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ALSA-2024:4211

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ALSA-2024:4211

Published: 2 Jul 2024Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

Aliases:

CVE-2020-26555

CVE-2021-46972

CVE-2021-47073

Summary: Important: kernel security and bug fix update

Details: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: Bluetooth BR/EDR PIN Pairing procedure is vulnerable to an impersonation attack (CVE-2020-26555) * kernel:TCP-spoofed ghost ACKs and leak leak initial sequence number (CVE-2023-52881,RHV-2024-1001) * kernel: ovl: fix leaked dentry (CVE-2021-46972) * kernel: platform/x86: dell-smbios-wmi: Fix oops on rmmod dell_smbios (CVE-2021-47073) * kernel: mm/damon/vaddr-test: memory leak in damon_do_test_apply_three_regions() (CVE-2023-52560) * kernel: ppp_async: limit MRU to 64K (CVE-2024-26675) * kernel: mm/swap: fix race when skipping swapcache (CVE-2024-26759) * kernel: net: ip_tunnel: prevent perpetual headroom growth (CVE-2024-26804) * kernel: RDMA/mlx5: Fix fortify source warning while accessing Eth segment (CVE-2024-26907) * kernel: x86/mm: Disallow vsyscall page read for copy_from_kernel_nofault() (CVE-2024-26906) * kernel: powerpc/powernv: Add a null pointer check in opal_event_init() (CVE-2023-52686) * kernel: powerpc/imc-pmu: Add a null pointer check in update_events_in_group() (CVE-2023-52675) * kernel: KVM: SVM: improper check in svm_set_x2apic_msr_interception allows direct access to host x2apic msrs (CVE-2023-5090) * kernel: EDAC/thunderx: Incorrect buffer size in drivers/edac/thunderx_edac.c (CVE-2023-52464) * kernel: ipv6: sr: fix possible use-after-free and null-ptr-deref (CVE-2024-26735) * kernel: mptcp: fix data re-injection from stale subflow (CVE-2024-26826) * kernel: net/bnx2x: Prevent access to a freed page in page_pool (CVE-2024-26859) * kernel: crypto: qat - resolve race condition during AER recovery (CVE-2024-26974) * kernel: net/mlx5e: fix a potential double-free in fs_any_create_groups (CVE-2023-52667) * kernel: net/mlx5: Properly link new fs rules into the tree (CVE-2024-35960) * kernel: net/mlx5e: Fix mlx5e_priv_init() cleanup flow (CVE-2024-35959) * kernel: net: ena: Fix incorrect descriptor free behavior (CVE-2024-35958) * kernel: i40e: Do not use WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag for workqueue (CVE-2024-36004) * kernel: mISDN: fix possible use-after-free in HFC_cleanup() (CVE-2021-47356) * kernel: udf: Fix NULL pointer dereference in udf_symlink function (CVE-2021-47353) * kernel: net: ti: fix UAF in tlan_remove_one (CVE-2021-47310) Bug Fix(es): * Kernel panic - kernel BUG at mm/slub.c:376! (JIRA:AlmaLinux-29783) * Temporary values in FIPS integrity test should be zeroized [almalinux-8.10.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-35361) * AlmaLinux8.6 - kernel: s390/cpum_cf: make crypto counters upward compatible (JIRA:AlmaLinux-36048) * [AlmaLinux8] blktests block/024 failed (JIRA:AlmaLinux-8130) * AlmaLinux8.9: EEH injections results Error: Power fault on Port 0 and other call traces(Everest/1050/Shiner) (JIRA:AlmaLinux-14195) * Latency spikes with Matrox G200 graphic cards (JIRA:AlmaLinux-36172) 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.

Affected packages

Package

Name: bpftool

Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/bpftool

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM

Events:

Introduced- 0

Fixed -4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10

Affected versions

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