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The following two security updates have been released for AlmaLinux 8:

ALSA-2024:5101: kernel security update (Important)
ALSA-2024:5102: kernel-rt security update (Important)




ALSA-2024:5101: kernel security update (Important)


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AlmaLinux: 8
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2024-08-08

Summary:

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: powerpc: Fix access beyond end of drmem array (CVE-2023-52451)
* kernel: efivarfs: force RO when remounting if SetVariable is not supported (CVE-2023-52463)
* kernel: tracing: Restructure trace_clock_global() to never block (CVE-2021-46939)
* kernel: ext4: avoid online resizing failures due to oversized flex bg (CVE-2023-52622)
* kernel: net/sched: flower: Fix chain template offload (CVE-2024-26669)
* kernel: stmmac: Clear variable when destroying workqueue (CVE-2024-26802)
* kernel: efi: runtime: Fix potential overflow of soft-reserved region size (CVE-2024-26843)
* kernel: quota: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2024-26878)
* kernel: TIPC message reassembly use-after-free remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2024-36886)
* kernel: SUNRPC: fix a memleak in gss_import_v2_context (CVE-2023-52653)
* kernel: dmaengine/idxd: hardware erratum allows potential security problem with direct access by untrusted application (CVE-2024-21823)
* kernel: Revert "net/mlx5: Block entering switchdev mode with ns inconsistency" (CVE-2023-52658)
* kernel: ext4: fix corruption during on-line resize (CVE-2024-35807)
* kernel: x86/fpu: Keep xfd_state in sync with MSR_IA32_XFD (CVE-2024-35801)
* kernel: dyndbg: fix old BUG_ON in >control parser (CVE-2024-35947)
* kernel: net/sched: act_skbmod: prevent kernel-infoleak (CVE-2024-35893)
* kernel: x86/mce: Make sure to grab mce_sysfs_mutex in set_bank() (CVE-2024-35876)
* kernel: platform/x86: wmi: Fix opening of char device (CVE-2023-52864)
* kernel: tipc: Change nla_policy for bearer-related names to NLA_NUL_STRING (CVE-2023-52845)
* (CVE-2023-28746)
* (CVE-2023-52847)
* (CVE-2021-47548)
* (CVE-2024-36921)
* (CVE-2024-26921)
* (CVE-2021-47579)
* (CVE-2024-36927)
* (CVE-2024-39276)
* (CVE-2024-33621)
* (CVE-2024-27010)
* (CVE-2024-26960)
* (CVE-2024-38596)
* (CVE-2022-48743)
* (CVE-2024-26733)
* (CVE-2024-26586)
* (CVE-2024-26698)
* (CVE-2023-52619)

Bug Fix(es):

* AlmaLinux8.6 - Spinlock statistics may show negative elapsed time and incorrectly formatted output (JIRA:AlmaLinux-17678)
* [AWS][8.9]There are call traces found when booting debug-kernel for Amazon EC2 r8g.metal-24xl instance (JIRA:AlmaLinux-23841)
* [almalinux8] gfs2: Fix glock shrinker (JIRA:AlmaLinux-32941)
* lan78xx: Microchip LAN7800 never comes up after unplug and replug (JIRA:AlmaLinux-33437)
* [Hyper-V][AlmaLinux-8.10.z] Update hv_netvsc driver to TOT (JIRA:AlmaLinux-39074)
* Use-after-free on proc inode-i_sb triggered by fsnotify (JIRA:AlmaLinux-40167)
* blk-cgroup: Properly propagate the iostat update up the hierarchy [almalinux-8.10.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-40939)
* (JIRA:AlmaLinux-31798)
* (JIRA:AlmaLinux-10263)
* (JIRA:AlmaLinux-40901)
* (JIRA:AlmaLinux-43547)
* (JIRA:AlmaLinux-34876)

Enhancement(s):

* [RFE] Add module parameters 'soft_reboot_cmd' and 'soft_active_on_boot' for customizing softdog configuration (JIRA:AlmaLinux-19723)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-5101.html

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ALSA-2024:5102: kernel-rt security update (Important)


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AlmaLinux: 8
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2024-08-08

Summary:

The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: efivarfs: force RO when remounting if SetVariable is not supported (CVE-2023-52463)
* kernel: tracing: Restructure trace_clock_global() to never block (CVE-2021-46939)
* kernel: ext4: avoid online resizing failures due to oversized flex bg (CVE-2023-52622)
* kernel: net/sched: flower: Fix chain template offload (CVE-2024-26669)
* kernel: stmmac: Clear variable when destroying workqueue (CVE-2024-26802)
* kernel: efi: runtime: Fix potential overflow of soft-reserved region size (CVE-2024-26843)
* kernel: quota: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2024-26878)
* kernel: TIPC message reassembly use-after-free remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2024-36886)
* kernel: SUNRPC: fix a memleak in gss_import_v2_context (CVE-2023-52653)
* kernel: dmaengine/idxd: hardware erratum allows potential security problem with direct access by untrusted application (CVE-2024-21823)
* kernel: ext4: fix corruption during on-line resize (CVE-2024-35807)
* kernel: x86/fpu: Keep xfd_state in sync with MSR_IA32_XFD (CVE-2024-35801)
* kernel: dyndbg: fix old BUG_ON in >control parser (CVE-2024-35947)
* kernel: net/sched: act_skbmod: prevent kernel-infoleak (CVE-2024-35893)
* kernel: x86/mce: Make sure to grab mce_sysfs_mutex in set_bank() (CVE-2024-35876)
* kernel: platform/x86: wmi: Fix opening of char device (CVE-2023-52864)
* kernel: tipc: Change nla_policy for bearer-related names to NLA_NUL_STRING (CVE-2023-52845)
* kernel: Revert "net/mlx5: Block entering switchdev mode with ns inconsistency" (CVE-2023-52658)
* kernel: crash due to a missing check for leb_size (CVE-2024-25739)
* kernel: tcp: make sure init the accept_queue's spinlocks once (CVE-2024-26614)
* kernel: tcp: add sanity checks to rx zerocopy (CVE-2024-26640)
* kernel: NFSv4.2: fix nfs4_listxattr kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:102 (CVE-2024-26870)
* kernel: nfs: fix UAF in direct writes (CVE-2024-26958)
* kernel: SUNRPC: fix some memleaks in gssx_dec_option_array (CVE-2024-27388)
* kernel: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: don't set the MFP flag for the GTK (CVE-2024-27434)
* kernel: of: Fix double free in of_parse_phandle_with_args_map (CVE-2023-52679)
* kernel: scsi: lpfc: Fix possible memory leak in lpfc_rcv_padisc() (CVE-2024-35930)
* kernel: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: rfi: fix potential response leaks (CVE-2024-35912)
* kernel: block: prevent division by zero in blk_rq_stat_sum() (CVE-2024-35925)
* kernel: wifi: ath11k: decrease MHI channel buffer length to 8KB (CVE-2024-35938)
* kernel: wifi: cfg80211: check A-MSDU format more carefully (CVE-2024-35937)
* kernel: wifi: rtw89: fix null pointer access when abort scan (CVE-2024-35946)
* kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: honor table dormant flag from netdev release event path (CVE-2024-36005)
* kernel: mm/hugetlb: fix missing hugetlb_lock for resv uncharge (CVE-2024-36000)
* kernel: mlxsw: spectrum_acl_tcam: Fix incorrect list API usage (CVE-2024-36006)
* kernel: net: ieee802154: fix null deref in parse dev addr (CVE-2021-47257)
* kernel: mmc: sdio: fix possible resource leaks in some error paths (CVE-2023-52730)
* kernel: wifi: ath11k: fix gtk offload status event locking (CVE-2023-52777)
* (CVE-2023-52832)
* (CVE-2023-52803)
* (CVE-2023-52756)
* (CVE-2023-52834)
* (CVE-2023-52791)
* (CVE-2023-52764)
* (CVE-2021-47468)
* (CVE-2021-47284)
* (CVE-2024-36025)
* (CVE-2024-36941)
* (CVE-2024-36940)
* (CVE-2024-36904)
* (CVE-2024-36896)
* (CVE-2024-36954)
* (CVE-2024-36950)
* (CVE-2024-38575)
* (CVE-2024-36917)
* (CVE-2024-36016)
* (CVE-2023-52762)
* (CVE-2024-27025)
* (CVE-2021-47548)
* (CVE-2023-52619)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-5102.html

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AlmaLinux Team