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RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: kernel security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:8973-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8973
Issue date: 2022-12-13
CVE Names: CVE-2022-1158 CVE-2022-2639 CVE-2022-2959
CVE-2022-21123 CVE-2022-21125 CVE-2022-21166
CVE-2022-23816 CVE-2022-23825 CVE-2022-26373
CVE-2022-29900 CVE-2022-29901 CVE-2022-43945
=====================================================================
1. Summary:
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0
Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.0) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: KVM: cmpxchg_gpte can write to pfns outside the userspace region
(CVE-2022-1158)
* kernel: openvswitch: integer underflow leads to out-of-bounds write in
reserve_sfa_size() (CVE-2022-2639)
* kernel: watch queue race condition can lead to privilege escalation
(CVE-2022-2959)
* kernel: nfsd buffer overflow by RPC message over TCP with garbage data
(CVE-2022-43945)
* hw: cpu: incomplete clean-up of multi-core shared buffers (aka SBDR)
(CVE-2022-21123)
* hw: cpu: incomplete clean-up of microarchitectural fill buffers (aka
SBDS) (CVE-2022-21125)
* hw: cpu: incomplete clean-up in specific special register write
operations (aka DRPW) (CVE-2022-21166)
* hw: cpu: AMD: RetBleed Arbitrary Speculative Code Execution with Return
Instructions (CVE-2022-23816, CVE-2022-29900)
* hw: cpu: AMD: Branch Type Confusion (non-retbleed) (CVE-2022-23825)
* hw: cpu: Intel: Post-barrier Return Stack Buffer Predictions
(CVE-2022-26373)
* hw: cpu: Intel: RetBleed Arbitrary Speculative Code Execution with Return
Instructions (CVE-2022-29901)
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):
* sched/pelt: Fix attach_entity_load_avg() corner case (BZ#2105360)
* RHEL9[fleetwood][P9]:kdump fails to capture vmcore when crash is
triggered while running forkoff. (BZ#2109144)
* ISST-LTE:[P10 Everest] [5.14.0-70.9.1.el9_0.ppc64le] HPT:RHEL9.0:ecolp95:
lpar crashed at __list_del_entry_valid+0x90/0x100 and LPM failed
(BZ#2112823)
* [rhel9] livepatch panic: RIP: 0010:0xffffffffc0e070c4
seq_read_iter+0x124/0x4b0 (BZ#2122625)
* System crashes due to list_add double add at
iwl_mvm_mac_wake_tx_queue+0x71 (BZ#2123315)
* [Dell EMC 9.0 BUG] Any process performing I/O doesn't fail on degraded
LVM RAID and IO process hangs (BZ#2126215)
* [HPEMC RHEL 9.0 REGRESSION] net, e810, ice: not enough device MSI-X
vectors (BZ#2126491)
* RHEL9.0 - zfcp: fix missing auto port scan and thus missing target ports
(BZ#2127874)
* Enable check-kabi (BZ#2132372)
* Add symbols to stablelist (BZ#2132373)
* Update RHEL9.1 kabi tooling (BZ#2132380)
* kABI: Prepare the MM subsystem for kABI lockdown (BZ#2133464)
* [Dell Storage 9.1 BUG] NVME command hang during storage array node reboot
(BZ#2133553)
* WARNING: CPU: 116 PID: 3440 at arch/x86/mm/extable.c:105
ex_handler_fprestore+0x3f/0x50 (BZ#2134589)
* crypto/testmgr.c should not list dh, ecdh-nist-p256, ecdh-nist-p384 as
.fips_allowed = 1 (BZ#2136523)
* FIPS self-tests for RSA pkcs7 signature verification (BZ#2136552)
* [ovs-tc] Bad length in dpctl/dump-flows (BZ#2137354)
* [RHEL9] s_pf0vf2: hw csum failure for mlx5 (BZ#2137355)
* kernel memory leak while freeing nested actions (BZ#2137356)
* ovs: backports from upstream (BZ#2137358)
* kernel should conform to FIPS-140-3 requirements (both parts)
(BZ#2139095)
* [DELL EMC 9.0-RT BUG] System is not booting into RT Kernel with perc12.
(BZ#2139214)
* Fix panic in nbd/004 test (BZ#2139535)
* Nested KVM is not working on RHEL 8.6 with hardware error 0x7
(BZ#2140141)
* [RHEL9] Practically limit "Dummy wait" workaround to old Intel systems
(BZ#2142169)
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
2069793 - CVE-2022-1158 kernel: KVM: cmpxchg_gpte can write to pfns outside the userspace region
2084479 - CVE-2022-2639 kernel: openvswitch: integer underflow leads to out-of-bounds write in reserve_sfa_size()
2090226 - CVE-2022-23816 CVE-2022-29900 hw: cpu: AMD: RetBleed Arbitrary Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions
2090237 - CVE-2022-21123 hw: cpu: incomplete clean-up of multi-core shared buffers (aka SBDR)
2090240 - CVE-2022-21125 hw: cpu: incomplete clean-up of microarchitectural fill buffers (aka SBDS)
2090241 - CVE-2022-21166 hw: cpu: incomplete clean-up in specific special register write operations (aka DRPW)
2103148 - CVE-2022-29901 hw: cpu: Intel: RetBleed Arbitrary Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions
2103153 - CVE-2022-23825 hw: cpu: AMD: Branch Type Confusion (non-retbleed)
2103681 - CVE-2022-2959 kernel: watch queue race condition can lead to privilege escalation
2115065 - CVE-2022-26373 hw: cpu: Intel: Post-barrier Return Stack Buffer Predictions
2141752 - CVE-2022-43945 kernel: nfsd buffer overflow by RPC message over TCP with garbage data
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0):
aarch64:
bpftool-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-devel-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-devel-matched-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-headers-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
perf-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
noarch:
kernel-doc-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
bpftool-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-devel-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-devel-matched-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-headers-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
perf-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
bpftool-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-matched-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-devel-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
perf-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
bpftool-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-matched-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
perf-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0):
Source:
kernel-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.src.rpm
aarch64:
bpftool-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-core-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-stablelists-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
bpftool-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-core-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-core-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
python3-perf-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
bpftool-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-core-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-core-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-modules-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-tools-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-core-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
python3-perf-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
bpftool-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-core-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.0):
aarch64:
bpftool-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
bpftool-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
bpftool-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
bpftool-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1158
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2639
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2959
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21123
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21125
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21166
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23816
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23825
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-26373
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-29900
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-29901
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-43945
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://access.redhat.com/solutions/6971358
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