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ALSA-2024:0897 Not scored

Important: kernel security update

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: net/sched: sch_hfsc UAF (CVE-2023-4623) * kernel: use-after-free in sch_qfq network scheduler (CVE-2023-4921) * kernel: inactive elements in nft_pipapo_walk (CVE-2023-6817) * kernel: IGB driver inadequate buffer size for frames larger than MTU (CVE-2023-45871) * kernel: ktls overwrites readonly memory pages when using function splice with a ktls socket as destination (CVE-2024-0646) * kernel: nfp: use-after-free in area_cache_get() (CVE-2022-3545) * kernel: null-ptr-deref vulnerabilities in sl_tx_timeout in drivers/net/slip (CVE-2022-41858) * kernel: HID: check empty report_list in hid_validate_values() (CVE-2023-1073) * kernel: Possible use-after-free since the two fdget() during vhost_net_set_backend() (CVE-2023-1838) * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in can_rcv_filter (CVE-2023-2166) * kernel: Slab-out-of-bound read in compare_netdev_and_ip (CVE-2023-2176) * kernel: A heap out-of-bounds write when function perf_read_group is called and sibling_list is smaller than its child's sibling_list (CVE-2023-5717) * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in nvmet_tcp_build_iovec (CVE-2023-6356) * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in nvmet_tcp_execute_request (CVE-2023-6535) * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in __nvmet_req_complete (CVE-2023-6536) * kernel: Out-Of-Bounds Read vulnerability in smbCalcSize (CVE-2023-6606) * kernel: OOB Access in smb2_dump_detail (CVE-2023-6610) * kernel: use-after-free in l2cap_sock_release in net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c (CVE-2023-40283) * kernel: SEV-ES local priv escalation (CVE-2023-46813) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published February 20, 2024
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:8 bpftool
AlmaLinux:8 kernel
AlmaLinux:8 kernel-abi-stablelists
AlmaLinux:8 kernel-core
AlmaLinux:8 kernel-cross-headers
AlmaLinux:8 kernel-debug
AlmaLinux:8 kernel-debug-core
AlmaLinux:8 kernel-debug-devel
AlmaLinux:8 kernel-debug-modules
AlmaLinux:8 kernel-debug-modules-extra
AlmaLinux:8 kernel-devel
AlmaLinux:8 kernel-doc
AlmaLinux:8 kernel-modules
AlmaLinux:8 kernel-modules-extra
AlmaLinux:8 kernel-tools
AlmaLinux:8 kernel-tools-libs
AlmaLinux:8 kernel-tools-libs-devel
AlmaLinux:8 kernel-zfcpdump
AlmaLinux:8 kernel-zfcpdump-core
AlmaLinux:8 kernel-zfcpdump-devel
AlmaLinux:8 kernel-zfcpdump-modules
AlmaLinux:8 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra
AlmaLinux:8 perf
AlmaLinux:8 python3-perf

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities ALSA-2024:0897

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: net/sched: sch_hfsc UAF (CVE-2023-4623) * kernel: use-after-free in sch_qfq network scheduler (CVE-2023-4921) * kernel: inactive elements in nft_pipapo_walk (CVE-2023-6817) * kernel: IGB driver inadequate buffer size for frames larger than MTU (CVE-2023-45871) * kernel: ktls overwrites readonly memory pages when using function splice with a ktls socket as destination (CVE-2024-0646) * kernel: nfp: use-after-free in area_cache_get() (CVE-2022-3545) * kernel: null-ptr-deref vulnerabilities in sl_tx_timeout in drivers/net/slip (CVE-2022-41858) * kernel: HID: check empty report_list in hid_validate_values() (CVE-2023-1073) * kernel: Possible use-after-free since the two fdget() during vhost_net_set_backend() (CVE-2023-1838) * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in can_rcv_filter (CVE-2023-2166) * kernel: Slab-out-of-bound read in compare_netdev_and_ip (CVE-2023-2176) * kernel: A heap out-of-bounds write when function perf_read_group is called and sibling_list is smaller than its child's sibling_list (CVE-2023-5717) * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in nvmet_tcp_build_iovec (CVE-2023-6356) * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in nvmet_tcp_execute_request (CVE-2023-6535) * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in __nvmet_req_complete (CVE-2023-6536) * kernel: Out-Of-Bounds Read vulnerability in smbCalcSize (CVE-2023-6606) * kernel: OOB Access in smb2_dump_detail (CVE-2023-6610) * kernel: use-after-free in l2cap_sock_release in net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c (CVE-2023-40283) * kernel: SEV-ES local priv escalation (CVE-2023-46813) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence