Security Bulletin: IBM Security Guardium is affected by a Kernel vulnerability (CVE-2024-1086, CVE-2024-26602)

Summary

IBM Security Guardium has addressed these vulnerabilities in an update.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-1086
**DESCRIPTION:**Linux Kernel could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by use-after-free flaw in the nft_verdict_init() function in the Netfilter subsystem. By sending a specially crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/281122 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2024-26602
**DESCRIPTION:**Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error related to sched/membarrier: reducing the ability to hammer on sys_membarrier. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/283996 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None