Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Important

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel on ARM processors. A race condition in Translation Lookaside Buffer Invalidation (TLBI) operations during memory permission changes allows a local attacker to write to memory resources owned by higher privilege levels. This could allow an unprivileged local attacker to gain kernel privileges or a guest VM to escape to the hypervisor, resulting in complete system compromise.

CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's CIFS (Common Internet File System) client. When the `cifs_sanitize_prepath` function processes specially crafted input, such as an empty string or a string containing only delimiters, it can attempt to read data beyond its allocated memory buffer. This out-of-bounds read can lead to a system crash, resulting in a denial of service.

CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's `rxrpc` subsystem. This vulnerability arises when the system attempts to unshare a packet buffer, and the operation fails due to an allocation issue. This failure can lead to a Use-After-Free (UAF) condition, where the system attempts to access memory that has been freed, potentially causing a system crash.

CWE-825 - Expired Pointer Dereference