(RHSA-2024:8157) Moderate: kernel security update

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

Security Fix(es):

• kernel: Local information disclosure on Intel® Atom® processors (CVE-2023-28746)

• kernel: hwmon: (w83792d) Fix NULL pointer dereference by removing unnecessary structure field (CVE-2021-47385)

• kernel: net/sched: taprio: extend minimum interval restriction to entire cycle too (CVE-2024-36244)

• kernel: xfs: fix log recovery buffer allocation for the legacy h_size fixup (CVE-2024-39472)

• kernel: firmware: cs_dsp: Use strnlen() on name fields in V1 wmfw files (CVE-2024-41056)

• kernel: ibmvnic: Add tx check to prevent skb leak (CVE-2024-41066)

• kernel: pinctrl: fix deadlock in create_pinctrl() when handling -EPROBE_DEFER (CVE-2024-42090)

• kernel: sched: act_ct: take care of padding in struct zones_ht_key (CVE-2024-42272)

• kernel: tipc: Return non-zero value from tipc_udp_addr2str() on error (CVE-2024-42284)

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.