[El-errata] New Ksplice updates for RHCK 9 (ELSA-2024-10274)

Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux el-errata at oss.oracle.com
Tue Jan 14 14:32:42 UTC 2025


Synopsis: ELSA-2024-10274 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2024-41009 CVE-2024-46679

Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2024-10274.
More information about this errata can be found at
https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-10274.html

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running RHCK 9 install
these updates.

On systems that have "autoinstall = yes" in /etc/uptrack/uptrack.conf,
these updates will be installed automatically and you do not need to
take any action.

Alternatively, you can install these updates by running:

# /usr/sbin/uptrack-upgrade -y


DESCRIPTION

* CVE-2024-41009: Denial-of-service in BPF ringbuf subsystem.

A logic error when using the BPF ringbuf subsystem could lead to a
kernel crash. A local attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial-of-
service.


* CVE-2024-46679: Denial-of-service in netlink interface for ethtool.

A missing check when using the netlink interface for ethtool could lead
to a kernel panic. A local attacker could use this flaw to cause a
denial-of-service.

SUPPORT

Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.





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