The KernelCare team is working on deploying a live patch for CVE-2024-1086 for AlmaLinux 8 and AlmaLinux 9 users. As of April 3, the patches for CVE-2024-1086 are now available in production repos. Instructions for updating AlmaLinux 8 and AlmaLinux 9 can be found here.

More details on the status of the live patch availability below.

About the CVE

This vulnerability was identified in the Netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel. This flaw can be found in the nft_verdict_init() function, which enables positive values to be interpreted as drop errors in the hook verdict. As a consequence, the nf_hook_slow() function can trigger a double-free vulnerability when NF_DROP is issued with a drop error similar to NF_ACCEPT. Exploiting this issue in the nf_tables component could lead to local privilege escalation.

TuxCare strongly suggests patching as soon as possible, as this vulnerability has publicly available proof-of-concept code that makes it trivially exploitable for a local user on a vulnerable system.

Live Patch Status

At the time of writing, a live patch is expected to be available for AlmaLinux 8 on April 5th and for AlmaLinux 9 on April 8th. 

Note: As this vulnerability affects multiple versions across different distributions, you can follow the status of the release in the TuxCare CVE tracker here.

Check this blog post again for an update.

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*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from TuxCare authored by Joao Correia. Read the original post at: https://tuxcare.com/blog/update-for-kernelcare-live-patches-for-cve-2024-1086-in-almalinux-8-9/