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SUSE-SU-2024:3617-1 Not scored

Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2024-38538: net: bridge: xmit: make sure we have at least eth header len bytes (bsc#1226606). - CVE-2024-40902: jfs: xattr: fix buffer overflow for invalid xattr (bsc#1227764). - CVE-2024-42104: nilfs2: add missing check for inode numbers on directory entries (bsc#1228654). - CVE-2024-42148: Fix multiple UBSAN array-index-out-of-bounds (bsc#1228487). - CVE-2024-45021: memcg_write_event_control(): fix a user-triggerable oops (bsc#1230434). The following non-security bugs were fixed: - alarmtimer: Lock k_itimer during timer callback (bsc#1214298). - alarmtimers: Add alarm_forward functionality (bsc#1214298). - alarmtimers: Change alarmtimer functions to return alarmtimer_restart (bsc#1214298). - alarmtimers: Push rearming peroidic timers down into alamrtimer (bsc#1214298). - alarmtimers: Remove interval cap limit hack (bsc#1214298). - kABI fix for alarmtimer_restart functionality (bsc#1214298). - kABI fix update for alarm_forward (bsc#1214298).

Exploit probability Not scored
Published October 14, 2024
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE kernel-default
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE kernel-ec2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE kernel-source
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE kernel-syms
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE kernel-trace
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE kernel-xen

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2024:3617-1

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2024-38538: net: bridge: xmit: make sure we have at least eth header len bytes (bsc#1226606). - CVE-2024-40902: jfs: xattr: fix buffer overflow for invalid xattr (bsc#1227764). - CVE-2024-42104: nilfs2: add missing check for inode numbers on directory entries (bsc#1228654). - CVE-2024-42148: Fix multiple UBSAN array-index-out-of-bounds (bsc#1228487). - CVE-2024-45021: memcg_write_event_control(): fix a user-triggerable oops (bsc#1230434). The following non-security bugs were fixed: - alarmtimer: Lock k_itimer during timer callback (bsc#1214298). - alarmtimers: Add alarm_forward functionality (bsc#1214298). - alarmtimers: Change alarmtimer functions to return alarmtimer_restart (bsc#1214298). - alarmtimers: Push rearming peroidic timers down into alamrtimer (bsc#1214298). - alarmtimers: Remove interval cap limit hack (bsc#1214298). - kABI fix for alarmtimer_restart functionality (bsc#1214298). - kABI fix update for alarm_forward (bsc#1214298).

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05 / REFERENCES

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