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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4: RHSA-2022-1455-01 Important: Kernel Fix

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Calendar Grey April 20, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A significant patch release for CentOS Linux featuring security improvements and performance upgrades. Review the specifics today.
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended 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: fget: check that the fd still exists after getting a ref to it (CVE-2021-4083)
* kernel: cgroups v1 release_agent feature may allow privilege escalation (CVE-2022-0492)
* kernel: heap out of bounds write in nf_dup_netdev.c (CVE-2022-25636)
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 Fixes:
* Power10 PMU fix for PM_CYC/PM_INST_CMPL ( kernel/perf) (BZ#2040665)
* call traces and packet drops seen after changing mtu of ibmvnic interface. (ibmvnic/ P10/ Everglade) (BZ#2050679)
* zfcp: fix failed recovery on gone remote port, non-NPIV FCP dev (BZ#2050739)
* overlay mount fails with ELOOP (Too many levels of symbolic links) (BZ#2053030)
* Host unable to automatically add namespaces belonging to a new ANA group (BZ#2055466)
* scheduler updates and fixes [None8.4.0.z] (BZ#2056834)
* nf_reinject calls nf_queue_entry_free on an already freed entry->state (BZ#2061445)
* First Packet Latency impacted by mlx5 warning msg (BZ#2067992)
* openvswitch connection tracking sends incorrect flow key for some upcalls (BZ#2068477)
* Backport upstream rcu commits up to v5.10 (BZ#2069819)
* Packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: kernel (4.18.0) (BZ#2036932)
Enhancement:
* zcrypt DD: Toleration for new IBM Z Crypto Hardware (BZ#2054097)

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4083 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0492 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-25636 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.4):
Source: kernel-4.18.0-305.45.1.el8_4.src.rpm
aarch64: bpftool-4.18.0-305.45.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.45.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-4.18.0-305.45.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-core-4.18.0-305.45.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-305.45.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-4.18.0-305.45.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-305.45.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.45.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-305.45.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-305.45.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.45.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.45.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.18.0-305.45.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-devel-4.18.0-305.45.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-headers-4.18.0-305.45.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-modules-4.18.0-305.45.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.45.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-4.18.0-305.45.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.45.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-305.45.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm perf-4.18.0-305.45.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.45.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm python3-perf-4.18.0-305.45.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:1455-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2022-04-20

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4Extended 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.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 8.4) - aarch64, ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.4) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2029923 - CVE-2021-4083 kernel: fget: check that the fd still exists after getting a ref to it

2051505 - CVE-2022-0492 kernel: cgroups v1 release_agent feature may allow privilege escalation

2056830 - CVE-2022-25636 kernel: heap out of bounds write in nf_dup_netdev.c

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