An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of
 Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating
 system.

Security Fix(es):

* (CVE-2024-26602, ?)

* kernel: use-after-free in l2cap_connect and l2cap_le_connect_req in
 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-42896)

* kernel: use-after-free in sch_qfq network scheduler (CVE-2023-4921)

* kernel: IGB driver inadequate buffer size for frames larger than MTU
 (CVE-2023-45871)

* kernel: fbcon: out-of-sync arrays in fbcon_mode_deleted due to wrong
 con2fb_map assignment (CVE-2023-38409)

* kernel: nf_tables: use-after-free vulnerability in the nft_verdict_init()
 function (CVE-2024-1086)

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.

Bug Fix(es):

* [rhel-7] INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected: store+0x70/0xe0
 kernfs_fop_write+0xe3/0x190 (BZ#2161654)

* qedf: Reading /sys/kernel/debug/qedf/hostX/stop_io_on_error can cause panic
 (BZ#2224973)

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CVE-2022-42896: Use After Free (CWE-416)
CVE-2023-4921: Use After Free (CWE-416)
CVE-2023-38409: Improper Validation of Array Index (CWE-129)
CVE-2023-45871: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer
 Overflow') (CWE-120)
CVE-2024-1086: Use After Free (CWE-416)
CVE-2024-26602