Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel:5.14.0 security update
Red Hat issued a security advisory for the Linux kernel 5.14.0 addressing multiple vulnerabilities including use-after-free, potential crashes, and out-of-bounds writes. The update fixes issues in various kernel components such as nouveau, filelock, powerpc/eeh, scsi, and bpf subsystems. The advisory rates the overall security impact as moderate and requires a system reboot after applying the update.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This Red Hat security advisory (RHSA-2024:10942) addresses seven vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel 5.14.0 used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support. The fixed issues include locking the client object tree in nouveau (CVE-2024-27062), fixing a potential use-after-free in posix_lock_inode (CVE-2024-41049), preventing crashes in powerpc/eeh (CVE-2024-41064), making qedf_execute_tmf() non-preemptible (CVE-2024-42124), and multiple fixes in the bpf subsystem including use-after-free, signed division overflow, and out-of-bounds write (CVE-2024-47675, CVE-2024-49888, CVE-2024-50262). The advisory does not provide CVSS scores but classifies the impact as moderate. The update is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 variants and requires a reboot to take effect.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities fixed in this advisory could lead to kernel crashes, use-after-free conditions, and memory corruption in various kernel subsystems. These issues may affect system stability and security but are rated as moderate impact by Red Hat. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at the time of the advisory.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for kernel 5.14.0 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support that addresses these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) and reboot their systems to ensure the fixes take effect. Patch status is confirmed as available and official.
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel:5.14.0 security update
Description
Red Hat issued a security advisory for the Linux kernel 5.14.0 addressing multiple vulnerabilities including use-after-free, potential crashes, and out-of-bounds writes. The update fixes issues in various kernel components such as nouveau, filelock, powerpc/eeh, scsi, and bpf subsystems. The advisory rates the overall security impact as moderate and requires a system reboot after applying the update.
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Technical Analysis
This Red Hat security advisory (RHSA-2024:10942) addresses seven vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel 5.14.0 used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support. The fixed issues include locking the client object tree in nouveau (CVE-2024-27062), fixing a potential use-after-free in posix_lock_inode (CVE-2024-41049), preventing crashes in powerpc/eeh (CVE-2024-41064), making qedf_execute_tmf() non-preemptible (CVE-2024-42124), and multiple fixes in the bpf subsystem including use-after-free, signed division overflow, and out-of-bounds write (CVE-2024-47675, CVE-2024-49888, CVE-2024-50262). The advisory does not provide CVSS scores but classifies the impact as moderate. The update is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 variants and requires a reboot to take effect.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities fixed in this advisory could lead to kernel crashes, use-after-free conditions, and memory corruption in various kernel subsystems. These issues may affect system stability and security but are rated as moderate impact by Red Hat. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at the time of the advisory.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for kernel 5.14.0 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support that addresses these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) and reboot their systems to ensure the fixes take effect. Patch status is confirmed as available and official.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2024:10942
- Cve Count
- 7
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2024-41049","CVE-2024-41064","CVE-2024-42124","CVE-2024-47675","CVE-2024-49888","CVE-2024-50262"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a3da2004853345fc1836ca8
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:47:44 UTC
Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 22:02:12 UTC
Last updated: 06/25/2026, 22:27:43 UTC
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