RHSA-2024:4731HighCVSS 7.0

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Published
July 23, 2024
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2024-21823 →CVE-2023-6546 →

📋 Description

CVE-2023-6546 — kernel: GSM multiplexing race condition leads to privilege escalation CVE-2024-21823 — kernel: dmaengine/idxd: hardware erratum allows potential security problem with direct access by untrusted application

🎯 Affected products100

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.4)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.4)
  • bpftool-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.4)
  • bpftool-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • bpftool-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.4)
  • bpftool-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.4)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.4)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.4)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.4)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.4)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.4)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.4)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.4)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.4)
  • kernel-abi-stablelists-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • kernel-abi-stablelists-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.4)
  • kernel-abi-stablelists-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.4)
  • kernel-core-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.4)
  • kernel-core-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • kernel-core-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.4)
  • kernel-core-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.4)
  • kernel-debug-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.4)
  • kernel-debug-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • kernel-debug-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.4)
  • kernel-debug-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.4)
  • kernel-debug-core-0:4.18.0-305.134.1.el8_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.4)
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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: This flaw can be mitigated by preventing the affected `n_gsm` kernel module from being loaded. For instructions on how to blacklist a kernel module, please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278.

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