Issued:
2022-07-19
Updated:
2022-07-19

RHSA-2022:5636 - Important: kernel security and bug fix update

Synopsis

Important: kernel security and bug fix update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

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

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. 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.

Description

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

  • kernel: Small table perturb size in the TCP source port generation algorithm can lead to information leak (CVE-2022-1012)

  • kernel: race condition in perf_event_open leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2022-1729)

  • kernel: a use-after-free write in the netfilter subsystem can lead to privilege escalation to root (CVE-2022-32250)

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):

  • Backport request of "genirq: use rcu in kstat_irqs_usr()" (BZ#2083311)

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.

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions8.1x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions8.1ppc64le

Updated Packages

  • kernel-headers-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-tools-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
  • perf-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
  • python3-perf-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-debug-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
  • bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-headers-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-devel-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
  • perf-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
  • python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-modules-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
  • perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
  • perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-abi-whitelists-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.noarch.rpm
  • python3-perf-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-debug-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
  • bpftool-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-devel-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-core-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-tools-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
  • python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
  • bpftool-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-doc-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.noarch.rpm
  • kernel-core-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
  • bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-modules-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.src.rpm
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-147.70.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information