First published: Mon Jan 23 2023(Updated: )
This is a kernel live patch module which is automatically loaded by the RPM post-install script to modify the code of a running kernel.<br>Security Fix(es):<br><li> kernel: watch queue race condition can lead to privilege escalation (CVE-2022-2959)</li> <li> kernel: memory corruption in AX88179_178A based USB ethernet device. (CVE-2022-2964)</li> <li> kernel: i915: Incorrect GPU TLB flush can lead to random memory access (CVE-2022-4139)</li> <li> kernel: nfsd buffer overflow by RPC message over TCP with garbage data (CVE-2022-43945)</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.
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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redhat/kpatch-patch | <5_14_0-162_6_1-1-1.el9_1 | 5_14_0-162_6_1-1-1.el9_1 |
redhat/kpatch-patch | <5_14_0-162_6_1-1-1.el9_1 | 5_14_0-162_6_1-1-1.el9_1 |
redhat/kpatch-patch | <5_14_0-162_6_1-debuginfo-1-1.el9_1 | 5_14_0-162_6_1-debuginfo-1-1.el9_1 |
redhat/kpatch-patch | <5_14_0-162_6_1-debugsource-1-1.el9_1 | 5_14_0-162_6_1-debugsource-1-1.el9_1 |
redhat/kpatch-patch | <5_14_0-162_6_1-1-1.el9_1 | 5_14_0-162_6_1-1-1.el9_1 |
redhat/kpatch-patch | <5_14_0-162_6_1-debuginfo-1-1.el9_1 | 5_14_0-162_6_1-debuginfo-1-1.el9_1 |
redhat/kpatch-patch | <5_14_0-162_6_1-debugsource-1-1.el9_1 | 5_14_0-162_6_1-debugsource-1-1.el9_1 |
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The severity of RHSA-2023:0348 is critical due to a privilege escalation vulnerability identified as CVE-2022-2959.
To fix RHSA-2023:0348, update to the patched version of kpatch-patch, specifically version 5_14_0-162_6_1-1-1.el9_1.
RHSA-2023:0348 affects systems running the kpatch-patch package prior to version 5_14_0-162_6_1-1-1.el9_1.
RHSA-2023:0348 addresses a race condition vulnerability in the watch queue that can lead to privilege escalation.
Yes, RHSA-2023:0348 pertains to a kernel live patch module that modifies the code of a running kernel.