SB2024052089 - Fedora 38 update for kernel

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 5 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-21823)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure deserialization in hardware logic. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

2) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27401)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the packet_buffer_get() function in drivers/firewire/nosy.c. A local user can trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

3) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27400)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources in amdgpu driver. A local user can crash the OS kernel.

4) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27399)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dreference error within the l2cap_chan_timeout() function in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

5) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27398)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the sco_sock_timeout() function in net/bluetooth/sco.c. A remote attacker can trigger a use-after-free error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-88abd103c8