RHSA-2024:5261 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Advanced Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

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

Security Fix(es):

• kernel: af_unix: Fix null-ptr-deref in unix_stream_sendpage(). (CVE-2023-4622)
• kernel: KEV - Beaky Buzzard (CVE-2024-36971)

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.

Solution

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.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2237760 - CVE-2023-4622 kernel: use after free in unix_stream_sendpage
• BZ - 2292331 - CVE-2024-36971 kernel: net: CVE-2024-36971 kernel: UAF in network route management

CVEs

• CVE-2023-4622
• CVE-2024-36971

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important