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Red Hat Security Advisory 2022-5216-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2022-5216-01 - 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. Issues addressed include privilege escalation and use-after-free vulnerabilities.

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: kpatch-patch security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:5216-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5216
Issue date: 2022-06-28
CVE Names: CVE-2022-1966
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  1. Summary:

An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

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.

  1. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64le, x86_64

  1. Description:

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.

Security Fix(es):

  • kernel: a use-after-free write in the netfilter subsystem can lead to
    privilege escalation to root (CVE-2022-1966)

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.

  1. 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

  1. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

2092427 - CVE-2022-1966 kernel: a use-after-free write in the netfilter subsystem can lead to privilege escalation to root

  1. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):

Source:
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_36_2-1-8.el7.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_41_1-1-7.el7.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_42_2-1-6.el7.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_45_1-1-5.el7.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_49_1-1-4.el7.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_53_1-1-4.el7.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_59_1-1-3.el7.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_62_1-1-2.el7.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_66_1-1-1.el7.src.rpm

ppc64le:
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_36_2-1-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_36_2-debuginfo-1-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_41_1-1-7.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_41_1-debuginfo-1-7.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_42_2-1-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_42_2-debuginfo-1-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_45_1-1-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_45_1-debuginfo-1-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_49_1-1-4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_49_1-debuginfo-1-4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_53_1-1-4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_53_1-debuginfo-1-4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_59_1-1-3.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_59_1-debuginfo-1-3.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_62_1-1-2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_62_1-debuginfo-1-2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_66_1-1-1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_66_1-debuginfo-1-1.el7.ppc64le.rpm

x86_64:
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_36_2-1-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_36_2-debuginfo-1-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_41_1-1-7.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_41_1-debuginfo-1-7.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_42_2-1-6.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_42_2-debuginfo-1-6.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_45_1-1-5.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_45_1-debuginfo-1-5.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_49_1-1-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_49_1-debuginfo-1-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_53_1-1-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_53_1-debuginfo-1-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_59_1-1-3.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_59_1-debuginfo-1-3.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_62_1-1-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_62_1-debuginfo-1-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_66_1-1-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_66_1-debuginfo-1-1.el7.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/

  1. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1966
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

  1. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is [email protected]. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2022 Red Hat, Inc.
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