Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 3 for SLE 15 SP6)

This update for the Linux Kernel 6.4.0-1506002317 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: CVE-2024-43861: Fix memory leak for not ip packets bsc1229553. CVE-2024-35949: btrfs: make sure that WRITTEN is set on all metadata blocks bsc1229273. CVE-2023-52752: smb: client: fix...

The vulnerability of the bpf_link_free() function in the Linux operating system allows a attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of the protected information.

The vulnerability of the bpflinkfree function in the Linux operating system’s kernel is related to the reutilization of previously freed memory. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of the protected information...

SUSE CVE-2024-40909

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix a potential use-after-free in bpflinkfree After commit 1a80dbcb2dba, bpflink can be freed by link-ops-deallocdeferred, but the code still tests and uses link-ops-dealloc afterward, which leads to a use-after-free as...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-40909

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix a potential use-after-free in bpflinkfree After commit 1a80dbcb2dba, bpflink can be freed by link-ops-deallocdeferred, but the code still tests and uses link-ops-dealloc afterward, which leads to a use-after-free as...

Linux kernel security vulnerabilities

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system of the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel, which stems from a post-release reuse issue in the bpf component in the bpflinkfree function...