Alma Linux: CVE-2023-5717: Important: kernel security update (ALSA-2024-0897)
Description
A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Linux Kernel Performance Events (perf) component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. If perf_read_group() is called while an event's sibling_list is smaller than its child's sibling_list, it can increment or write to memory locations outside of the allocated buffer. We recommend upgrading past commit 32671e3799ca2e4590773fd0e63aaa4229e50c06.
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-modules
- alma-upgrade-kernel-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
- Lightweight Endpoint Agent
- Live Dashboards
- Real Risk Prioritization
- IT-Integrated Remediation Projects
- Cloud, Virtual, and Container Assessment
- Integrated Threat Feeds
- Easy-to-Use RESTful API
- Automation-Assisted Patching
- Automated Containment
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