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Red Hat: RHSA-2023-3852-01 Important: Kernel Issues and Fixes

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Calendar Grey June 27, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The latest patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 kernel resolves critical security vulnerabilities and provides a comprehensive list of bug fixes and enhancements.
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions

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):
* kernel: tcindex: use-after-free vulnerability in traffic control index filter allows privilege escalation (CVE-2023-1281)
* kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in nf_tables when processing batch requests can lead to privilege escalation (CVE-2023-32233)
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):
* Invalid character detected by rpminspect in Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/magic-number.rst (BZ#2208289)

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1281 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32233 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1):
Source: kernel-4.18.0-147.85.1.el8_1.src.rpm
aarch64: bpftool-4.18.0-147.85.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.85.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-4.18.0-147.85.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-core-4.18.0-147.85.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-147.85.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-4.18.0-147.85.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-147.85.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.85.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-147.85.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-147.85.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.85.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.85.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.18.0-147.85.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-devel-4.18.0-147.85.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-headers-4.18.0-147.85.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-modules-4.18.0-147.85.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.85.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-4.18.0-147.85.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.85.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-147.85.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm perf-4.18.0-147.85.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.85.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm python3-perf-4.18.0-147.85.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:3852-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2023-06-27

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1Update Services for SAP Solutions.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.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2181847 - CVE-2023-1281 kernel: tcindex: use-after-free vulnerability in traffic control index filter allows privilege escalation

2196105 - CVE-2023-32233 kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in nf_tables when processing batch requests can lead to privilege escalation

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