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Medium ELSA-2024-8617 22 CVEs

Moderate: kernel security update (Oracle Linux 9)

Published Oct 30, 2024 · Updated Oct 30, 2024

Summary

[5.14.0-427.42.1_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

[5.14.0-427.42.1_4]
- redhat/configs: Add CONFIG_MITIGATION_SPECTRE_BHI (Waiman Long) [RHEL-45492 RHEL-28203] {CVE-2024-2201}
- x86/bugs: Fix BHI retpoline check (Waiman Long) [RHEL-45492 RHEL-28203] {CVE-2024-2201}
- x86/bugs: Replace CONFIG_SPECTRE_BHI_{ON,OFF} with CONFIG_MITIGATION_SPECTRE_BHI (Waiman Long) [RHEL-45492 RHEL-28203] {CVE-2024-2201}
- x86/bugs: Remove CONFIG_BHI_MITIGATION_AUTO and spectre_bhi=auto (Waiman Long) [RHEL-45492 RHEL-28203] {CVE-2024-2201}
- x86/bugs: Clarify that syscall hardening isn't a BHI mitigation (Waiman Long) [RHEL-45492 RHEL-28203] {CVE-2024-2201}
- x86/bugs: Fix BHI handling of RRSBA (Waiman Long) [RHEL-45492 RHEL-28203] {CVE-2024-2201}
- x86/bugs: Rename various 'ia32_cap' variables to 'x86_arch_cap_msr' (Waiman Long) [RHEL-45492 RHEL-28203] {CVE-2024-2201}
- x86/bugs: Cache the value of MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES (Waiman Long) [RHEL-45492 RHEL-28203] {CVE-2024-2201}
- x86/bugs: Fix BHI documentation (Waiman Long) [RHEL-45492 RHEL-28203] {CVE-2024-2201}
- x86/bugs: Fix return type of spectre_bhi_state() (Waiman Long) [RHEL-45492 RHEL-28203] {CVE-2024-2201}
- x86/bugs: Make CONFIG_SPECTRE_BHI_ON the default (Waiman Long) [RHEL-45492 RHEL-28203] {CVE-2024-2201}
- KVM: x86: Add BHI_NO (Waiman Long) [RHEL-45492 RHEL-28203] {CVE-2024-2201}
- x86/bhi: Mitigate KVM by default (Waiman Long) [RHEL-45492 RHEL-28203] {CVE-2024-2201}
- x86/bhi: Add BHI mitigation knob (Waiman Long) [RHEL-45492 RHEL-28203] {CVE-2024-2201}
- x86/bhi: Enumerate Branch History Injection (BHI) bug (Waiman Long) [RHEL-45492 RHEL-28203] {CVE-2024-2201}
- x86/bhi: Define SPEC_CTRL_BHI_DIS_S (Waiman Long) [RHEL-45492 RHEL-28203] {CVE-2024-2201}
- x86/bhi: Add support for clearing branch history at syscall entry (Waiman Long) [RHEL-45492 RHEL-28203] {CVE-2024-2201}
- x86/bugs: Change commas to semicolons in 'spectre_v2' sysfs file (Waiman Long) [RHEL-45492 RHEL-28203] {CVE-2024-2201}
- perf/x86/amd/lbr: Use freeze based on availability (Waiman Long) [RHEL-45492 RHEL-28203] {CVE-2024-2201}
- Documentation/kernel-parameters: Add spec_rstack_overflow to mitigations=off (Waiman Long) [RHEL-45492 RHEL-28203] {CVE-2024-2201}
- KVM: x86: Use a switch statement and macros in __feature_translate() (Maxim Levitsky) [RHEL-45492 RHEL-32430]
- KVM: x86: Advertise CPUID.(EAX=7,ECX=2):EDX[5:0] to userspace (Maxim Levitsky) [RHEL-45492 RHEL-32430]
- x86/entry/32: Convert do_fast_syscall_32() to bool return type (Prarit Bhargava) [RHEL-45492 RHEL-25415]
- x86/entry: Add do_SYSENTER_32() prototype (Prarit Bhargava) [RHEL-45492 RHEL-25415]
- x86/bugs: Reset speculation control settings on init (Prarit Bhargava) [RHEL-45492 RHEL-25415]
- mpls: Reduce skb re-allocations due to skb_cow() (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-61696 RHEL-55145]
- scsi: core: Fix unremoved procfs host directory regression (Ewan D. Milne) [RHEL-39539 RHEL-39601 RHEL-33543 RHEL-35000] {CVE-2024-26935}
- tty: Fix out-of-bound vmalloc access in imageblit (Andrew Halaney) [RHEL-42095 RHEL-24205] {CVE-2021-47383}
- block: initialize integrity buffer to zero before writing it to media (Ming Lei) [RHEL-54769 RHEL-54768] {CVE-2024-43854}
- block: cleanup bio_integrity_prep (Ming Lei) [RHEL-54769 RHEL-25988]
- block: refactor to use helper (Ming Lei) [RHEL-54769 RHEL-25988]
- ceph: fix cap ref leak via netfs init_request (Patrick Donnelly) [RHEL-62666 RHEL-61459]
- redhat/configs: Enable CONFIG_OCTEON_EP_VF (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-61744 RHEL-25860]
- octeon_ep_vf: add ethtool support (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-61744 RHEL-25860]
- octeon_ep_vf: add Tx/Rx processing and interrupt support (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-61744 RHEL-25860]
- octeon_ep_vf: add support for ndo ops (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-61744 RHEL-25860]
- octeon_ep_vf: add Tx/Rx ring resource setup and cleanup (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-61744 RHEL-25860]
- octeon_ep_vf: add VF-PF mailbox communication. (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-61744 RHEL-25860]
- octeon_ep_vf: add hardware configuration APIs (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-61744 RHEL-25860]
- octeon_ep_vf: Add driver framework and device initialization (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-61744 RHEL-25860]
- octeon_ep: support firmware notifications for VFs (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-61744 RHEL-25860]
- octeon_ep: control net framework to support VF offloads (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-61744 RHEL-25860]
- octeon_ep: PF-VF mailbox version support (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-61744 RHEL-25860]
- octeon_ep: add PF-VF mailbox communication (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-61744 RHEL-25860]
- x86/mm/ident_map: Use gbpages only where full GB page should be mapped. (Chris von Recklinghausen) [RHEL-62209 RHEL-26268]
- netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: un-break NF_REPEAT (Phil Sutter) [RHEL-62299]

[5.14.0-427.41.1_4]
- iommu/amd: Fix panic accessing amd_iommu_enable_faulting (Jerry Snitselaar) [RHEL-55507 RHEL-37320 RHEL-40344]
- iommu/vt-d: Allocate DMAR fault interrupts locally (Jerry Snitselaar) [RHEL-55507 RHEL-28780]
- netfilter: nft_inner: validate mandatory meta and payload (Phil Sutter) [RHEL-47488 RHEL-47486] {CVE-2024-39504}
- netfilter: flowtable: initialise extack before use (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-58546 RHEL-58544] {CVE-2024-45018}
- ext4: do not create EA inode under buffer lock (Carlos Maiolino) [RHEL-48285 RHEL-48282] {CVE-2024-40972}
- ext4: fold quota accounting into ext4_xattr_inode_lookup_create() (Carlos Maiolino) [RHEL-48285 RHEL-48282] {CVE-2024-40972}
- ext4: fix uninitialized ratelimit_state->lock access in __ext4_fill_super() (Carlos Maiolino) [RHEL-48519 RHEL-48517] {CVE-2024-40998}
- ext4:

Fixed packages 29

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 9 bpftool 0:7.3.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-abi-stablelists 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-core 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-cross-headers 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-core 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-devel 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-devel-matched 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-modules 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-modules-core 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-uki-virt 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-devel 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-devel-matched 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-doc 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-headers 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-modules 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-modules-core 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-modules-extra 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-tools 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-tools-libs 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-tools-libs-devel 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-uki-virt 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 libperf 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 perf 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 python3-perf 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 rtla 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Oracle Linux · 9 rv 0:5.14.0-427.42.1.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.