RHSA-2023:0334: Important: kernel security and bug fix update
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.Security Fix(es): kernel: watch queue race condition can lead to privilege escalation (CVE-2022-2959) kernel: memory corruption in AX88179178A based USB ethernet device. (CVE-2022-2964) kernel: i915: Incorrect GPU TLB flush can lead to random memory access (CVE-2022-4139) kernel: nfsd buffer overflow by RPC message over TCP with garbage data (CVE-2022-43945) kernel: i2c: unbounded length leads to buffer overflow in ismtaccess() (CVE-2022-3077) kernel: Unprivileged users may use PTRACESEIZE to set PTRACEOSUSPENDSECCOMP option (CVE-2022-30594) 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): Intel 9.2: Important iavf bug fixes (BZ#2127884) vfio zero page mappings fail after 2M instances (BZ#2128514) nvme-tcp automatic reconnect fails intermittently during EMC powerstore NDU operation (BZ#2131359) ice: Driver Update to 5.19 (BZ#2132070) WARNING: CPU: 116 PID: 3440 at arch/x86/mm/extable.c:105 exhandlerfprestore+0x3f/0x50 (BZ#2134588) drm: duplicated call of drmprivacyscreenregisternotifier() in drmconnectorregister() (BZ#2134619) updating the appid field through sysfs is returning an -EINVAL error (BZ#2136914) DELL EMC: System is not booting into RT Kernel with perc12. (BZ#2139213) No signal showed in the VGA monitor when installing RHEL9 in the legacy bios mode (BZ#2140153) Practically limit "Dummy wait" workaround to old Intel systems (BZ#2142168) ppc64le: unexpected oom panic when there's enough memory left in zswap test (BZ#2143976) fatal error: error in backend: Branch target out of insn range (BZ#2144902) AMdCLIENT: The kernel command line parameter "nomodeset" not working properly (BZ#2145217) Azure: PCI: hv: Do not set PCICOMMANDMEMORY to reduce VM boot time (BZ#2150910) Azure z-stream: Sometimes newly deployed VMs are not getting accelerated network during provisioning (BZ#2151605) DELL 9.0 RT - On PE R760 system, call traces are observed dmesg when system is running stress (BZ#2154407)
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the severity of RHSA-2023:0334?
RHSA-2023:0334 has been classified as a moderate severity vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel.
How do I fix RHSA-2023:0334?
To resolve RHSA-2023:0334, upgrade to the kernel version 5.14.0-162.12.1.el9_1 or later as provided in the advisory.
What vulnerabilities are addressed in RHSA-2023:0334?
RHSA-2023:0334 addresses a race condition leading to privilege escalation and memory corruption in AX88179_178A based USB ethernet devices.
Is RHSA-2023:0334 applicable to all Linux distributions?
RHSA-2023:0334 specifically applies to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and is not necessarily applicable to other Linux distributions.
Which software packages are affected by RHSA-2023:0334?
The affected packages include kernel, bpftool, kernel-core, and others listed in the advisory.