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Medium RLSA-2024:10281 4 CVEs

Moderate: kernel:4.18.0 security update

Published Dec 19, 2024 · Updated Feb 5, 2026

Summary

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: media: edia: dvbdev: fix a use-after-free (CVE-2024-27043)

* kernel: Bluetooth: l2cap: fix null-ptr-deref in l2cap_chan_timeout (CVE-2024-27399)

* kernel: bpf: Add BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SKB attach type enforcement in BPF_LINK_CREATE (CVE-2024-38564)

* kernel: mptcp: pm: Fix uaf in __timer_delete_sync (CVE-2024-46858)

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 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 kernel 0:4.18.0-553.30.1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 4

  • High 8.1

    mptcp: pm: Fix uaf in __timer_delete_sync

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: pm: Fix uaf in __timer_delete_sync There are two paths to access mptcp_pm_del_add_timer, result in a race condition: CPU1 CPU2 ==== ==== net_rx_action napi_poll netlink_sendmsg __napi_…

  • High 7.8

    media: edia: dvbdev: fix a use-after-free

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: edia: dvbdev: fix a use-after-free In dvb_register_device, *pdvbdev is set equal to dvbdev, which is freed in several error-handling paths. However, *pdvbdev is not set to NULL after d…

  • High 7.8

    bpf: Add BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SKB attach type enforcement in BPF_LINK_CREATE

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Add BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SKB attach type enforcement in BPF_LINK_CREATE bpf_prog_attach uses attach_type_to_prog_type to enforce proper attach type for BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SKB. link_cre…

  • Unscored —

    Bluetooth: l2cap: fix null-ptr-deref in l2cap_chan_timeout

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: l2cap: fix null-ptr-deref in l2cap_chan_timeout There is a race condition between l2cap_chan_timeout() and l2cap_chan_del(). When we use l2cap_chan_del() to delete the channel, the…

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2278445
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2280462
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2293429
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2315210