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Red Hat 8: RHSA-2023-3819-01 Moderate: Kernel-RT Race Condition Threat

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Calendar Grey June 27, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The latest update for the Red Hat kernel-rt focuses on addressing notable security vulnerabilities and implementing bug corrections to improve overall system efficiency.
An update for kernel-rt 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-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: tls: race condition in do_tls_getsockopt may lead to use-after-free or NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2023-28466)
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 RHEL-8.8.z1 source tree. (BZ#2210299)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue Red Hat bug fix race condition kernel-rt

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28466 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8):
Source: kernel-rt-4.18.0-477.15.1.rt7.278.el8_8.src.rpm
x86_64: kernel-rt-4.18.0-477.15.1.rt7.278.el8_8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-477.15.1.rt7.278.el8_8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-477.15.1.rt7.278.el8_8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debug-core-4.18.0-477.15.1.rt7.278.el8_8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.15.1.rt7.278.el8_8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debug-devel-4.18.0-477.15.1.rt7.278.el8_8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debug-kvm-4.18.0-477.15.1.rt7.278.el8_8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debug-modules-4.18.0-477.15.1.rt7.278.el8_8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-477.15.1.rt7.278.el8_8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debuginfo-4.18.0-477.15.1.rt7.278.el8_8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-477.15.1.rt7.278.el8_8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-devel-4.18.0-477.15.1.rt7.278.el8_8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-kvm-4.18.0-477.15.1.rt7.278.el8_8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-modules-4.18.0-477.15.1.rt7.278.el8_8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-modules-extra-4.18.0-477.15.1.rt7.278.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8):
Source: kernel-rt-4.18.0-477.15.1.rt7.278.el8_8.src.rpm
x86_64: kernel-rt-4.18.0-477.15.1.rt7.278.el8_8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-477.15.1.rt7.278.el8_8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-477.15.1.rt7.278.el8_8.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:3819-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3819
Issue date: 2023-06-27

Topic

An update for kernel-rt 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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue Red Hat bug fix race condition kernel-rt

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2179000 - CVE-2023-28466 kernel: tls: race condition in do_tls_getsockopt may lead to use-after-free or NULL pointer dereference

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