RHSA-2022:0823: Important: kernel security update

First published: Thu Mar 10 2022(Updated: )

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.<br>Security Fix(es):<br><li> kernel: improper initialization of the "flags" member of the new pipe_buffer (CVE-2022-0847)</li> <li> kernel: Use After Free in unix_gc() which could result in a local privilege escalation (CVE-2021-0920)</li> <li> kernel: use-after-free in RDMA listen() (CVE-2021-4028)</li> <li> kernel: fget: check that the fd still exists after getting a ref to it (CVE-2021-4083)</li> <li> kernel: possible privileges escalation due to missing TLB flush (CVE-2022-0330)</li> <li> kernel: cgroups v1 release_agent feature may allow privilege escalation (CVE-2022-0492)</li> <li> kernel: failing usercopy allows for use-after-free exploitation (CVE-2022-22942)</li> 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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