Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RHSA-2022:7683 Moderate: Kernel Bug Fixes
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November 8, 2022
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
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):
* off-path attacker may inject data or terminate victim's TCP session
(CVE-2020-36516)
* race condition in VT_RESIZEX ioctl when vc_cons[i].d is already NULL
leading to NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2020-36558)
* use-after-free vulnerability in function sco_sock_sendmsg()
(CVE-2021-3640)
* memory leak for large arguments in video_usercopy function in
drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c (CVE-2021-30002)
* smb2_ioctl_query_info NULL Pointer Dereference (CVE-2022-0168)
* NULL pointer dereference in udf_expand_file_adinicbdue() during writeback
(CVE-2022-0617)
* swiotlb information leak with DMA_FROM_DEVICE (CVE-2022-0854)
* uninitialized registers on stack in nft_do_chain can cause kernel pointer
leakage to UM (CVE-2022-1016)
* race condition in snd_pcm_hw_free leading to use-after-free
(CVE-2022-1048)
* use-after-free in tc_new_tfilter() in net/sched/cls_api.c (CVE-2022-1055)
* use-after-free and memory errors in ext4 when mounting and operating on a
corrupted image (CVE-2022-1184)
* NULL pointer dereference in x86_emulate_insn may lead to DoS
(CVE-2022-1852)
* buffer overflow in nft_set_desc_concat_parse() (CVE-2022-2078)
* nf_tables cross-table potential use-after-free may lead to local
privilege escalation (CVE-2022-2586)
* openvswitch: integer underflow leads to out-of-bounds write in
reserve_sfa_size() (CVE-2022-2639)
* use-after-free when psi trigger is destroyed while being polled
(CVE-2022-2938)
* net/packet: slab-out-of-bounds access in packet_recvmsg()
(CVE-2022-20368)
* possible to use the debugger to write zero into a location of choice
(CVE-2022-21499)
* Spectre-BHB (CVE-2022-23960)
* Post-barrier Return Stack Buffer Predictions (CVE-2022-26373)
* memory leak in drivers/hid/hid-elo.c (CVE-2022-27950)
* double free in ems_usb_start_xmit in drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c
(CVE-2022-28390)
* use after free in SUNRPC subsystem (CVE-2022-28893)
* use-after-free due to improper update of reference count in
net/sched/cls_u32.c (CVE-2022-29581)
* DoS in nfqnl_mangle in net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c (CVE-2022-36946)
* nfs_atomic_open() returns uninitialized data instead of ENOTDIR
(CVE-2022-24448)
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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36516 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36558 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3640 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-30002 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0168 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0617 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0854 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1016 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1048 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1055 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1184 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1852 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2078 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2586 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2639 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2938 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-20368 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21499 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23960 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-24448 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-26373 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-27950 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-28390 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-28893 Read the Full Advisory
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source:
kernel-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.src.rpm
aarch64:
bpftool-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.aarch64.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.aarch64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.aarch64.rpm
noarch:
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:7683-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7683
Issue date: 2022-11-08
Topic
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1946279 - CVE-2021-30002 kernel: memory leak for large arguments in video_usercopy function in drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
1948442 - [Hyper-V][RHEL8.4]On Hyper-V Host set gen1 MAX resolution > 3840x4320, GUI start failed, sometimes get kernel panic
1977993 - Add basic support for DPCD backlight control for Nouveau
1978539 - Add HMM and vm kselftests to CI
1980646 - CVE-2021-3640 kernel: use-after-free vulnerability in function sco_sock_sendmsg()
2004037 - Percpu counter usage is gradually getting increasing during podman container recreation.
2019942 - Touchpad on Fujitsu Lifebook T725 not detected
2037386 - CVE-2022-0168 kernel: smb2_ioctl_query_info NULL pointer dereference
2042424 - kernel-tools does not perform a daemon reload when installed/upgraded
2044837 - [Marvell 8.7 FEAT] update qedi driver to latest upstream
2051444 - CVE-2022-24448 kernel: nfs_atomic_open() returns uninitialized data instead of ENOTDIR
2053632 - CVE-2022-0617 kernel: NULL pointer dereference in udf_expand_file_adinicbdue() during writeback
2056383 - System freezes with callstack in dmesg: ret_from_fork
2058369 - WARNING due to invalid error code from smb2_get_enc_key, followed by crash
2058395 - CVE-2022-0854 kernel: swiotlb information leak with DMA_FROM_DEVICE
2059928 - CVE-2020-36516 kernel: off-path attacker may inject data or terminate victim's TCP session
2062284 - CVE-2022-23960 hw: cpu: arm64: Spectre-BHB
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