ALSA-2024:5101

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

• kernel: powerpc: Fix access beyond end of drmem array (CVE-2023-52451)
• kernel: efivarfs: force RO when remounting if SetVariable is not supported (CVE-2023-52463)
• kernel: tracing: Restructure traceclockglobal() to never block (CVE-2021-46939)
• kernel: ext4: avoid online resizing failures due to oversized flex bg (CVE-2023-52622)
• kernel: net/sched: flower: Fix chain template offload (CVE-2024-26669)
• kernel: stmmac: Clear variable when destroying workqueue (CVE-2024-26802)
• kernel: efi: runtime: Fix potential overflow of soft-reserved region size (CVE-2024-26843)
• kernel: quota: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2024-26878)
• kernel: TIPC message reassembly use-after-free remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2024-36886)
• kernel: SUNRPC: fix a memleak in gssimportv2_context (CVE-2023-52653)
• kernel: dmaengine/idxd: hardware erratum allows potential security problem with direct access by untrusted application (CVE-2024-21823)
• kernel: Revert "net/mlx5: Block entering switchdev mode with ns inconsistency" (CVE-2023-52658)
• kernel: ext4: fix corruption during on-line resize (CVE-2024-35807)
• kernel: x86/fpu: Keep xfdstate in sync with MSRIA32_XFD (CVE-2024-35801)
• kernel: dyndbg: fix old BUG_ON in >control parser (CVE-2024-35947)
• kernel: net/sched: act_skbmod: prevent kernel-infoleak (CVE-2024-35893)
• kernel: x86/mce: Make sure to grab mcesysfsmutex in set_bank() (CVE-2024-35876)
• kernel: platform/x86: wmi: Fix opening of char device (CVE-2023-52864)
• kernel: tipc: Change nlapolicy for bearer-related names to NLANUL_STRING (CVE-2023-52845)
• (CVE-2023-28746)
• (CVE-2023-52847)
• (CVE-2021-47548)
• (CVE-2024-36921)
• (CVE-2024-26921)
• (CVE-2021-47579)
• (CVE-2024-36927)
• (CVE-2024-39276)
• (CVE-2024-33621)
• (CVE-2024-27010)
• (CVE-2024-26960)
• (CVE-2024-38596)
• (CVE-2022-48743)
• (CVE-2024-26733)
• (CVE-2024-26586)
• (CVE-2024-26698)
• (CVE-2023-52619)

Bug Fix(es):

• AlmaLinux8.6 - Spinlock statistics may show negative elapsed time and incorrectly formatted output (JIRA:AlmaLinux-17678)
• [AWS][8.9]There are call traces found when booting debug-kernel for Amazon EC2 r8g.metal-24xl instance (JIRA:AlmaLinux-23841)
• [almalinux8] gfs2: Fix glock shrinker (JIRA:AlmaLinux-32941)
• lan78xx: Microchip LAN7800 never comes up after unplug and replug (JIRA:AlmaLinux-33437)
• [Hyper-V][AlmaLinux-8.10.z] Update hv_netvsc driver to TOT (JIRA:AlmaLinux-39074)
• Use-after-free on proc inode-i_sb triggered by fsnotify (JIRA:AlmaLinux-40167)
• blk-cgroup: Properly propagate the iostat update up the hierarchy [almalinux-8.10.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-40939)
• (JIRA:AlmaLinux-31798)
• (JIRA:AlmaLinux-10263)
• (JIRA:AlmaLinux-40901)
• (JIRA:AlmaLinux-43547)
• (JIRA:AlmaLinux-34876)

Enhancement(s):

• [RFE] Add module parameters 'softrebootcmd' and 'softactiveon_boot' for customizing softdog configuration (JIRA:AlmaLinux-19723)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.