RHSA-2023:1130: 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: memory corruption in AX88179178A based USB ethernet device. (CVE-2022-2964) kernel: mm/mremap.c use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2022-41222) kernel: net: CPU soft lockup in TC mirred egress-to-ingress action (CVE-2022-4269) 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): WARNING: CPU: 116 PID: 3440 at arch/x86/mm/extable.c:105 exhandlerfprestore+0x3f/0x50 (BZ#2134587) fix for "CoW after fork() issue" aka "vmsplice child -> parent attack" aka "GUP after fork bug" (BZ#2137546) Hardware error: RIP: copyuserenhancedfaststring+0xe (BZ#2137593) i40e: orphaned-leaky memory when interacting with driver memory parameters (BZ#2138206) RHEL 8.7 - Outputs of lsmem, lparstat, numactl and /proc/meminfo show wrong value of memory when LMB size is set to 4GB. (BZ#2140091) RHEL8.7: tcp sessions hanging after ibmvnic failover on Denali (BZ#2140958) RHEL8: Practically limit "Dummy wait" workaround to old Intel systems (BZ#2142171) RHEL:8.6+ IBM Partner issue - Loopback driver with ABORTTASKS causing hangs in scsi eh, this bug was cloned for RHEL8.6 and need this patch in 8.6+ (BZ#2144584) i40e,iavf: SR-IOV VF devices send GARP with wrong MAC address (BZ#2149746) RHEL8.4 - boot: Add secure boot trailer (BZ#2151531) error 524 from seccomp(2) when trying to load filter (BZ#2152139) The "kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:103!" from BZ 2041529 is back on rhel-8.5 (BZ#2153231) kernel BUG: scheduling while atomic: crio/7295/0x00000002 (BZ#2154461) MSFT MANA NET Patch RHEL-8: Fix race on per-CQ variable napiiperf panic fix (BZ#2155438) GSS: OCP 4.10.30 node crash after ODF upgrade : unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000000 : cephgetsnaprealm+0x68/0xa0 [ceph] (BZ#2155798) RHEL8.8: Backport upstream patches to reduce memory cgroup memory consumption and OOM problem (BZ#2157923) 'date' command shows wrong time in nested KVM s390x guest (BZ#2158814) Kernel FIPS-140-3 requirements - part 3 - AES-XTS (BZ#2160173) ethtool -m results in an out-of-bounds slab write in the be2net driver (BZ#2160183) i40e/iavf: VF reset task fails "Never saw reset" with 5 second timeout per VF (BZ#2160461) Mellanox: backport "net/mlx5e: TC NIC mode, fix tc chains miss table" (BZ#2161630) Kernel panic observed during VxFS module unload (BZ#2162764) iavf: It takes long time to create multiple VF interfaces and the VF interface names are not consistent (BZ#2163259) In FIPS mode, the kernel should reject SHA-224, SHA-384, SHA-512-224, and SHA-512-256 as hashes for hash-based DRBGs, or provide an indicator after 2023-05-16 (BZ#2165133) panic in fib6rulesuppress+0x22 with custom xdp prog involved in (BZ#2167604) net/mlx5e: Fix use-after-free when reverting termination table (BZ#2167641) Update intelidle for Eaglestream/Sapphire Rapids support (BZ#2168357) GSS: Set of fixes in ceph kernel module to prevent OCS node kernel crash - blocklist the kclient when receiving corrupted snap trace (BZ#2168898)
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the severity of RHSA-2023:1130?
The severity of RHSA-2023:1130 is classified as important due to the vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel.
How do I fix RHSA-2023:1130?
To fix RHSA-2023:1130, update the kernel packages to version 4.18.0-372.46.1.el8_6 or later.
What vulnerabilities are addressed in RHSA-2023:1130?
RHSA-2023:1130 addresses memory corruption issues with AX88179/178A USB Ethernet devices and a use-after-free vulnerability in mm/mremap.c.
Which systems are affected by RHSA-2023:1130?
RHSA-2023:1130 affects systems running specific versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 with kernel packages up to version 4.18.0-372.46.1.el8_6.
Is a reboot required after applying the fix for RHSA-2023:1130?
Yes, a reboot is recommended after applying the update for RHSA-2023:1130 to ensure the kernel changes take effect.