Issued:

2023-04-18

Updated:

2023-04-18

RHSA-2023:1841 - 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 8.6 Extended Update Support.

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: net/ulp: use-after-free in listening ULP sockets (CVE-2023-0461)

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):

• xfs_buf deadlock between inode deletion and block allocation (aarch64) (BZ#2164266)

• mlx5:CX6-DX: [IPsec crypto-offload, IPv6, TCP, Tunnel] tcp traffic is broken on IPsec crypto-offload over IPv6 (BZ#2165492)

• Windows Server 2019 guest randomly pauses with "KVM: entry failed, hardware error 0x80000021" (BZ#2166369)

• MSFT MANA NET Patch RHEL-8: Fix accessing freed irq affinity_hint (BZ#2175252)

• Ethernet Port Configuration Tool (EPCT) not supported with in-tree ice driver (BZ#2176866)

• Application Performance impact on cgroup v2 (BZ#2177793)

• In FIPS mode, kernel does not transition into error state when RCT or APT health tests fail (BZ#2181732)

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

Updated Packages

• kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-modules-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debug-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-headers-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-modules-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-devel-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-tools-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.src.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-tools-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• perf-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-tools-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-headers-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debug-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• python3-perf-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-devel-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.noarch.rpm
• kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-devel-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-doc-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.noarch.rpm
• kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debug-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-core-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-core-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• bpftool-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-core-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• bpftool-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-core-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• bpftool-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-devel-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-modules-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-devel-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• python3-perf-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• perf-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-core-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-modules-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• perf-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-headers-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• perf-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• python3-perf-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-headers-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-tools-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• python3-perf-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-modules-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• bpftool-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-4.18.0-372.52.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 2176192

CVEs

• CVE-2023-0461

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Additional information

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