RedHat: RHSA-2022-6582:01 Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update
Summary
The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables
fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: heap overflow in nft_set_elem_init() (CVE-2022-34918)
* kernel: vulnerability of buffer overflow in nft_set_desc_concat_parse()
(CVE-2022-2078)
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 Fix(es):
* kernel-rt: update RT source tree to the latest RHEL-9.0.z3 Batch
(BZ#2119577)
Summary
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.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2078 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-34918 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9):
Source:
kernel-rt-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.src.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-rt-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-core-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-devel-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-kvm-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-devel-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-kvm-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9):
Source:
kernel-rt-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.src.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-rt-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-core-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-devel-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-devel-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.26.1.rt21.98.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
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Topic
An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.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.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) - x86_64
Bugs Fixed
2096178 - CVE-2022-2078 kernel: Vulnerability of buffer overflow in nft_set_desc_concat_parse()
2104423 - CVE-2022-34918 kernel: heap overflow in nft_set_elem_init()