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Posted on 29 August 2023
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:4817-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4817
Issue date: 2023-08-29
CVE Names: CVE-2023-2124 CVE-2023-3090 CVE-2023-35788
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1. Summary:
An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2
Telecommunications Update Service.
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 Enterprise Linux Real Time TUS (v. 8.2) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV TUS (v. 8.2) - x86_64
3. Description:
The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables
fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: ipvlan: out-of-bounds write caused by unclear skb->cb
(CVE-2023-3090)
* kernel: cls_flower: out-of-bounds write in fl_set_geneve_opt()
(CVE-2023-35788)
* kernel: OOB access in the Linux kernel's XFS subsystem (CVE-2023-2124)
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):
* kernel-rt: update RT source tree to the RHEL-8.2.z28 source tree
(BZ#2228917)
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/):
2187439 - CVE-2023-2124 kernel: OOB access in the Linux kernel's XFS subsystem
2215768 - CVE-2023-35788 kernel: cls_flower: out-of-bounds write in fl_set_geneve_opt()
2218672 - CVE-2023-3090 kernel: ipvlan: out-of-bounds write caused by unclear skb->cb
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV TUS (v. 8.2):
Source:
kernel-rt-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.src.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-rt-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-core-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-devel-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-kvm-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-devel-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-kvm-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-extra-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time TUS (v. 8.2):
Source:
kernel-rt-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.src.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-rt-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-core-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-devel-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-devel-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-extra-4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2.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-2023-2124
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3090
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-35788
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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