RHSA-2022:5249: Important: kernel security and bug fix update

First published: Tue Jun 28 2022(Updated: )

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.<br>Security Fix(es):<br><li> kernel: Small table perturb size in the TCP source port generation algorithm can lead to information leak (CVE-2022-1012)</li> <li> kernel: race condition in perf_event_open leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2022-1729)</li> <li> kernel: a use-after-free write in the netfilter subsystem can lead to privilege escalation to root (CVE-2022-1966)</li> <li> kernel: buffer overflow in IPsec ESP transformation code (CVE-2022-27666)</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.<br>Bug Fix(es):<br><li> make SHA512_arch algos and CRYPTO_USER built-ins (BZ#2072643)</li> <li> SR-IOV performance &gt; 50% degradation (BZ#2074830)</li> <li> fix data corruption caused by dm-integrity (BZ#2082187)</li> <li> SCTP client-side peeloff issues [rhel-9] (BZ#2084044)</li> <li> TCP connection fails in a asymmetric routing situation (BZ#2085480)</li> <li> Fails to boot Multiple RT VMs each with multiple vCPUs (BZ#2086963)</li> <li> spec: Fix separate tools build (BZ#2090852)</li> <li> call traces related to eeh_pseries observed and vmcore is not captured, when kdump is triggered (BZ#2092255)</li> <li> Mark ThunderX NIC driver as unmaintained (BZ#2092638)</li>

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