Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: kernel (CVE-2024-46761)

The version of kernel installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-46761 advisory. - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pci/hotplug/pnvphp: Fix hotplug driver...

CVE-2024-46761

CVE-2024-46761 affects the Linux kernel’s PCI hotplug driver for PowerPC (pci/hotplug/pnv_php.c). The issue caused a kernel crash during hot-unplug/disable of a PCIe switch/bridge from the PHB, due to a NULL dereference when the MSI data structure had already been released and set to NULL, yet un...