Issued:: 2024-01-24
Updated:: 2024-01-24

RHSA-2024:0412 - 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: bpf: Incorrect verifier pruning leads to unsafe code paths being incorrectly marked as safe (CVE-2023-2163)
kernel: net/sched: multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-3611, CVE-2023-4623)
kernel: tun: bugs for oversize packet when napi frags enabled in tun_napi_alloc_frags (CVE-2023-3812)
kernel: use after free in unix_stream_sendpage (CVE-2023-4622)
kernel: use after free in nvmet_tcp_free_crypto in NVMe (CVE-2023-5178)
kernel: out-of-bounds write in qfq_change_class function (CVE-2023-31436)
kernel: netfilter: potential slab-out-of-bound access due to integer underflow (CVE-2023-42753)
kernel: IGB driver inadequate buffer size for frames larger than MTU (CVE-2023-45871)
kernel: multiple race condition vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-3028, CVE-2022-3522, CVE-2023-33203, CVE-2023-35823, CVE-2023-35824, CVE-2022-3567, BZ#2230094)
kernel: swiotlb information leak with DMA_FROM_DEVICE (CVE-2022-0854)
kernel: uninitialized registers on stack in nft_do_chain can cause kernel pointer leakage to UM (CVE-2022-1016)
kernel: use-after-free in ath9k_htc_probe_device() could cause an escalation of privileges (CVE-2022-1679)
kernel: USB-accessible buffer overflow in brcmfmac (CVE-2022-3628)
kernel: multiple NULL pointer dereference vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-4129, CVE-2022-47929, CVE-2023-0394, CVE-2023-3772, CVE-2023-4459)
kernel: igmp: use-after-free in ip_check_mc_rcu when opening and closing inet sockets (CVE-2022-20141)
kernel: Unprivileged users may use PTRACE_SEIZE to set PTRACE_O_SUSPEND_SECCOMP option (CVE-2022-30594)
hw: Intel: Gather Data Sampling (GDS) side channel vulnerability (CVE-2022-40982)
kernel: Report vmalloc UAF in dvb-core/dmxdev (CVE-2022-41218)
kernel: null-ptr-deref vulnerabilities in sl_tx_timeout in drivers/net/slip (CVE-2022-41858)
kernel: memory corruption in usbmon driver (CVE-2022-43750)
kernel: HID: multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-1073, CVE-2023-1079)
kernel: use-after-free caused by invalid pointer hostname in fs/cifs/connect.c (CVE-2023-1195)
kernel: denial of service in tipc_conn_close (CVE-2023-1382)
kernel: Possible use-after-free since the two fdget() during vhost_net_set_backend() (CVE-2023-1838)
kernel: Spectre v2 SMT mitigations problem (CVE-2023-1998)
Kernel: UAF during login when accessing the shost ipaddress (CVE-2023-2162)
kernel: i2c: out-of-bounds write in xgene_slimpro_i2c_xfer() (CVE-2023-2194)
kernel: ext4: use-after-free in ext4_xattr_set_entry() (CVE-2023-2513)
kernel: fbcon: shift-out-of-bounds in fbcon_set_font() (CVE-2023-3161)
kernel: out-of-bounds access in relay_file_read (CVE-2023-3268)
kernel: use after free in vcs_read in drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c due to race (CVE-2023-3567)
kernel: Race between task migrating pages and another task calling exit_mmap (CVE-2023-4732)
kernel: slab-out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities in cbq_classify (CVE-2023-23454)
kernel: mpls: double free on sysctl allocation failure (CVE-2023-26545)
kernel: fbcon: out-of-sync arrays in fbcon_mode_deleted due to wrong con2fb_map assignment (CVE-2023-38409)
kernel: use-after-free after removing device in wb_inode_writeback_end in mm/page-writeback.c (CVE-2024-0562)
kernel: use-after-free in smb2_is_status_io_timeout() (CVE-2023-1192)
kernel: use-after-free bug in remove function xgene_hwmon_remove (CVE-2023-1855)

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):

bpf_jit_limit hit again (BZ#2243013)
HPE Edgeline 920t resets during kdump context when ice driver is loaded and when system is booted with intel_iommu=on iommu=pt (BZ#2244627)
RHEL8.6 - s390/dasd: Use correct lock while counting channel queue length (BZ#2250882)

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

Product	Version	Arch
Red Hat Virtualization Host	4	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions	8.6	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support	8.6	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension	8.6	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support	8.6	ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support	8.6	s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support	8.6	aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions	8.6	ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS	8.6	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS	8.6	x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support	8.6	x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support	8.6	ppc64le
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support	8.6	aarch64

Updated Packages

kernel-modules-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
bpftool-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
bpftool-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
bpftool-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
bpftool-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-doc-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.noarch.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-core-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-devel-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.noarch.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
perf-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
perf-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.src.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

CVE-2022-0854
CVE-2022-1016
CVE-2022-1679
CVE-2022-3028
CVE-2022-3522
CVE-2022-3567
CVE-2022-3628
CVE-2022-4129
CVE-2022-20141
CVE-2022-30594
CVE-2022-40982
CVE-2022-41218
CVE-2022-41858
CVE-2022-43750
CVE-2022-47929
CVE-2022-50083
CVE-2022-50179
CVE-2023-0394
CVE-2023-1073
CVE-2023-1079
CVE-2023-1192
CVE-2023-1195
CVE-2023-1382
CVE-2023-1838
CVE-2023-1855
CVE-2023-1998
CVE-2023-2162
CVE-2023-2163
CVE-2023-2194
CVE-2023-2513
CVE-2023-3161
CVE-2023-3268
CVE-2023-3567
CVE-2023-3611
CVE-2023-3772
CVE-2023-3812
CVE-2023-4459
CVE-2023-4622
CVE-2023-4623
CVE-2023-4732
CVE-2023-5178
CVE-2023-23454
CVE-2023-26545
CVE-2023-31436
CVE-2023-33203
CVE-2023-35823
CVE-2023-35824
CVE-2023-38409
CVE-2023-42753
CVE-2023-45871
CVE-2023-53015
CVE-2024-0562

References

Additional information

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