The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
kernel: powerpc: Fix access beyond end of drmem array (CVE-2023-52451)
kernel: efivarfs: force RO when remounting if SetVariable is not supported (CVE-2023-52463)
kernel: tracing: Restructure traceclockglobal() to never block (CVE-2021-46939)
kernel: ext4: avoid online resizing failures due to oversized flex bg (CVE-2023-52622)
kernel: net/sched: flower: Fix chain template offload (CVE-2024-26669)
kernel: stmmac: Clear variable when destroying workqueue (CVE-2024-26802)
kernel: efi: runtime: Fix potential overflow of soft-reserved region size (CVE-2024-26843)
kernel: quota: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2024-26878)
kernel: TIPC message reassembly use-after-free remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2024-36886)
kernel: SUNRPC: fix a memleak in gssimportv2_context (CVE-2023-52653)
kernel: dmaengine/idxd: hardware erratum allows potential security problem with direct access by untrusted application (CVE-2024-21823)
kernel: Revert "net/mlx5: Block entering switchdev mode with ns inconsistency" (CVE-2023-52658)
kernel: ext4: fix corruption during on-line resize (CVE-2024-35807)
kernel: x86/fpu: Keep xfdstate in sync with MSRIA32_XFD (CVE-2024-35801)
kernel: dyndbg: fix old BUG_ON in >control parser (CVE-2024-35947)
kernel: net/sched: act_skbmod: prevent kernel-infoleak (CVE-2024-35893)
kernel: x86/mce: Make sure to grab mcesysfsmutex in set_bank() (CVE-2024-35876)
kernel: platform/x86: wmi: Fix opening of char device (CVE-2023-52864)
kernel: tipc: Change nlapolicy for bearer-related names to NLANUL_STRING (CVE-2023-52845)
(CVE-2023-28746)
Bug Fix(es):
Rocky Linux8.6 - Spinlock statistics may show negative elapsed time and incorrectly formatted output (JIRA:Rocky Linux-17678)
[AWS][8.9]There are call traces found when booting debug-kernel for Amazon EC2 r8g.metal-24xl instance (JIRA:Rocky Linux-23841)
[rhel8] gfs2: Fix glock shrinker (JIRA:Rocky Linux-32941)
lan78xx: Microchip LAN7800 never comes up after unplug and replug (JIRA:Rocky Linux-33437)
[Hyper-V][Rocky Linux-8.10.z] Update hv_netvsc driver to TOT (JIRA:Rocky Linux-39074)
Use-after-free on proc inode-i_sb triggered by fsnotify (JIRA:Rocky Linux-40167)
blk-cgroup: Properly propagate the iostat update up the hierarchy [rhel-8.10.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-40939)
(JIRA:Rocky Linux-31798)
Enhancement(s):
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.