(RHSA-2024:3461) Moderate: kernel security and bug fix update

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

Security Fix(es):

• kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: mark set as dead when unbinding anonymous set with timeout (CVE-2024-26643)

• kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: disallow anonymous set with timeout flag (CVE-2024-26642)

• kernel: netfilter: nft_ct: sanitize layer 3 and 4 protocol number in custom expectations (CVE-2024-26673)

• kernel: ipv6: sr: fix possible use-after-free and null-ptr-deref (CVE-2024-26735)

• kernel: net: ip_tunnel: prevent perpetual headroom growth (CVE-2024-26804)

• kernel: cifs: fix underflow in parse_server_interfaces() (CVE-2024-26828)

• kernel: fs: sysfs: Fix reference leak in sysfs_break_active_protection() (CVE-2024-26993)

Bug Fix(es):

• lan78xx changes for 9.2.z, to fix link speed change exception and other bug fixes (JIRA:RHEL-34926)

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.