bpftool, kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2024:1249

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

Security Fix(es):

• (CVE-2024-26602, ?)

• kernel: use-after-free in l2cap_connect and l2cap_le_connect_req in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-42896)

• kernel: use-after-free in sch_qfq network scheduler (CVE-2023-4921)

• kernel: IGB driver inadequate buffer size for frames larger than MTU (CVE-2023-45871)

• kernel: fbcon: out-of-sync arrays in fbcon_mode_deleted due to wrong con2fb_map assignment (CVE-2023-38409)

• kernel: nf_tables: use-after-free vulnerability in the nft_verdict_init() function (CVE-2024-1086)

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.

Bug Fix(es):

• [rhel-7] INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected: store+0x70/0xe0 kernfs_fop_write+0xe3/0x190 (BZ#2161654)

• qedf: Reading /sys/kernel/debug/qedf/hostX/stop_io_on_error can cause panic (BZ#2224973)

Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2024-March/099235.html

Affected packages:
bpftool
kernel
kernel-abi-whitelists
kernel-debug
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-devel
kernel-doc
kernel-headers
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-libs
kernel-tools-libs-devel
perf
python-perf

Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1249