Alma Linux: CVE-2023-52864: Important: kernel security update (Multiple Advisories)
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: wmi: Fix opening of char device Since commit fa1f68db6ca7 ("drivers: misc: pass miscdevice pointer via file private data"), the miscdevice stores a pointer to itself inside filp->private_data, which means that private_data will not be NULL when wmi_char_open() is called. This might cause memory corruption should wmi_char_open() be unable to find its driver, something which can happen when the associated WMI device is deleted in wmi_free_devices(). Fix the problem by using the miscdevice pointer to retrieve the WMI device data associated with a char device using container_of(). This also avoids wmi_char_open() picking a wrong WMI device bound to a driver with the same name as the original driver.
Solution(s)
- alma-upgrade-bpftool
- alma-upgrade-kernel
- alma-upgrade-kernel-abi-stablelists
- alma-upgrade-kernel-core
- alma-upgrade-kernel-cross-headers
- alma-upgrade-kernel-debug
- alma-upgrade-kernel-debug-core
- alma-upgrade-kernel-debug-devel
- alma-upgrade-kernel-debug-modules
- alma-upgrade-kernel-debug-modules-extra
- alma-upgrade-kernel-devel
- alma-upgrade-kernel-doc
- alma-upgrade-kernel-headers
- alma-upgrade-kernel-modules
- alma-upgrade-kernel-modules-extra
- alma-upgrade-kernel-rt
- alma-upgrade-kernel-rt-core
- alma-upgrade-kernel-rt-debug
- alma-upgrade-kernel-rt-debug-core
- alma-upgrade-kernel-rt-debug-devel
- alma-upgrade-kernel-rt-debug-kvm
- alma-upgrade-kernel-rt-debug-modules
- alma-upgrade-kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra
- alma-upgrade-kernel-rt-devel
- alma-upgrade-kernel-rt-kvm
- alma-upgrade-kernel-rt-modules
- alma-upgrade-kernel-rt-modules-extra
- alma-upgrade-kernel-tools
- alma-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs
- alma-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs-devel
- alma-upgrade-kernel-zfcpdump
- alma-upgrade-kernel-zfcpdump-core
- alma-upgrade-kernel-zfcpdump-devel
- alma-upgrade-kernel-zfcpdump-modules
- alma-upgrade-kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra
- alma-upgrade-perf
- alma-upgrade-python3-perf
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