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Synopsis:          Moderate: grub2 security and bug fix update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2022:8978-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8978
Issue date:        2022-12-13
CVE Names:         CVE-2022-2601 CVE-2022-3775 
====================================================================
1. Summary:

An update for grub2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0
Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, x86_64

3. Description:

The grub2 packages provide version 2 of the Grand Unified Boot Loader
(GRUB), a highly configurable and customizable boot loader with modular
architecture. The packages support a variety of kernel formats, file
systems, computer architectures, and hardware devices.

Security Fix(es):

* grub2: Buffer overflow in grub_font_construct_glyph() can lead to
out-of-bound write and possible secure boot bypass (CVE-2022-2601)

* grub2: Heap based out-of-bounds write when redering certain unicode
sequences (CVE-2022-3775)

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 Panic on Milan when enable SEV/SEV-ES with CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm:
swapper/0 Not tainted (BZ#2130104)

* [RHEL9.0][SecureBoot][Denali/P10] boot process stops at grub prompt after
copying the signed grub to prep partition (BZ#2134358)

* RHEL9.0 [MAXconfig]: Denali LPAR crashs while booting MAX config 240c /
64TB - 192 decimal is the biggest partition min value Linux can handle?
(BZ#2134434)

* ISST-LTE:[P10]:RPT:After FW update,while activating the lpar dexlp87 went
to ERROR state with LED B2008105 - 7E sub return code (BZ#2135288)

4. 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

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

2112975 - CVE-2022-2601 grub2: Buffer overflow in grub_font_construct_glyph() can lead to out-of-bound write and possible secure boot bypass
2138880 - CVE-2022-3775 grub2: Heap based out-of-bounds write when redering certain unicode sequences

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0):

Source:
grub2-2.06-27.el9_0.12.src.rpm

aarch64:
grub2-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.aarch64.rpm
grub2-debugsource-2.06-27.el9_0.12.aarch64.rpm
grub2-efi-aa64-2.06-27.el9_0.12.aarch64.rpm
grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot-2.06-27.el9_0.12.aarch64.rpm
grub2-emu-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.aarch64.rpm
grub2-tools-2.06-27.el9_0.12.aarch64.rpm
grub2-tools-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.aarch64.rpm
grub2-tools-extra-2.06-27.el9_0.12.aarch64.rpm
grub2-tools-extra-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.aarch64.rpm
grub2-tools-minimal-2.06-27.el9_0.12.aarch64.rpm
grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.aarch64.rpm

noarch:
grub2-common-2.06-27.el9_0.12.noarch.rpm
grub2-efi-aa64-modules-2.06-27.el9_0.12.noarch.rpm
grub2-efi-x64-modules-2.06-27.el9_0.12.noarch.rpm
grub2-pc-modules-2.06-27.el9_0.12.noarch.rpm
grub2-ppc64le-modules-2.06-27.el9_0.12.noarch.rpm

ppc64le:
grub2-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.ppc64le.rpm
grub2-debugsource-2.06-27.el9_0.12.ppc64le.rpm
grub2-ppc64le-2.06-27.el9_0.12.ppc64le.rpm
grub2-tools-2.06-27.el9_0.12.ppc64le.rpm
grub2-tools-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.ppc64le.rpm
grub2-tools-extra-2.06-27.el9_0.12.ppc64le.rpm
grub2-tools-extra-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.ppc64le.rpm
grub2-tools-minimal-2.06-27.el9_0.12.ppc64le.rpm
grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.ppc64le.rpm

x86_64:
grub2-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm
grub2-debugsource-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm
grub2-efi-x64-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm
grub2-efi-x64-cdboot-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm
grub2-emu-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm
grub2-pc-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm
grub2-tools-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm
grub2-tools-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm
grub2-tools-efi-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm
grub2-tools-efi-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm
grub2-tools-extra-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm
grub2-tools-extra-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm
grub2-tools-minimal-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm
grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2601
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3775
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2022 Red Hat, Inc.
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RedHat: RHSA-2022-8978:01 Moderate: grub2 security and bug fix update

An update for grub2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support

Summary

The grub2 packages provide version 2 of the Grand Unified Boot Loader (GRUB), a highly configurable and customizable boot loader with modular architecture. The packages support a variety of kernel formats, file systems, computer architectures, and hardware devices.
Security Fix(es):
* grub2: Buffer overflow in grub_font_construct_glyph() can lead to out-of-bound write and possible secure boot bypass (CVE-2022-2601)
* grub2: Heap based out-of-bounds write when redering certain unicode sequences (CVE-2022-3775)
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 Panic on Milan when enable SEV/SEV-ES with CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted (BZ#2130104)
* [RHEL9.0][SecureBoot][Denali/P10] boot process stops at grub prompt after copying the signed grub to prep partition (BZ#2134358)
* RHEL9.0 [MAXconfig]: Denali LPAR crashs while booting MAX config 240c / 64TB - 192 decimal is the biggest partition min value Linux can handle? (BZ#2134434)
* ISST-LTE:[P10]:RPT:After FW update,while activating the lpar dexlp87 went to ERROR state with LED B2008105 - 7E sub return code (BZ#2135288)



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

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2601 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3775 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0):
Source: grub2-2.06-27.el9_0.12.src.rpm
aarch64: grub2-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.aarch64.rpm grub2-debugsource-2.06-27.el9_0.12.aarch64.rpm grub2-efi-aa64-2.06-27.el9_0.12.aarch64.rpm grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot-2.06-27.el9_0.12.aarch64.rpm grub2-emu-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.aarch64.rpm grub2-tools-2.06-27.el9_0.12.aarch64.rpm grub2-tools-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.aarch64.rpm grub2-tools-extra-2.06-27.el9_0.12.aarch64.rpm grub2-tools-extra-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.aarch64.rpm grub2-tools-minimal-2.06-27.el9_0.12.aarch64.rpm grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.aarch64.rpm
noarch: grub2-common-2.06-27.el9_0.12.noarch.rpm grub2-efi-aa64-modules-2.06-27.el9_0.12.noarch.rpm grub2-efi-x64-modules-2.06-27.el9_0.12.noarch.rpm grub2-pc-modules-2.06-27.el9_0.12.noarch.rpm grub2-ppc64le-modules-2.06-27.el9_0.12.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: grub2-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.ppc64le.rpm grub2-debugsource-2.06-27.el9_0.12.ppc64le.rpm grub2-ppc64le-2.06-27.el9_0.12.ppc64le.rpm grub2-tools-2.06-27.el9_0.12.ppc64le.rpm grub2-tools-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.ppc64le.rpm grub2-tools-extra-2.06-27.el9_0.12.ppc64le.rpm grub2-tools-extra-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.ppc64le.rpm grub2-tools-minimal-2.06-27.el9_0.12.ppc64le.rpm grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64: grub2-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm grub2-debugsource-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm grub2-efi-x64-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm grub2-efi-x64-cdboot-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm grub2-emu-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm grub2-pc-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm grub2-tools-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm grub2-tools-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm grub2-tools-efi-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm grub2-tools-efi-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm grub2-tools-extra-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm grub2-tools-extra-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm grub2-tools-minimal-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfo-2.06-27.el9_0.12.x86_64.rpm
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Severity
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:8978-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8978
Issued Date: : 2022-12-13
CVE Names: CVE-2022-2601 CVE-2022-3775

Topic

An update for grub2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0Extended Update Support.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.


Topic


 

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, x86_64


Bugs Fixed

2112975 - CVE-2022-2601 grub2: Buffer overflow in grub_font_construct_glyph() can lead to out-of-bound write and possible secure boot bypass

2138880 - CVE-2022-3775 grub2: Heap based out-of-bounds write when redering certain unicode sequences


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