RHSA-2024:10939MediumCVSS 6.3

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Published
December 11, 2024
Last Modified
September 13, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (7)

CVE-2024-45018 →CVE-2024-46695 →CVE-2024-49949 →CVE-2024-50251 →CVE-2024-26615 →CVE-2024-43854 →CVE-2024-44994 →

📋 Description

CVE-2024-26615 — kernel: net/smc: fix illegal rmb_desc access in SMC-D connection dump CVE-2024-43854 — kernel: block: initialize integrity buffer to zero before writing it to media CVE-2024-44994 — kernel: iommu: Restore lost return in iommu_report_device_fault() CVE-2024-45018 — kernel: netfilter: flowtable: initialise extack before use CVE-2024-46695 — kernel: selinux,smack: don't bypass permissions check in inode_setsecctx hook CVE-2024-49949 — kernel: net: avoid potential underflow in qdisc_pkt_len_init() with UFO CVE-2024-50251 — kernel: netfilter: nft_payload: sanitize offset and length before calling skb_checksum()

🎯 Affected products200

  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9)
  • bpftool-0:7.4.0-503.16.1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bpftool-0:7.4.0-503.16.1.el9_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bpftool-0:7.4.0-503.16.1.el9_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bpftool-0:7.4.0-503.16.1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.4.0-503.16.1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.4.0-503.16.1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.4.0-503.16.1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.4.0-503.16.1.el9_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.4.0-503.16.1.el9_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.4.0-503.16.1.el9_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.4.0-503.16.1.el9_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.4.0-503.16.1.el9_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.4.0-503.16.1.el9_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.4.0-503.16.1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.4.0-503.16.1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.4.0-503.16.1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.4.0-503.16.1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.4.0-503.16.1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • kernel-64k-0:5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • kernel-64k-core-0:5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. Workaround: Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible. Workaround: Fix this issue by adding the __GFP_ZERO flag to allocations for writes. Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

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