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Red Hat 9.0 RHSA-2023-1435-01 Important: Kernel Kpatch-Patch Issues

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Calendar Grey March 23, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical announcement for kpatch-patch categorized as crucial by Red Hat, remedying various vulnerabilities within the kernel.
An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 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

Summary

This is a kernel live patch module which is automatically loaded by the RPM post-install script to modify the code of a running kernel.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: use-after-free caused by l2cap_reassemble_sdu() in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-3564)
* kernel: stack overflow in do_proc_dointvec and proc_skip_spaces (CVE-2022-4378)
* kernel: use-after-free in __nfs42_ssc_open() in fs/nfs/nfs4file.c leading to remote Denial of Service attack (CVE-2022-4379)
* kernel: Netfilter integer overflow vulnerability in nft_payload_copy_vlan (CVE-2023-0179)
* ALSA: pcm: Move rwsem lock inside snd_ctl_elem_read to prevent UAF (CVE-2023-0266)
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 security update Red Hat remote DoS kernel important advisory kpatch-patch

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3564 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4378 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4379 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0179 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0266 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0):
Source: kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_22_1-1-6.el9_0.src.rpm kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_26_1-1-5.el9_0.src.rpm kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_30_1-1-3.el9_0.src.rpm kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_36_1-1-2.el9_0.src.rpm kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_43_1-1-1.el9_0.src.rpm
ppc64le: kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_22_1-1-6.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_22_1-debuginfo-1-6.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_22_1-debugsource-1-6.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_26_1-1-5.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_26_1-debuginfo-1-5.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_26_1-debugsource-1-5.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_30_1-1-3.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_30_1-debuginfo-1-3.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_30_1-debugsource-1-3.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_36_1-1-2.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_36_1-debuginfo-1-2.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_36_1-debugsource-1-2.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_43_1-1-1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_43_1-debuginfo-1-1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_43_1-debugsource-1-1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64: kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_22_1-1-6.el9_0.x86_64.rpm kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_22_1-debuginfo-1-6.el9_0.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:1435-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1435
Issue date: 2023-03-23

Topic

An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux9.0 Extended 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat remote DoS kernel important advisory kpatch-patch

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Bugs Fixed

2150999 - CVE-2022-3564 kernel: use-after-free caused by l2cap_reassemble_sdu() in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c

2152548 - CVE-2022-4378 kernel: stack overflow in do_proc_dointvec and proc_skip_spaces

2152807 - CVE-2022-4379 kernel: use-after-free in __nfs42_ssc_open() in fs/nfs/nfs4file.c leading to remote Denial of Service attack

2161713 - CVE-2023-0179 kernel: Netfilter integer overflow vulnerability in nft_payload_copy_vlan

2163379 - CVE-2023-0266 ALSA: pcm: Move rwsem lock inside snd_ctl_elem_read to prevent UAF

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