Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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

Security Fix(es):

• kernel: vmwgfx: NULL pointer dereference in vmw_cmd_dx_define_query (CVE-2022-38096)
• kernel: Out of boundary write in perf_read_group() as result of overflow a perf_event’s read_size (CVE-2023-6931)
• kernel: GSM multiplexing race condition leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2023-6546,ZDI-CAN-20527)
• kernel: CIFS Filesystem Decryption Improper Input Validation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in function receive_encrypted_standard of client (CVE-2024-0565)
• kernel: use-after-free in amdgpu_cs_wait_all_fences in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c (CVE-2023-51042)
• kernel: ext4: kernel bug in ext4_write_inline_data_end() (CVE-2021-33631)
• kernel: nf_tables: use-after-free vulnerability in the nft_verdict_init() function (CVE-2024-1086)

Bug Fix(es):

• OCP 4.12 crashed due to use-after-free in libceph in rhel8 (JIRA:AlmaLinux-21394)
• kernel: nf_tables: use-after-free vulnerability in the nft_verdict_init() function (JIRA:AlmaLinux-24010)
• Screen floods with random colour suggesting something not initialised (JIRA:AlmaLinux-21055)
• kernel: vmxgfx: NULL pointer dereference in vmw_cmd_dx_define_query (JIRA:AlmaLinux-22766)
• tx-checksumming required for accessing port in OpenShift for AlmaLinux 8.6 (JIRA:AlmaLinux-20822)
• kernel: CIFS Filesystem Decryption Improper Input Validation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in function receive_encrypted_standard of client (JIRA:AlmaLinux-22077)
• kernel: Out of boundary write in perf_read_group() as result of overflow a perf_event’s read_size (JIRA:AlmaLinux-22930)
• rbd: don’t move requests to the running list on errors [8.x] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-24204)
• kernel: use-after-free in amdgpu_cs_wait_all_fences in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c (JIRA:AlmaLinux-24479)
• ceph: several cap and snap fixes (JIRA:AlmaLinux-20909)
• [RHVH] Migration hangs between RHVH release bellow 4.5.1 and RHVH over or equal 4.5.2 release (JIRA:AlmaLinux-23063)
• unable to access smsc95xx based interface unless you start outgoing traffic. (JIRA:AlmaLinux-25719)
• [AlmaLinux8] ] BUG bio-696 (Not tainted): Poison overwritten (JIRA:AlmaLinux-26101)
• kernel: GSM multiplexing race condition leads to privilege escalation (JIRA:AlmaLinux-19954)
• backport smartpqi: fix disable_managed_interrupts (JIRA:AlmaLinux-26139)
• kernel: ext4: kernel bug in ext4_write_inline_data_end() (JIRA:AlmaLinux-26331)
• ceph: always check dir caps asynchronously (JIRA:AlmaLinux-27496)

Enhancement(s):

• [IBM 8.10 FEAT] Upgrade the qeth driver to latest from upstream, e.g. kernel 6.4 (JIRA:AlmaLinux-25811)