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Posted on 27 March 2023
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:1469-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1469
Issue date: 2023-03-27
CVE Names: CVE-2022-4269 CVE-2022-4744 CVE-2023-0266
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1. Summary:
An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
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.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) - x86_64
3. Description:
The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables
fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: tun: avoid double free in tun_free_netdev (CVE-2022-4744)
* ALSA: pcm: Move rwsem lock inside snd_ctl_elem_read to prevent UAF
(CVE-2023-0266)
* kernel: net: CPU soft lockup in TC mirred egress-to-ingress action
(CVE-2022-4269)
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):
* kernel-rt: update RT source tree to the latest RHEL-9.1.z3 Batch
(BZ#2170460)
4. 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.
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
2150272 - CVE-2022-4269 kernel: net: CPU soft lockup in TC mirred egress-to-ingress action
2156322 - CVE-2022-4744 kernel: tun: avoid double free in tun_free_netdev
2163379 - CVE-2023-0266 ALSA: pcm: Move rwsem lock inside snd_ctl_elem_read to prevent UAF
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9):
Source:
kernel-rt-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.src.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-rt-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-core-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-devel-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-kvm-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-devel-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-kvm-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-extra-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9):
Source:
kernel-rt-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.src.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-rt-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-core-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-devel-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-devel-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-extra-5.14.0-162.22.2.rt21.186.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4269
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4744
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0266
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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