Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for kernel-rt



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 11
CVE-ID CVE-2023-52522
CVE-2024-26640
CVE-2024-26656
CVE-2024-26772
CVE-2024-26906
CVE-2024-26870
CVE-2024-31076
CVE-2024-40931
CVE-2024-41039
CVE-2024-42271
CVE-2024-46858
CWE-ID CWE-399
CWE-416
CWE-667
CWE-388
CWE-119
CWE-401
CWE-908
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
kernel-rt (Red Hat package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Red Hat Inc.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 11 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU89387

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52522

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the neigh_periodic_work() function in net/core/neighbour.c. A local user can  perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

kernel-rt (Red Hat package): before 5.14.0-284.92.1.rt14.377.el9_2

CPE2.3 External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9498


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU89397

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26640

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the skb_advance_to_frag() function in net/ipv4/tcp.c. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

kernel-rt (Red Hat package): before 5.14.0-284.92.1.rt14.377.el9_2

CPE2.3 External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9498


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU88145

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26656

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to crash the kernel.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_hmm.c. A local user can send a single amdgpu_gem_userptr_ioctl to the AMDGPU DRM driver on any ASICs with an invalid address and size and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

kernel-rt (Red Hat package): before 5.14.0-284.92.1.rt14.377.el9_2

CPE2.3 External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9498


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

4) Improper locking

EUVDB-ID: #VU92041

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26772

CWE-ID: CWE-667 - Improper Locking

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the ext4_mb_find_by_goal() function in fs/ext4/mballoc.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

kernel-rt (Red Hat package): before 5.14.0-284.92.1.rt14.377.el9_2

CPE2.3 External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9498


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

5) Improper error handling

EUVDB-ID: #VU92944

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26906

CWE-ID: CWE-388 - Error Handling

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper error handling within the copy_from_kernel_nofault_allowed() function in arch/x86/mm/maccess.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

kernel-rt (Red Hat package): before 5.14.0-284.92.1.rt14.377.el9_2

CPE2.3 External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9498


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

6) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU92006

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26870

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the nfs4_listxattr() function in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

kernel-rt (Red Hat package): before 5.14.0-284.92.1.rt14.377.el9_2

CPE2.3 External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9498


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

7) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU93016

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-31076

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the migrate_one_irq() function in kernel/irq/cpuhotplug.c, within the __send_cleanup_vector(), irq_complete_move() and irq_force_complete_move() functions in arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

kernel-rt (Red Hat package): before 5.14.0-284.92.1.rt14.377.el9_2

CPE2.3 External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9498


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

8) Use of uninitialized resource

EUVDB-ID: #VU94293

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40931

CWE-ID: CWE-908 - Use of Uninitialized Resource

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to use of uninitialized resource within the mptcp_stream_connect() function in net/mptcp/protocol.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

kernel-rt (Red Hat package): before 5.14.0-284.92.1.rt14.377.el9_2

CPE2.3 External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9498


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

9) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU95042

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-41039

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the cs_dsp_adsp1_parse_sizes(), cs_dsp_adsp2_parse_sizes(), cs_dsp_load() and cs_dsp_buf_free() functions in drivers/firmware/cirrus/cs_dsp.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

kernel-rt (Red Hat package): before 5.14.0-284.92.1.rt14.377.el9_2

CPE2.3 External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9498


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

10) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU96105

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-42271

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the iucv_sever_path() function in net/iucv/af_iucv.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

kernel-rt (Red Hat package): before 5.14.0-284.92.1.rt14.377.el9_2

CPE2.3 External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9498


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

11) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU97783

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-46858

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the mptcp_pm_del_add_timer() and remove_anno_list_by_saddr() functions in net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

kernel-rt (Red Hat package): before 5.14.0-284.92.1.rt14.377.el9_2

CPE2.3 External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9498


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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