CVE-2024-57931 Affecting kernel-core package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELCORE-8652800
  • published22 Jan 2025
  • disclosed21 Jan 2025

Introduced: 21 Jan 2025

NewCVE-2024-57931  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 kernel-core.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-core package and not the kernel-core package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

selinux: ignore unknown extended permissions

When evaluating extended permissions, ignore unknown permissions instead of calling BUG(). This commit ensures that future permissions can be added without interfering with older kernels.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1