RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2024:5101)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:5101 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: powerpc: Fix access beyond end...

ALSA-2024:5102 Important: kernel-rt security update

The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements. Security Fixes: kernel: efivarfs: force RO when remounting if SetVariable is not supported CVE-2023-52463 kernel: tracing: Restructure traceclockglobal to...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security update

An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as...

SUSE CVE-2024-40956

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Fix possible Use-After-Free in irqprocessworklist Use listforeachentrysafe to allow iterating through the list and deleting the entry in the iteration process. The descriptor is freed via idxddesccomplete and...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-40956

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Fix possible Use-After-Free in irqprocessworklist Use listforeachentrysafe to allow iterating through the list and deleting the entry in the iteration process. The descriptor is freed via idxddesccomplete and...

CVE-2024-40956

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Fix possible Use-After-Free in irqprocessworklist Use listforeachentrysafe to allow iterating through the list and deleting the entry in the iteration process. The descriptor is freed via idxddesccomplete and...

CVE-2024-38629

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Avoid unnecessary destruction of fileida fileida is allocated during cdev open and is freed accordingly during cdev release. This sequence is guaranteed by driver file operations. Therefore, there is no need to...

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 that originates in the dmaengine:idxd module to avoid unnecessarily corrupting fileida...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-35989

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Fix oops during rmmod on single-CPU platforms During the removal of the idxd driver, registered offline callback is invoked as part of the clean up process. However, on systems with only one CPU online, no valid...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-35991

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Convert spinlock to mutex to lock evl workqueue drainworkqueue cannot be called safely in a spinlocked context due to possible task rescheduling. In the multi-task scenario, calling queuework while drainworkqueue...

SUSE CVE-2024-26746

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Ensure safe user copy of completion record If CONFIGHARDENEDUSERCOPY is enabled, copying completion record from event log cache to user triggers a kernel bug. 1987.159822 usercopy: Kernel memory exposure attempt...

CVE-2024-26746

The CVE-2024-26746 issue is a Linux kernel vulnerability where event log cache allocation used kmem_cache_create is unsafe for user copies, triggering a kernel bug when HARDENED_USERCOPY is enabled. The connected PT/ Nessus entries confirm the problem is tied to the idxd event log completion reco...

SUSE CVE-2021-47003

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Fix potential null dereference on pointer status There are calls to idxdcmdexec that pass a null status pointer however a recent commit has added an assignment to status that can end up with a null pointer...

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47003

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Fix potential null dereference on pointer status There are calls to idxdcmdexec that pass a null status pointer however a recent commit has added an assignment to status that can end up with a null pointer...

SUSE CVE-2021-46919

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: fix wq size store permission state WQ size can only be changed when the device is disabled. Current code allows change when device is enabled but wq is disabled. Change the check to detect device state...

SUSE CVE-2021-46917

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: fix wq cleanup of WQCFG registers A pre-release silicon erratum workaround where wq reset does not clear WQCFG registers was leaked into upstream code. Use wq reset command instead of blasting the MMIO region. Th...

SUSE CVE-2021-46918

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: clear MSIX permission entry on shutdown Add disabling/clearing of MSIX permission entries on device shutdown to mirror the enabling of the MSIX entries on probe. Current code left the MSIX enabled and the pasid...

CVE-2021-46919

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: fix wq size store permission state WQ size can only be changed when the device is disabled. Current code allows change when device is enabled but wq is disabled. Change the check to detect device state...

CVE-2021-46918

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: clear MSIX permission entry on shutdown Add disabling/clearing of MSIX permission entries on device shutdown to mirror the enabling of the MSIX entries on probe. Current code left the MSIX enabled and the pasid...