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Medium RLSA-2024:3619 2 CVEs

Moderate: kernel security and bug fix update

Published Jun 14, 2024 · Updated Feb 5, 2026

Summary

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: ipv6: sr: fix possible use-after-free and null-ptr-deref (CVE-2024-26735)

* kernel: fs: sysfs: Fix reference leak in sysfs_break_active_protection() (CVE-2024-26993)

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 · 9 kernel 0:5.14.0-427.20.1.el9_4

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Unscored —

    ipv6: sr: fix possible use-after-free and null-ptr-deref

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: sr: fix possible use-after-free and null-ptr-deref The pernet operations structure for the subsystem must be registered before registering the generic netlink family.

  • Unscored —

    fs: sysfs: Fix reference leak in sysfs_break_active_protection()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: sysfs: Fix reference leak in sysfs_break_active_protection() The sysfs_break_active_protection() routine has an obvious reference leak in its error path. If the call to kernfs_find_and_ge…

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2273278
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2278314