RHSA-2025:1658 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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: Integer Overflow in raid5_cache_count (CVE-2024-23307)
• kernel: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: do not free live element (CVE-2024-26924)
• kernel: mm: swap: fix race between free_swap_and_cache() and swapoff() (CVE-2024-26960)
• kernel: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: walk over current view on netlink dump (CVE-2024-27017)
• kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: restore set elements when delete set fails (CVE-2024-27012)
• kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: fix memleak in map from abort path (CVE-2024-27011)
• kernel: misc: lis3lv02d_i2c: Fix regulators getting en-/dis-abled twice on suspend/resume (CVE-2024-35824)
• kernel: of: Fix double free in of_parse_phandle_with_args_map (CVE-2023-52679)
• kernel: x86/mce: Make sure to grab mce_sysfs_mutex in set_bank() (CVE-2024-35876)
• kernel: tipc: fix a possible memleak in tipc_buf_append (CVE-2024-36954)
• kernel: selinux,smack: don't bypass permissions check in inode_setsecctx hook (CVE-2024-46695)
• kernel: xfrm: fix one more kernel-infoleak in algo dumping (CVE-2024-50110)
• kernel: xfrm: validate new SA's prefixlen using SA family when sel.family is unset (CVE-2024-50142)
• kernel: netfilter: nf_reject_ipv6: fix potential crash in nf_send_reset6() (CVE-2024-50256)
• kernel: arm64/sve: Discard stale CPU state when handling SVE traps (CVE-2024-50275)
• kernel: mm: fix NULL pointer dereference in alloc_pages_bulk_noprof (CVE-2024-53113)

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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.4 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.4 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.4 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.4 s390x
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.4 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.4 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.4 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 2267705 - CVE-2024-23307 kernel: Integer Overflow in raid5_cache_count
• BZ - 2277168 - CVE-2024-26924 kernel: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: do not free live element
• BZ - 2278178 - CVE-2024-26960 kernel: mm: swap: fix race between free_swap_and_cache() and swapoff()
• BZ - 2278262 - CVE-2024-27017 kernel: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: walk over current view on netlink dump
• BZ - 2278275 - CVE-2024-27012 kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: restore set elements when delete set fails
• BZ - 2278277 - CVE-2024-27011 kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: fix memleak in map from abort path
• BZ - 2281189 - CVE-2024-35824 kernel: misc: lis3lv02d_i2c: Fix regulators getting en-/dis-abled twice on suspend/resume
• BZ - 2281326 - CVE-2023-52679 kernel: of: Fix double free in of_parse_phandle_with_args_map
• BZ - 2281725 - CVE-2024-35876 kernel: x86/mce: Make sure to grab mce_sysfs_mutex in set_bank()
• BZ - 2284590 - CVE-2024-36954 kernel: tipc: fix a possible memleak in tipc_buf_append
• BZ - 2312083 - CVE-2024-46695 kernel: selinux,smack: don't bypass permissions check in inode_setsecctx hook
• BZ - 2323930 - CVE-2024-50110 kernel: xfrm: fix one more kernel-infoleak in algo dumping
• BZ - 2324315 - CVE-2024-50142 kernel: xfrm: validate new SA's prefixlen using SA family when sel.family is unset
• BZ - 2324889 - CVE-2024-50256 kernel: netfilter: nf_reject_ipv6: fix potential crash in nf_send_reset6()
• BZ - 2327198 - CVE-2024-50275 kernel: arm64/sve: Discard stale CPU state when handling SVE traps
• BZ - 2329924 - CVE-2024-53113 kernel: mm: fix NULL pointer dereference in alloc_pages_bulk_noprof

CVEs

• CVE-2023-52679
• CVE-2024-23307
• CVE-2024-26924
• CVE-2024-26960
• CVE-2024-27011
• CVE-2024-27012
• CVE-2024-27017
• CVE-2024-35824
• CVE-2024-35876
• CVE-2024-36954
• CVE-2024-46695
• CVE-2024-50110
• CVE-2024-50142
• CVE-2024-50154
• CVE-2024-50256
• CVE-2024-50275
• CVE-2024-53113

References

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