RHSA-2024:5261HighCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Published
August 13, 2024
Last Modified
November 6, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2023-4622 →CVE-2024-36971 →

📋 Description

CVE-2023-4622 — kernel: use after free in unix_stream_sendpage CVE-2024-36971 — kernel: net: kernel: UAF in network route management

🎯 Affected products29

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.7)
  • bpftool-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.7)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • kernel-abi-whitelists-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.7)
  • kernel-debug-devel-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.7)
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.7)
  • kernel-devel-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • kernel-doc-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • kernel-tools-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • kernel-tools-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • kernel-tools-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.7)
  • kernel-tools-libs-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • kernel-tools-libs-devel-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.7)
  • perf-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • perf-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • perf-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.7)
  • python-perf-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • python-perf-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • python-perf-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1062.90.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.7)

✅ 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: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability. 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.

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