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RHEL 7.7 RHSA-2023:4697-01 Important: Kernel Out-Of-Bounds Write

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Calendar Grey August 22, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Enhancing kernel protection for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 to mitigate critical threats revealed in the latest vulnerability disclosures.
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise L...

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: cls_flower: out-of-bounds write in fl_set_geneve_opt() (CVE-2023-35788)
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

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-35788 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7):
Source: kernel-3.10.0-1062.77.1.el7.src.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-1062.77.1.el7.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-3.10.0-1062.77.1.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: bpftool-3.10.0-1062.77.1.el7.x86_64.rpm bpftool-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.77.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-3.10.0-1062.77.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-3.10.0-1062.77.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.77.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-1062.77.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.77.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-1062.77.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-3.10.0-1062.77.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-3.10.0-1062.77.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-3.10.0-1062.77.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.77.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-1062.77.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-3.10.0-1062.77.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.77.1.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-3.10.0-1062.77.1.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.77.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.7):
Source: kernel-3.10.0-1062.77.1.el7.src.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-1062.77.1.el7.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-3.10.0-1062.77.1.el7.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: bpftool-3.10.0-1062.77.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:4697-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4697
Issue date: 2023-08-22

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Telco Extended UpdateSupport, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Update Services for SAPSolutions.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 issue red hat important kernel RHEL out-of-bounds write

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.7) - noarch, ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional E4S (v. 7.7) - ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional TUS (v. 7.7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.7) - noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2215768 - CVE-2023-35788 kernel: cls_flower: out-of-bounds write in fl_set_geneve_opt()

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