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Medium ELSA-2024-6567 27 CVEs

Moderate: kernel security update (Oracle Linux 9)

Published Sep 11, 2024 · Updated Sep 11, 2024

Summary

[5.14.0-427.35.1_4.OL9]
- Disable UKI signing [Orabug: 36571828]
- Update Oracle Linux certificates (Kevin Lyons)
- Disable signing for aarch64 (Ilya Okomin)
- Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was added to the kernel trusted keys list (olkmod_signing_key.pem) [Orabug: 29539237]
- Update x509.genkey [Orabug: 24817676]
- Conflict with shim-ia32 and shim-x64 <= 15.3-1.0.5
- Remove upstream reference during boot (Kevin Lyons) [Orabug: 34729535]
- Add Oracle Linux IMA certificates

[5.14.0-427.35.1_4]
- usb-storage: alauda: Check whether the media is initialized (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-43716] {CVE-2024-38619}
- ceph: force sending a cap update msg back to MDS for revoke op (Xiubo Li) [RHEL-55437]
- ceph: periodically flush the cap releases (Xiubo Li) [RHEL-55437]
- mm: avoid overflows in dirty throttling logic (Jay Shin) [RHEL-51848 RHEL-50004] {CVE-2024-42131}
- Revert 'mm/writeback: fix possible divide-by-zero in wb_dirty_limits(), again' (Jay Shin) [RHEL-51701 RHEL-50004] {CVE-2024-42102}
- mm/writeback: fix possible divide-by-zero in wb_dirty_limits(), again (Jay Shin) [RHEL-42628 RHEL-5619] {CVE-2024-26720}
- net: fix out-of-bounds access in ops_init (Paolo Abeni) [RHEL-43188 RHEL-46610] {CVE-2024-36883}
- nvme: avoid double free special payload (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-51311] {CVE-2024-41073}
- kernfs: change kernfs_rename_lock into a read-write lock (Jay Shin) [RHEL-55253 RHEL-52956]
- kernfs: Separate kernfs_pr_cont_buf and rename_lock (Jay Shin) [RHEL-55253 RHEL-52956]
- kernfs: fix missing kernfs_iattr_rwsem locking (Jay Shin) [RHEL-55253 RHEL-52956]
- kernfs: Use a per-fs rwsem to protect per-fs list of kernfs_super_info (Jay Shin) [RHEL-55253 RHEL-52956]
- kernfs: Introduce separate rwsem to protect inode attributes (Jay Shin) [RHEL-55253 RHEL-52956]
- xhci: Handle TD clearing for multiple streams case (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-47894 RHEL-47892] {CVE-2024-40927}
- Bluetooth: af_bluetooth: Fix deadlock (Bastien Nocera) [RHEL-34161] {CVE-2024-26886}
- xdp: Remove WARN() from __xdp_reg_mem_model() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-51586] {CVE-2024-42082}
- nfsd: don't take fi_lock in nfsd_break_deleg_cb() (Benjamin Coddington) [RHEL-42578 RHEL-34875]
- nfsd: fix RELEASE_LOCKOWNER (Benjamin Coddington) [RHEL-42578 RHEL-34875] {CVE-2024-26629}
- net: bridge: mst: fix suspicious rcu usage in br_mst_set_state (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-43729 RHEL-43727]
- net: bridge: mst: pass vlan group directly to br_mst_vlan_set_state (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-43729 RHEL-43727]
- net: bridge: mst: fix vlan use-after-free (cki-backport-bot) [RHEL-43729] {CVE-2024-36979}
- efivarfs: force RO when remounting if SetVariable is not supported (Pavel Reichl) [RHEL-42343 RHEL-26588] {CVE-2023-52463}
- ACPI: arm64: export acpi_arch_thermal_cpufreq_pctg() (Charles Mirabile) [RHEL-34234 RHEL-1697]
- ACPI: processor: reduce CPUFREQ thermal reduction pctg for Tegra241 (Charles Mirabile) [RHEL-34234 RHEL-1697]
- ACPI: thermal: Add Thermal fast Sampling Period (_TFP) support (Scott Weaver) [RHEL-34234 RHEL-1697]

[5.14.0-427.34.1_4]
- mm: prevent derefencing NULL ptr in pfn_section_valid() (Jarod Wilson) [RHEL-51140 RHEL-51138] {CVE-2024-41055}
- mm, kmsan: fix infinite recursion due to RCU critical section (Jarod Wilson) [RHEL-51140 RHEL-51138] {CVE-2024-41055}
- ppp: reject claimed-as-LCP but actually malformed packets (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-51061 RHEL-51059] {CVE-2024-41044}
- x86: stop playing stack games in profile_pc() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-51651] {CVE-2024-42096}
- PCI/MSI: Fix UAF in msi_capability_init (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-51438] {CVE-2024-41096}
- iommufd: Fix missing update of domains_itree after splitting iopt_area (Jerry Snitselaar) [RHEL-42518 RHEL-28780] {CVE-2023-52801}
- mm: cachestat: fix folio read-after-free in cache walk (Nico Pache) [RHEL-41739 RHEL-5619] {CVE-2024-26630}
- regmap: maple: Fix cache corruption in regcache_maple_drop() (Jaroslav Kysela) [RHEL-43179 RHEL-39706] {CVE-2024-36019}
- mm: cachestat: fix two shmem bugs (Nico Pache) [RHEL-36912] {CVE-2024-35797}
- kprobes/x86: Use copy_from_kernel_nofault() to read from unsafe address (Steve Best) [RHEL-42778 RHEL-34985] {CVE-2024-26946}
- mm/hugetlb: fix missing hugetlb_lock for resv uncharge (Rafael Aquini) [RHEL-43132 RHEL-37467] {CVE-2024-36000}
- rbd: don't assume rbd_is_lock_owner() for exclusive mappings (Ilya Dryomov) [RHEL-52675 RHEL-50366]
- rbd: don't assume RBD_LOCK_STATE_LOCKED for exclusive mappings (Ilya Dryomov) [RHEL-52675 RHEL-50366]
- rbd: rename RBD_LOCK_STATE_RELEASING and releasing_wait (Ilya Dryomov) [RHEL-52675 RHEL-50366]
- gpio: tegra186: Fix tegra186_gpio_is_accessible() check (Charles Mirabile) [RHEL-49347 RHEL-32452]
- net/sched: Fix UAF when resolving a clash (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-51022 RHEL-51020] {CVE-2024-41040}
- KVM: SVM: Flush pages under kvm->lock to fix UAF in svm_register_enc_region() (Maxim Levitsky) [RHEL-41462 RHEL-32430] {CVE-2024-35791}
- cxl/region: Fix memregion leaks in devm_cxl_add_region() (John W. Linville) [RHEL-47965 RHEL-23582] {CVE-2024-40936}
- x86/coco: Require seeding RNG with RDRAND on CoCo systems (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-42986 RHEL-37269] {CVE-2024-35875}
- scsi: qedf: Ensure the copied buf is NUL terminated (cki-backport-bot) [RHEL-44203] {CVE-2024-38559}

Fixed packages 29

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 9 bpftool 0:7.3.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-abi-stablelists 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-core 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-cross-headers 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-core 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-devel 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-devel-matched 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-modules 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-modules-core 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-uki-virt 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-devel 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-devel-matched 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-doc 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-headers 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-modules 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-modules-core 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-modules-extra 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-tools 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-tools-libs 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-tools-libs-devel 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-uki-virt 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 libperf 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 perf 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 python3-perf 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 rtla 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 rv 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4

Vulnerabilities 27

  • Critical 9.8

    net/sched: Fix UAF when resolving a clash

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: Fix UAF when resolving a clash KASAN reports the following UAF: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tcf_ct_flow_table_process_conn+0x12b/0x380 [act_ct] Read of size 1 at addr ffff88…

  • Critical 9.8

    nvme: avoid double free special payload

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme: avoid double free special payload If a discard request needs to be retried, and that retry may fail before a new special payload is added, a double free will result. Clear the RQF_SPECI…

  • High 8.8

    iommufd: Fix missing update of domains_itree after splitting iopt_area

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommufd: Fix missing update of domains_itree after splitting iopt_area In iopt_area_split(), if the original iopt_area has filled a domain and is linked to domains_itree, pages_nodes have to …

  • High 8.4

    x86/coco: Require seeding RNG with RDRAND on CoCo systems

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/coco: Require seeding RNG with RDRAND on CoCo systems There are few uses of CoCo that don't rely on working cryptography and hence a working RNG. Unfortunately, the CoCo threat model mean…

  • High 7.8

    KVM: SVM: Flush pages under kvm->lock to fix UAF in svm_register_enc_region()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SVM: Flush pages under kvm->lock to fix UAF in svm_register_enc_region() Do the cache flush of converted pages in svm_register_enc_region() before dropping kvm->lock to fix use-after-fre…

  • High 7.8

    regmap: maple: Fix cache corruption in regcache_maple_drop()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: regmap: maple: Fix cache corruption in regcache_maple_drop() When keeping the upper end of a cache block entry, the entry[] array must be indexed by the offset from the base register of the b…

  • High 7.8

    net: fix out-of-bounds access in ops_init

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fix out-of-bounds access in ops_init net_alloc_generic is called by net_alloc, which is called without any locking. It reads max_gen_ptrs, which is changed under pernet_ops_rwsem. It is …

  • High 7.8

    net: bridge: mst: fix vlan use-after-free

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bridge: mst: fix vlan use-after-free syzbot reported a suspicious rcu usage[1] in bridge's mst code. While fixing it I noticed that nothing prevents a vlan to be freed while walking the …

  • High 7.8

    PCI/MSI: Fix UAF in msi_capability_init

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI/MSI: Fix UAF in msi_capability_init KFENCE reports the following UAF: BUG: KFENCE: use-after-free read in __pci_enable_msi_range+0x2c0/0x488 Use-after-free read at 0x0000000024629571 (in …

  • High 7.1

    mm: cachestat: fix folio read-after-free in cache walk

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: cachestat: fix folio read-after-free in cache walk In cachestat, we access the folio from the page cache's xarray to compute its page offset, and check for its dirty and writeback flags. …

  • High 7.1

    mm: cachestat: fix two shmem bugs

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: cachestat: fix two shmem bugs When cachestat on shmem races with swapping and invalidation, there are two possible bugs: 1) A swapin error can have resulted in a poisoned swap entry in th…

  • Medium 6.5

    Bluetooth: af_bluetooth: Fix deadlock

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: af_bluetooth: Fix deadlock Attemting to do sock_lock on .recvmsg may cause a deadlock as shown bellow, so instead of using sock_sock this uses sk_receive_queue.lock on bt_sock_ioct…

  • Medium 4.4

    scsi: qedf: Ensure the copied buf is NUL terminated

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qedf: Ensure the copied buf is NUL terminated Currently, we allocate a count-sized kernel buffer and copy count from userspace to that buffer. Later, we use kstrtouint on this buffer bu…

  • Unscored —

    efivarfs: force RO when remounting if SetVariable is not supported

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efivarfs: force RO when remounting if SetVariable is not supported If SetVariable at runtime is not supported by the firmware we never assign a callback for that function. At the same time mo…

  • Unscored —

    nfsd: fix RELEASE_LOCKOWNER

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: fix RELEASE_LOCKOWNER The test on so_count in nfsd4_release_lockowner() is nonsense and harmful. Revert to using check_for_locks(), changing that to not sleep. First: harmful. As is doc…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2024-26720 Rejected

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

  • Unscored —

    kprobes/x86: Use copy_from_kernel_nofault() to read from unsafe address

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kprobes/x86: Use copy_from_kernel_nofault() to read from unsafe address Read from an unsafe address with copy_from_kernel_nofault() in arch_adjust_kprobe_addr() because this function is used …

  • Unscored —

    mm/hugetlb: fix missing hugetlb_lock for resv uncharge

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugetlb: fix missing hugetlb_lock for resv uncharge There is a recent report on UFFDIO_COPY over hugetlb: https://lore.kernel.org/all/000000000000ee06de0616177560@google.com/ 350: lockdep_…

  • Unscored —

    usb-storage: alauda: Check whether the media is initialized

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb-storage: alauda: Check whether the media is initialized The member "uzonesize" of struct alauda_info will remain 0 if alauda_init_media() fails, potentially causing divide errors in alaud…

  • Unscored —

    xhci: Handle TD clearing for multiple streams case

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xhci: Handle TD clearing for multiple streams case When multiple streams are in use, multiple TDs might be in flight when an endpoint is stopped. We need to issue a Set TR Dequeue Pointer for…

  • Unscored —

    cxl/region: Fix memregion leaks in devm_cxl_add_region()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl/region: Fix memregion leaks in devm_cxl_add_region() Move the mode verification to __create_region() before allocating the memregion to avoid the memregion leaks.

  • Unscored —

    ppp: reject claimed-as-LCP but actually malformed packets

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ppp: reject claimed-as-LCP but actually malformed packets Since 'ppp_async_encode()' assumes valid LCP packets (with code from 1 to 7 inclusive), add 'ppp_check_packet()' to ensure that LCP p…

  • Unscored —

    mm: prevent derefencing NULL ptr in pfn_section_valid()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: prevent derefencing NULL ptr in pfn_section_valid() Commit 5ec8e8ea8b77 ("mm/sparsemem: fix race in accessing memory_section->usage") changed pfn_section_valid() to add a READ_ONCE() call…

  • Unscored —

    xdp: Remove WARN() from __xdp_reg_mem_model()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xdp: Remove WARN() from __xdp_reg_mem_model() syzkaller reports a warning in __xdp_reg_mem_model(). The warning occurs only if __mem_id_init_hash_table() returns an error. It returns the erro…

  • Unscored —

    x86: stop playing stack games in profile_pc()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86: stop playing stack games in profile_pc() The 'profile_pc()' function is used for timer-based profiling, which isn't really all that relevant any more to begin with, but it also ends up m…

  • Unscored —

    Revert "mm/writeback: fix possible divide-by-zero in wb_dirty_limits(), again"

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "mm/writeback: fix possible divide-by-zero in wb_dirty_limits(), again" Patch series "mm: Avoid possible overflows in dirty throttling". Dirty throttling logic assumes dirty limits in …

  • Unscored —

    mm: avoid overflows in dirty throttling logic

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: avoid overflows in dirty throttling logic The dirty throttling logic is interspersed with assumptions that dirty limits in PAGE_SIZE units fit into 32-bit (so that various multiplications…