RHSA-2022:7933: Moderate: kernel-rt security and bug fix update
The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.Security Fix(es): off-path attacker may inject data or terminate victim's TCP session (CVE-2020-36516) use-after-free vulnerability in function scosocksendmsg() (CVE-2021-3640) smb2ioctlqueryinfo NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2022-0168) NULL pointer dereference in udfexpandfileadinicbdue() during writeback (CVE-2022-0617) swiotlb information leak with DMAFROMDEVICE (CVE-2022-0854) uninitialized registers on stack in nftdochain can cause kernel pointer leakage to UM (CVE-2022-1016) race condition in sndpcmhwfree leading to use-after-free (CVE-2022-1048) use-after-free and memory errors in ext4 when mounting and operating on a corrupted image (CVE-2022-1184) concurrency use-after-free between drmsetmasterioctl and drmmodegetresources (CVE-2022-1280) kernel info leak issue in pfkeyregister (CVE-2022-1353) use-after-free in ath9khtcprobedevice() could cause an escalation of privileges (CVE-2022-1679) NULL pointer dereference in x86emulateinsn may lead to DoS (CVE-2022-1852) fanotify misuses fdinstall() which could lead to use-after-free (CVE-2022-1998) nftables cross-table potential use-after-free may lead to local privilege escalation (CVE-2022-2586) openvswitch: integer underflow leads to out-of-bounds write in reservesfasize() (CVE-2022-2639) slab-out-of-bounds access in packetrecvmsg() (CVE-2022-20368) incomplete clean-up of multi-core shared buffers (aka SBDR) (CVE-2022-21123) incomplete clean-up of microarchitectural fill buffers (aka SBDS) (CVE-2022-21125) incomplete clean-up in specific special register write operations (aka DRPW) (CVE-2022-21166) possible to use the debugger to write zero into a location of choice (CVE-2022-21499) AMD: RetBleed Arbitrary Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions (CVE-2022-23816, CVE-2022-29900) AMD: Branch Type Confusion (non-retbleed) (CVE-2022-23825) Intel: Post-barrier Return Stack Buffer Predictions (CVE-2022-26373) double free in emsusbstartxmit in drivers/net/can/usb/emsusb.c (CVE-2022-28390) use after free in SUNRPC subsystem (CVE-2022-28893) use-after-free due to improper update of reference count in net/sched/clsu32.c (CVE-2022-29581) Intel: RetBleed Arbitrary Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions (CVE-2022-29901) DoS in nfqnlmangle in net/netfilter/nfnetlinkqueue.c (CVE-2022-36946) nftables disallow binding to already bound chain (CVE-2022-39190) nfsatomicopen() returns uninitialized data instead of ENOTDIR (CVE-2022-24448) 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.Additional Changes:For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What security vulnerabilities are addressed in RHSA-2022:7933?
RHSA-2022:7933 addresses vulnerabilities such as CVE-2020-36516, which allows off-path attackers to inject data or terminate a victim's TCP session.
What is the impact of CVE-2020-36516 included in RHSA-2022:7933?
CVE-2020-36516 can allow an attacker to disrupt TCP sessions, potentially compromising data integrity and session availability.
What is the recommended version to fix RHSA-2022:7933?
To fix RHSA-2022:7933, it is recommended to update to kernel-rt version 5.14.0-162.6.1.rt21.168.el9_1.
How can I determine if my system is affected by RHSA-2022:7933?
You can check the kernel-rt and related package versions on your system to confirm if they match those identified in RHSA-2022:7933.
Is RHSA-2022:7933 part of a larger security update?
Yes, RHSA-2022:7933 is part of ongoing security updates for the Real Time Linux Kernel provided by Red Hat.