function (CVE-2023-52492)
* kernel: netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: Add protection for bmp length out of range (CVE-2024-26851)
* kernel: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: do not free live element (CVE-2024-26924)
* kernel: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: walk over current view on netlink dump (CVE-2024-27017)
* kernel: KVM: Always flush async #PF workqueue when vCPU is being destroyed (CVE-2024-26976)
* kernel: nouveau: lock the client object tree. (CVE-2024-27062)
* kernel: netfilter: bridge: replace physindev with physinif in nf_bridge_info (CVE-2024-35839)
* kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: Fix potential data-race in __nft_flowtable_type_get() (CVE-2024-35898)
* kernel: dma-direct: Leak pages on dma_set_decrypted() failure (CVE-2024-35939)
* kernel: net/mlx5e: Fix netif state handling (CVE-2024-38608)
* kernel: r8169: Fix possible ring buffer corruption on fragmented Tx packets. (CVE-2024-38586)
* kernel: of: module: add buffer overflow check in of_modalias() (CVE-2024-38541)
* kernel: bnxt_re: avoid shift undefined behavior in bnxt_qplib_alloc_init_hwq (CVE-2024-38540)
* kernel: netfilter: ipset: Fix race between namespace cleanup and gc in the list:set type (CVE-2024-39503)
* kernel: drm/i915/dpt: Make DPT object unshrinkable (CVE-2024-40924)
* kernel: ipv6: prevent possible NULL deref in fib6_nh_init() (CVE-2024-40961)
* kernel: tipc: force a dst refcount before doing decryption (CVE-2024-40983)
* kernel: ACPICA: Revert "ACPICA: avoid Info: mapping multiple BARs. Your kernel is fine." (CVE-2024-40984)
* kernel: xprtrdma: fix pointer derefs in error cases of rpcrdma_ep_create (CVE-2022-48773)
* kernel: bpf: Fix overrunning reservations in ringbuf (CVE-2024-41009)
* kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: prefer nft_chain_validate (CVE-2024-41042)
* kernel: ibmvnic: Add tx check to prevent skb leak (CVE-2024-41066)
* kernel: drm/i915/gt: Fix potential UAF by revoke of fence registers (CVE-2024-41092)
* kernel: drm/amdgpu: avoid using null object of framebuffer (CVE-2024-41093)
* kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: fully validate NFT_DATA_VALUE on store to data registers (CVE-2024-42070)
* kernel: gfs2: Fix NULL pointer dereference in gfs2_log_flush (CVE-2024-42079)
* kernel: USB: serial: mos7840: fix crash on resume (CVE-2024-42244)
* kernel: tipc: Return non-zero value from tipc_udp_addr2str() on error (CVE-2024-42284)
* kernel: kobject_uevent: Fix OOB access within zap_modalias_env() (CVE-2024-42292)
* kernel: dev/parport: fix the array out-of-bounds risk (CVE-2024-42301)
* kernel: block: initialize integrity buffer to zero before writing it to media (CVE-2024-43854)
* kernel: mlxsw: spectrum_acl_erp: Fix object nesting warning (CVE-2024-43880)
* kernel: gso: do not skip outer ip header in case of ipip and net_failover (CVE-2022-48936)
* kernel: padata: Fix possible divide-by-0 panic in padata_mt_helper() (CVE-2024-43889)
* kernel: memcg: protect concurrent access to mem_cgroup_idr (CVE-2024-43892)
* kernel: sctp: Fix null-ptr-deref in reuseport_add_sock(). (CVE-2024-44935)
* kernel: bonding: fix xfrm real_dev null pointer dereference (CVE-2024-44989)
* kernel: bonding: fix null pointer deref in bond_ipsec_offload_ok (CVE-2024-44990)
* kernel: netfilter: flowtable: initialise extack before use (CVE-2024-45018)
* kernel: ELF: fix kernel.randomize_va_space double read (CVE-2024-46826)
* kernel: lib/generic-radix-tree.c: Fix rare race in __genradix_ptr_alloc() (CVE-2024-47668)

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 25

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 bpftool 4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel 4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-abi-stablelists 4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-core 4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-cross-headers 4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug 4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug-core 4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug-devel 4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug-modules 4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-devel 4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-doc 4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-headers 4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-modules 4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-tools 4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-tools-libs 4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-tools-libs-devel 4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump 4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump-core 4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump-devel 4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump-modules 4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 perf 4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 python3-perf 4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 45

  • Critical 9.8

    tipc: force a dst refcount before doing decryption

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: force a dst refcount before doing decryption As it says in commit 3bc07321ccc2 ("xfrm: Force a dst refcount before entering the xfrm type handlers"): "Crypto requests might return async…

  • Critical 9.3

    dma-direct: Leak pages on dma_set_decrypted() failure

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dma-direct: Leak pages on dma_set_decrypted() failure On TDX it is possible for the untrusted host to cause set_memory_encrypted() or set_memory_decrypted() to fail such that an error is retu…

  • Critical 9.1

    tipc: Return non-zero value from tipc_udp_addr2str() on error

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: Return non-zero value from tipc_udp_addr2str() on error tipc_udp_addr2str() should return non-zero value if the UDP media address is invalid. Otherwise, a buffer overflow access can occ…

  • High 7.8

    cifs: fix oops during encryption

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix oops during encryption When running xfstests against Azure the following oops occurred on an arm64 system Unable to handle kernel write to read-only memory at virtual address ffff00…

  • High 7.8

    netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: do not free live element

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: do not free live element Pablo reports a crash with large batches of elements with a back-to-back add/remove pattern. Quoting Pablo: add_elem("00000000") timeout 10…

  • High 7.8

    KVM: Always flush async #PF workqueue when vCPU is being destroyed

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: Always flush async #PF workqueue when vCPU is being destroyed Always flush the per-vCPU async #PF workqueue when a vCPU is clearing its completion queue, e.g. when a VM and all its vCPUs…

  • High 7.8

    netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: walk over current view on netlink dump

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: walk over current view on netlink dump The generation mask can be updated while netlink dump is in progress. The pipapo set backend walk iterator cannot rely on it …

  • High 7.8

    nouveau: lock the client object tree.

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nouveau: lock the client object tree. It appears the client object tree has no locking unless I've missed something else. Fix races around adding/removing client objects, mostly vram bar mapp…

  • High 7.8

    netfilter: bridge: replace physindev with physinif in nf_bridge_info

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: bridge: replace physindev with physinif in nf_bridge_info An skb can be added to a neigh->arp_queue while waiting for an arp reply. Where original skb's skb->dev can be different t…

  • High 7.8

    of: module: add buffer overflow check in of_modalias()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: of: module: add buffer overflow check in of_modalias() In of_modalias(), if the buffer happens to be too small even for the 1st snprintf() call, the len parameter will become negative and str…

  • High 7.8

    netfilter: ipset: Fix race between namespace cleanup and gc in the list:set type

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ipset: Fix race between namespace cleanup and gc in the list:set type Lion Ackermann reported that there is a race condition between namespace cleanup in ipset and the garbage coll…

  • High 7.8

    drm/i915/dpt: Make DPT object unshrinkable

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915/dpt: Make DPT object unshrinkable In some scenarios, the DPT object gets shrunk but the actual framebuffer did not and thus its still there on the DPT's vm->bound_list. Then it tries…

  • High 7.8

    ACPICA: Revert "ACPICA: avoid Info: mapping multiple BARs. Your kernel is fine."

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPICA: Revert "ACPICA: avoid Info: mapping multiple BARs. Your kernel is fine." Undo the modifications made in commit d410ee5109a1 ("ACPICA: avoid "Info: mapping multiple BARs. Your kernel i…

  • High 7.8

    bpf: Fix overrunning reservations in ringbuf

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix overrunning reservations in ringbuf The BPF ring buffer internally is implemented as a power-of-2 sized circular buffer, with two logical and ever-increasing counters: consumer_pos i…

  • High 7.8

    drm/i915/gt: Fix potential UAF by revoke of fence registers

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915/gt: Fix potential UAF by revoke of fence registers CI has been sporadically reporting the following issue triggered by igt@i915_selftest@live@hangcheck on ADL-P and similar machines:…

  • High 7.8

    dev/parport: fix the array out-of-bounds risk

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dev/parport: fix the array out-of-bounds risk Fixed array out-of-bounds issues caused by sprintf by replacing it with snprintf for safer data copying, ensuring the destination buffer is not o…

  • High 7.8

    mlxsw: spectrum_acl_erp: Fix object nesting warning

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mlxsw: spectrum_acl_erp: Fix object nesting warning ACLs in Spectrum-2 and newer ASICs can reside in the algorithmic TCAM (A-TCAM) or in the ordinary circuit TCAM (C-TCAM). The former can con…

  • High 7.8

    memcg: protect concurrent access to mem_cgroup_idr

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memcg: protect concurrent access to mem_cgroup_idr Commit 73f576c04b94 ("mm: memcontrol: fix cgroup creation failure after many small jobs") decoupled the memcg IDs from the CSS ID space to f…

  • High 7.8

    lib/generic-radix-tree.c: Fix rare race in __genradix_ptr_alloc()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lib/generic-radix-tree.c: Fix rare race in __genradix_ptr_alloc() If we need to increase the tree depth, allocate a new node, and then race with another thread that increased the tree depth b…

  • High 7.5

    netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: Add protection for bmp length out of range

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: Add protection for bmp length out of range UBSAN load reports an exception of BRK#5515 SHIFT_ISSUE:Bitwise shifts that are out of bounds for their data type. vml…

  • High 7.5

    ibmvnic: Add tx check to prevent skb leak

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ibmvnic: Add tx check to prevent skb leak Below is a summary of how the driver stores a reference to an skb during transmit: tx_buff[free_map[consumer_index]]->skb = new_skb; free_map[consume…

  • High 7.0

    netfilter: nf_tables: Fix potential data-race in __nft_flowtable_type_get()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: Fix potential data-race in __nft_flowtable_type_get() nft_unregister_flowtable_type() within nf_flow_inet_module_exit() can concurrent with __nft_flowtable_type_get() wi…

  • Medium 4.6

    Race condition vulnerability in Linux kernel bluetooth in conn_info_{min,max}_age_set()

    A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's net/bluetooth device driver in conn_info_{min,max}_age_set() function. This can result in integrity overflow issue, possibly leading to bluetooth connection abnormality or denial of service.

  • Medium 4.4

    dmaengine: fix NULL pointer in channel unregistration function

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: fix NULL pointer in channel unregistration function __dma_async_device_channel_register() can fail. In case of failure, chan->local is freed (with free_percpu()), and chan->local i…

  • Medium 4.4

    bnxt_re: avoid shift undefined behavior in bnxt_qplib_alloc_init_hwq

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt_re: avoid shift undefined behavior in bnxt_qplib_alloc_init_hwq Undefined behavior is triggered when bnxt_qplib_alloc_init_hwq is called with hwq_attr->aux_depth != 0 and hwq_attr->aux_s…

  • Unscored —

    xprtrdma: fix pointer derefs in error cases of rpcrdma_ep_create

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xprtrdma: fix pointer derefs in error cases of rpcrdma_ep_create If there are failures then we must not leave the non-NULL pointers with the error value, otherwise `rpcrdma_ep_destroy` gets c…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2022-48936 Rejected

    This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority.

  • Unscored —

    memcontrol: ensure memcg acquired by id is properly set up

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memcontrol: ensure memcg acquired by id is properly set up In the eviction recency check, we attempt to retrieve the memcg to which the folio belonged when it was evicted, by the memcg id sto…

  • Unscored —

    r8169: Fix possible ring buffer corruption on fragmented Tx packets.

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: r8169: Fix possible ring buffer corruption on fragmented Tx packets. An issue was found on the RTL8125b when transmitting small fragmented packets, whereby invalid entries were inserted into …

  • Unscored —

    net/mlx5e: Fix netif state handling

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Fix netif state handling mlx5e_suspend cleans resources only if netif_device_present() returns true. However, mlx5e_resume changes the state of netif, via mlx5e_nic_enable, only if…

  • Unscored —

    ipv6: prevent possible NULL deref in fib6_nh_init()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: prevent possible NULL deref in fib6_nh_init() syzbot reminds us that in6_dev_get() can return NULL. fib6_nh_init() ip6_validate_gw( &idev ) ip6_route_check_nh( idev ) *idev = in6_dev_ge…

  • Unscored —

    netfilter: nf_tables: prefer nft_chain_validate

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: prefer nft_chain_validate nft_chain_validate already performs loop detection because a cycle will result in a call stack overflow (ctx->level >= NFT_JUMP_STACK_SIZE). It…

  • Unscored —

    drm/amdgpu: avoid using null object of framebuffer

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: avoid using null object of framebuffer Instead of using state->fb->obj[0] directly, get object from framebuffer by calling drm_gem_fb_get_obj() and return error code when object i…

  • Unscored —

    netfilter: nf_tables: fully validate NFT_DATA_VALUE on store to data registers

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: fully validate NFT_DATA_VALUE on store to data registers register store validation for NFT_DATA_VALUE is conditional, however, the datatype is always either NFT_DATA_VAL…

  • Unscored —

    gfs2: Fix NULL pointer dereference in gfs2_log_flush

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gfs2: Fix NULL pointer dereference in gfs2_log_flush In gfs2_jindex_free(), set sdp->sd_jdesc to NULL under the log flush lock to provide exclusion against gfs2_log_flush(). In gfs2_log_flush…

  • Unscored —

    USB: serial: mos7840: fix crash on resume

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: serial: mos7840: fix crash on resume Since commit c49cfa917025 ("USB: serial: use generic method if no alternative is provided in usb serial layer"), USB serial core calls the generic re…

  • Unscored —

    kobject_uevent: Fix OOB access within zap_modalias_env()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kobject_uevent: Fix OOB access within zap_modalias_env() zap_modalias_env() wrongly calculates size of memory block to move, so will cause OOB memory access issue if variable MODALIAS is not …

  • 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 —

    padata: Fix possible divide-by-0 panic in padata_mt_helper()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: padata: Fix possible divide-by-0 panic in padata_mt_helper() We are hit with a not easily reproducible divide-by-0 panic in padata.c at bootup time. [ 10.017908] Oops: divide error: 0000 1 PR…

  • Unscored —

    sctp: Fix null-ptr-deref in reuseport_add_sock().

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: Fix null-ptr-deref in reuseport_add_sock(). syzbot reported a null-ptr-deref while accessing sk2->sk_reuseport_cb in reuseport_add_sock(). [0] The repro first creates a listener with SO…

  • Unscored —

    bonding: fix xfrm real_dev null pointer dereference

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bonding: fix xfrm real_dev null pointer dereference We shouldn't set real_dev to NULL because packets can be in transit and xfrm might call xdo_dev_offload_ok() in parallel. All callbacks ass…

  • Unscored —

    bonding: fix null pointer deref in bond_ipsec_offload_ok

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bonding: fix null pointer deref in bond_ipsec_offload_ok We must check if there is an active slave before dereferencing the pointer.

  • 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.

  • Unscored —

    ethtool: check device is present when getting link settings

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: check device is present when getting link settings A sysfs reader can race with a device reset or removal, attempting to read device state when the device is not actually present. eg…

  • Unscored —

    ELF: fix kernel.randomize_va_space double read

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ELF: fix kernel.randomize_va_space double read ELF loader uses "randomize_va_space" twice. It is sysctl and can change at any moment, so 2 loads could see 2 different values in theory with un…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48773
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48936
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52492
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-24857
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26851
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26924
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26976
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-27017
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-27062
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-35839
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-35898
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-35939
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-38540
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-38541
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-38586
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-38608
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-39503
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40924
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40961
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40983
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40984
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-41009
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-41042
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-41066
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-41092
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-41093
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-42070
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-42079
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-42244
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-42284
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-42292
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-42301
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-43854
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-43880
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-43889
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-43892
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-44935
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-44989
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-44990