CLSA-2024-1723622576 Fix of 29 CVEs

CVE-url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-42236 - usb: gadget: configfs: Prevent OOB read/write in usbstringcopy CVE-url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-41095 - drm/nouveau/dispnv04: fix null pointer dereference in nv17tvgetldmodes CVE-url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-41098 -...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container security update

5.4.17-2136.334.6.el8 - loop: Fix a race between loop detach and loop open Gulam Mohamed Orabug: 36197800 - x86/bhi: Do not enable unnecessary BHI mitigation in OCI and Exadata VMs Alexandre Chartre Orabug: 36672495 - x86/bhi: Avoid warning in DB handler due to BHI mitigation Alexandre Chartre...

CVE-2024-42256 cifs: Fix server re-repick on subrequest retry

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix server re-repick on subrequest retry When a subrequest is marked for needing retry, netfs will call cifspreparewrite which will make cifs repick the server for the op before renegotiating credits; it then calls...

CVE-2024-42256 cifs: Fix server re-repick on subrequest retry

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix server re-repick on subrequest retry When a subrequest is marked for needing retry, netfs will call cifspreparewrite which will make cifs repick the server for the op before renegotiating credits; it then calls...

kernel: ovl: fix warning in ovl_create_real()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ovl: fix warning in ovlcreatereal Syzbot triggered the following warning in ovlworkdircreate - ovlcreatereal: if !err && WARNON!newdentry-dinode The reason is that the cgroup2 filesystem returns from mkdir without instantiating t...

kernel: SUNRPC: Fix a suspicious RCU usage warning

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: SUNRPC: Fix a suspicious RCU usage warning I received the following warning while running cthon against an ontap server running pNFS: 57.202521 ============================= 57.202522 WARNING: suspicious RCU usage 57.202523...

kernel: af_unix: Fix data races in unix_release_sock/unix_stream_sendmsg

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afunix: Fix data races in unixreleasesock/unixstreamsendmsg A data-race condition has been identified in afunix. In one data path, the write function unixreleasesock atomically writes to sk-skshutdown using WRITEONCE. However, on...

SUSE CVE-2024-42240

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/bhi: Avoid warning in DB handler due to BHI mitigation When BHI mitigation is enabled, if SYSENTER is invoked with the TF flag set then entrySYSENTERcompat uses CLEARBRANCHHISTORY and calls the clearbhbloop before the TF flag...

CVE-2024-42243

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/filemap: make MAXPAGECACHEORDER acceptable to xarray Patch series "mm/filemap: Limit page cache size to that supported by xarray", v2. Currently, xarray can't support arbitrary page cache size. More details can be found from t...

AZL-47528 CVE-2024-42240 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.43.1-7

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/bhi: Avoid warning in DB handler due to BHI mitigation When BHI mitigation is enabled, if SYSENTER is invoked with the TF flag set then entrySYSENTERcompat uses CLEARBRANCHHISTORY and calls the clearbhbloop before the TF flag...

CVE-2024-42240

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/bhi: Avoid warning in DB handler due to BHI mitigation When BHI mitigation is enabled, if SYSENTER is invoked with the TF flag set then entrySYSENTERcompat uses CLEARBRANCHHISTORY and calls the clearbhbloop before the TF flag...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42240

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/bhi: Avoid warning in DB handler due to BHI mitigation When BHI mitigation is enabled, if SYSENTER is invoked with the TF flag set then entrySYSENTERcompat uses CLEARBRANCHHISTORY and calls the clearbhbloop before the TF flag...

CVE-2024-42240

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/bhi: Avoid warning in DB handler due to BHI mitigation When BHI mitigation is enabled, if SYSENTER is invoked with the TF flag set then entrySYSENTERcompat uses CLEARBRANCHHISTORY and calls the clearbhbloop before the TF flag...

CVE-2024-42241 mm/shmem: disable PMD-sized page cache if needed

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/shmem: disable PMD-sized page cache if needed For shmem files, it's possible that PMD-sized page cache can't be supported by xarray. For example, 512MB page cache on ARM64 when the base page size is 64KB can't be supported by...

CVE-2024-42240 x86/bhi: Avoid warning in #DB handler due to BHI mitigation

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/bhi: Avoid warning in DB handler due to BHI mitigation When BHI mitigation is enabled, if SYSENTER is invoked with the TF flag set then entrySYSENTERcompat uses CLEARBRANCHHISTORY and calls the clearbhbloop before the TF flag...

CVE-2024-42240

CVE-2024-42240: Linux kernel x86/bhi vulnerability where, when BHI mitigation is enabled, an entry_SYSENTER_compat() sequence could trigger a #DB handler warning due to the TF single-step bit handling. The fix changes the order to clear the TF flag before or after clearing branch history as appro...

CVE-2024-42240 x86/bhi: Avoid warning in #DB handler due to BHI mitigation

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/bhi: Avoid warning in DB handler due to BHI mitigation When BHI mitigation is enabled, if SYSENTER is invoked with the TF flag set then entrySYSENTERcompat uses CLEARBRANCHHISTORY and calls the clearbhbloop before the TF flag...

Apple's New macOS Sequoia Tightens Gatekeeper Controls to Block Unauthorized Software

Apple on Tuesday announced an update to its next-generation macOS version that makes it a little more difficult for users to override Gatekeeper protections. Gatekeeper is a crucial line of defense built into macOS designed to ensure that only trusted apps run on the operating system. When an app...

kernel: ipvlan: Dont Use skb->sk in ipvlan_process_v{4,6}_outbound

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipvlan: Dont Use skb-sk in ipvlanprocessv4,6outbound Raw packet from PFPACKET socket ontop of an IPv6-backed ipvlan device will hit WARNONONCE in skmcloop through schdirectxmit path. WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 0 at net/core/sock.c:775...

kernel: ipvlan: Dont Use skb->sk in ipvlan_process_v{4,6}_outbound

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipvlan: Dont Use skb-sk in ipvlanprocessv4,6outbound Raw packet from PFPACKET socket ontop of an IPv6-backed ipvlan device will hit WARNONONCE in skmcloop through schdirectxmit path. WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 0 at net/core/sock.c:775...