Rocky Linux 8 : kernel (RLSA-2024:4211)

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:4211 advisory. kernel: Bluetooth BR/EDR PIN Pairing procedure is vulnerable to an impersonation attack CVE-2020-26555 kernel: TCP-spoofed ghost ACKs and leak leak...

CVE-2024-40940

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix tainted pointer delete is case of flow rules creation fail In case of flow rule creation fail in mlx5lagcreateportseltable, instead of previously created rules, the tainted pointer is deleted deveral times. Fix this...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-40940

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix tainted pointer delete is case of flow rules creation fail In case of flow rule creation fail in mlx5lagcreateportseltable, instead of previously created rules, the tainted pointer is deleted deveral times. Fix this...

CVE-2024-40940

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix tainted pointer delete is case of flow rules creation fail In case of flow rule creation fail in mlx5lagcreateportseltable, instead of previously created rules, the tainted pointer is deleted deveral times. Fix this...

CVE-2024-40940 net/mlx5: Fix tainted pointer delete is case of flow rules creation fail

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix tainted pointer delete is case of flow rules creation fail In case of flow rule creation fail in mlx5lagcreateportseltable, instead of previously created rules, the tainted pointer is deleted deveral times. Fix this...

CVE-2024-40940

The CVE-2024-40940 issue affects the Linux kernel mlx5 driver (net/mlx5). The root cause is in mlx5_lag_create_port_sel_table(): when a flow rule creation fails, the tainted pointer is deleted multiple times instead of using the correct flow rule pointers. The bug is fixed by using the correct fl...

CVE-2024-40906 net/mlx5: Always stop health timer during driver removal

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Always stop health timer during driver removal Currently, if teardownhca fails to execute during driver removal, mlx5 does not stop the health timer. Afterwards, mlx5 continue with driver teardown. This may lead to a UA...

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 stems from the net/mlx5 component failing to properly stop the health timer during driver removal...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the...

RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2024:4108)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4108 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: netfilter: nftables: use...

SUSE CVE-2022-48745

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Use deltimersync in fw reset flow of halting poll Substitute deltimer with deltimersync in fw reset polling deactivation flow, in order to prevent a race condition which occurs when deltimer is called and timer is...

CVE-2024-36281

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Use mlx5ipsecrxstatusdestroy to correctly delete status rules rxcreate no longer allocates a modifyhdr instance that needs to be cleaned up. The mlx5modifyheaderdealloc call will lead to a NULL pointer dereference. A le...

CVE-2024-36281

CVE-2024-36281 affects the Linux kernel net/mlx5/IPsec rules. The vulnerability arises from rx_create and improper mlx5_modify_header_dealloc usage, which could lead to a NULL pointer dereference and an earlier rule-leak when two status rules are populated. The fix switches to mlx5_ipsec_rx_statu...

CVE-2024-36281 net/mlx5: Use mlx5_ipsec_rx_status_destroy to correctly delete status rules

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Use mlx5ipsecrxstatusdestroy to correctly delete status rules rxcreate no longer allocates a modifyhdr instance that needs to be cleaned up. The mlx5modifyheaderdealloc call will lead to a NULL pointer dereference. A le...

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 stems from a problem with the net/mlx5 module...

CVE-2024-38556

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Add a timeout to acquire the command queue semaphore Prevent forced completion handling on an entry that has not yet been assigned an index, causing an out of bounds access on idx = -22. Instead of waiting indefinitely...

CVE-2024-38555

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Discard command completions in internal error Fix use after free when FW completion arrives while device is in internal error state. Avoid calling completion handler in this case, since the device will flush the command...

CVE-2024-38595

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix peer devlink set for SF representor devlink port The cited patch change register devlink flow, and neglect to reflect the changes for peer devlink set logic. Peer devlink set is triggering a call trace if done after...

CVE-2022-48745

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Use deltimersync in fw reset flow of halting poll Substitute deltimer with deltimersync in fw reset polling deactivation flow, in order to prevent a race condition which occurs when deltimer is called and timer is...

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48745

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Use deltimersync in fw reset flow of halting poll Substitute deltimer with deltimersync in fw reset polling deactivation flow, in order to prevent a race condition which occurs when deltimer is called and timer is...