OESA-2024-2590 kernel security update

The Linux Kernel, the operating system core itself. Security Fixes: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afunix: Update unixsksk-oobskb under skreceivequeue lock. Billy Jheng Bing-Jhong reported a race between unixgc and queueoob. unixgc tries to garbage-collect...

The vulnerability of the queue_oob() function in socket implementations for kernels AF_UNIX in Linux operating systems allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the queueoob function in the net/unix/afunix.c module, which is part of the AFUNIX socket implementation in Linux operating systems, relates to the reutilization of previously freed memory due to concurrent access to resources. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an...