Synopsis: ELSA-2024-9605 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2024-39468 CVE-2024-42283 CVE-2024-46824 CVE-2024-46858 CVE-2024-49880

Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2024-9605.
More information about this errata can be found at
https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-9605.html

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running RHCK 9 install
these updates.

On systems that have "autoinstall = yes" in /etc/uptrack/uptrack.conf,
these updates will be installed automatically and you do not need to
take any action.

Alternatively, you can install these updates by running:

# /usr/sbin/uptrack-upgrade -y


DESCRIPTION

* CVE-2024-39468: Denial-of-service in SMB3 and CIFS driver.

A locking error when using the SMB3 and CIFS driver could lead
to a deadlock. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a
denial-of-service.


* CVE-2024-42283: Remote information leak in TCP/IP networking stack.

A missing variable initialization when using the TCP/IP networking stack
could lead to exposure of kernel memory to userspace. A remote attacker
could use this flaw to extract sensitive information.


* CVE-2024-46824: Denial-of-service in IOMMU subsystem.

A missing check when using the IOMMU subsystem IOMMU_HWPT_INVALIDATE
ioctl could lead to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could
use this flaw to cause a denial-of-service.


* CVE-2024-46858: Privilege escalation in Multipath TCP driver.

A logic error when using the Multipath TCP driver could lead to a
use-after-free. A local attacker could use this flaw to escalate
privileges.


* CVE-2024-49880: Denial-of-service in The Extended 4 (ext4) filesystem driver.

A logic error when resizing the The Extended 4 (ext4) filesystem
could lead to a kernel assertion failure. A local attacker could use
this flaw to cause a denial-of-service and corrupt the filesystem.

SUPPORT

Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support...@oracle.com.



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