ALSA-2024:8856 Moderate: kernel security update

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: net/bluetooth: race condition in conninfomin,maxageset CVE-2024-24857 kernel: dmaengine: fix NULL pointer in channel unregistration function CVE-2023-52492 kernel: netfilter:...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.10-2024-069)

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.10.224-212.876. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2024-069 advisory. 2024-12-05: CVE-2024-41042 was added to this advisory. 2024-09-26: CVE-2024-42302 was added to this...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.4-2024-083)

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.4.282-194.378. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2024-083 advisory. 2024-12-05: CVE-2024-41042 was added to this advisory. 2024-09-12: CVE-2024-44944 was added to this...

CVE-2024-43880

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mlxsw: spectrumaclerp: Fix object nesting warning ACLs in Spectrum-2 and newer ASICs can reside in the algorithmic TCAM A-TCAM or in the ordinary circuit TCAM C-TCAM. The former can contain more ACLs i.e., tc filters, but the...

CVE-2024-43880

CVE-2024-43880 affects the Linux kernel mlxsw Spectrum ACL TCAM handling. The issue arises in the TCAM masking logic where object aggregation hints could form nested objects (A-TCAM/C-TCAM) due to an aggregation‑helper in the objagg library and driver interaction. This could produce non‑optimal o...