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Red Hat 7.3: RHSA-2022-1106-01 Important Privilege Escalation Fix

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Calendar Grey March 29, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
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An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Advanced Update Support

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

Summary

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: Use After Free in unix_gc() which could result in a local privilege escalation (CVE-2021-0920)
* kernel: possible privileges escalation due to missing TLB flush (CVE-2022-0330)
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat privilege escalation security fix kernel important update

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-0920 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0330 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.3):
Source: kernel-3.10.0-514.99.1.el7.src.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-514.99.1.el7.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-3.10.0-514.99.1.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: kernel-3.10.0-514.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-3.10.0-514.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-514.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-514.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-3.10.0-514.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-3.10.0-514.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-3.10.0-514.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-514.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-3.10.0-514.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-3.10.0-514.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.3):
x86_64: kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-514.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-514.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:1106-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1106
Issue date: 2022-03-29

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3Advanced Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat privilege escalation security fix kernel important update

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.3) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.3) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2031930 - CVE-2021-0920 kernel: Use After Free in unix_gc() which could result in a local privilege escalation

2042404 - CVE-2022-0330 kernel: possible privileges escalation due to missing TLB flush

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