RHSA-2024:6297MediumCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Published
September 4, 2024
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (12)

CVE-2022-48796 →CVE-2024-26982 →CVE-2024-38564 →CVE-2021-47138 →CVE-2021-47378 →CVE-2022-48659 →CVE-2024-26698 →CVE-2024-35823 →CVE-2024-38540 →CVE-2024-38586 →CVE-2024-41014 →CVE-2021-47461 →

📋 Description

CVE-2021-47138 — kernel: cxgb4: avoid accessing registers when clearing filters CVE-2021-47378 — kernel: nvme-rdma: destroy cm id before destroy qp to avoid use after free CVE-2021-47461 — kernel: userfaultfd: fix a race between writeprotect and exit_mmap() CVE-2022-48659 — kernel: mm/slub: fix to return errno if kmalloc() fails CVE-2022-48796 — kernel: iommu: Fix potential use-after-free during probe CVE-2024-26698 — kernel: hv_netvsc: Fix race condition between netvsc_probe and netvsc_remove CVE-2024-26982 — kernel: Squashfs: check the inode number is not the invalid value of zero CVE-2024-35823 — kernel: vt: fix unicode buffer corruption when deleting characters CVE-2024-38540 — kernel: bnxt_re: avoid shift undefined behavior in bnxt_qplib_alloc_init_hwq CVE-2024-38564 — kernel: bpf: Add BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SKB attach type enforcement in BPF_LINK_CREATE CVE-2024-38586 — kernel: r8169: Fix possible ring buffer corruption on fragmented Tx packets. CVE-2024-41014 — kernel: xfs: add bounds checking to xlog_recover_process_data

🎯 Affected products149

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6)
  • bpftool-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • bpftool-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • bpftool-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • bpftool-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • bpftool-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • bpftool-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6)
  • kernel-abi-stablelists-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • kernel-abi-stablelists-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • kernel-abi-stablelists-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6)
  • kernel-core-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • kernel-core-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • kernel-core-0:4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
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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: 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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