The vendor explicitly identifies these products as affected by this CVE.
- kernel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- kernel-64k as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- kernel-64k-core as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- kernel-64k-debug as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- kernel-64k-debug-core as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- kernel-64k-debug-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- kernel-64k-debug-modules as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- kernel-64k-debug-modules-core as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- kernel-64k-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- kernel-64k-devel-matched as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Summary
- A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Intel Ethernet controller driver (idpf). This vulnerability occurs because a critical synchronization mechanism, known as a spinlock, is accessed before it has been properly initialized. An attacker could potentially exploit this timing issue to cause the system to become unstable or crash, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS).
- Remediation
- If the Intel Ethernet PTP functionality is not required, the `idpf` kernel module can be blacklisted to prevent it from loading. This can be achieved by creating a modprobe configuration file. 1. Create a file named `/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-idpf.conf` with the following content: ``` blacklist idpf install idpf /bin/true ``` 2. Regenerate the initramfs to ensure the blacklist is applied during boot: - For systems using Dracut: `dracut -f -v` - For systems using mkinitcpio: `mkinitcpio -P` 3. Reboot the system for the changes to take effect. This mitigation may impact systems that rely on Intel Ethernet PTP for time synchronization.
