INFSA-2024:10943: kernel security update

Information about definition

Identificator: INFSA-2024:10943

Type: security

Release date: 2025-07-07 18:28:20 UTC

Information about package

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Vulnerabilities description

  • CVE-2024-46695

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: selinux,smack: don't bypass permissions check in inode_setsecctx hook.

  • CVE-2024-49949

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: avoid potential underflow in qdisc_pkt_len_init() with UFO.

  • CVE-2024-50110

    A vulnerability was found in the xfrm module in the Linux Kernel. This issue was discovered during fuzz testing, where uninitialized memory containing potentially sensitive data was inadvertently copied to user-space. This issue occurs when dumping IPsec algorithm data structures, exposing random padding from the structures. This issue could lead to information leaks if uninitialized memory is accessed by user-space applications.

  • CVE-2024-50142

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: validate new SA's prefixlen using SA family when sel.family is unset.

  • CVE-2024-50256

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_reject_ipv6: fix potential crash in nf_send_reset6().

  • CVE-2024-50264

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk->trans During loopback communication, a dangling pointer can be created in vsk->trans, potentially leading to a Use-After-Free condition. This issue is resolved by initializing vsk->trans to NULL.

  • CVE-2024-50082

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-rq-qos: fix crash on rq_qos_wait vs. rq_qos_wake_function race.

  • CVE-2024-50099

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: probes: Remove broken LDR (literal) uprobe support.

  • CVE-2024-50192

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: irqchip/gic-v4: Don't allow a VMOVP on a dying VPE Kunkun.

Severity level

CVE Score CVSS 2.0 Score CVSS 3.x Score CVSS 4.0
no information 6.3 no information
no information 5.5 no information
no information 4.1 no information
no information 4.7 no information
no information 5.5 no information
no information 5.5 no information
no information 4.7 no information
no information 5.5 no information
no information 6.0 no information
Critical, important, moderate, low

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