kernel security update

An update is available for kernel.
This update affects Rocky Linux SIG Cloud 9.
A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

• kernel: block: null pointer dereference in ioctl.c when length and logical block size are misaligned (CVE-2023-52458)

• kernel: ext4: avoid allocating blocks from corrupted group in ext4_mb_try_best_found() (CVE-2024-26773)

• kernel: bpf: Fix racing between bpf_timer_cancel_and_free and bpf_timer_cancel (CVE-2024-26737)

• kernel: dm: call the resume method on internal suspend (CVE-2024-26880)

• kernel: net/ipv6: avoid possible UAF in ip6_route_mpath_notify() (CVE-2024-26852)

• kernel: Squashfs: check the inode number is not the invalid value of zero (CVE-2024-26982)

• kernel: nfp: flower: handle acti_netdevs allocation failure (CVE-2024-27046)

• kernel: octeontx2-af: Use separate handlers for interrupts (CVE-2024-27030)

• kernel: icmp: prevent possible NULL dereferences from icmp_build_probe() (CVE-2024-35857)

• kernel: mlxbf_gige: call request_irq() after NAPI initialized (CVE-2024-35907)

• kernel: mlxbf_gige: stop interface during shutdown (CVE-2024-35885)

• kernel: scsi: libfc: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in fc_lport_ptp_setup() (CVE-2023-52809)

• kernel: can: j1939: j1939_netdev_start(): fix UAF for rx_kref of j1939_priv (CVE-2021-47459)

• kernel: scsi: lpfc: Release hbalock before calling lpfc_worker_wake_up() (CVE-2024-36924)

• kernel: scsi: lpfc: Move NPIV’s transport unregistration to after resource clean up (CVE-2024-36952)

• kernel: net: amd-xgbe: Fix skb data length underflow (CVE-2022-48743)

• kernel: epoll: be better about file lifetimes (CVE-2024-38580)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.