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Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-1590-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-1590-01 - 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.

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: kpatch-patch security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:1590-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1590
Issue date: 2023-04-04
CVE Names: CVE-2023-0266
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  1. Summary:

An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

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 BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1) - 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):

  • ALSA: pcm: Move rwsem lock inside snd_ctl_elem_read to prevent UAF
    (CVE-2023-0266)

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/):

2163379 - CVE-2023-0266 ALSA: pcm: Move rwsem lock inside snd_ctl_elem_read to prevent UAF

  1. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1):

Source:
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_74_1-1-4.el8_1.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_76_1-1-3.el8_1.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_77_1-1-3.el8_1.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_78_1-1-2.el8_1.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_80_1-1-1.el8_1.src.rpm

ppc64le:
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_74_1-1-4.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_74_1-debuginfo-1-4.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_74_1-debugsource-1-4.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_76_1-1-3.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_76_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_76_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_77_1-1-3.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_77_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_77_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_78_1-1-2.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_78_1-debuginfo-1-2.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_78_1-debugsource-1-2.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_80_1-1-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_80_1-debuginfo-1-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_80_1-debugsource-1-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm

x86_64:
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_74_1-1-4.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_74_1-debuginfo-1-4.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_74_1-debugsource-1-4.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_76_1-1-3.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_76_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_76_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_77_1-1-3.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_77_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_77_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_78_1-1-2.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_78_1-debuginfo-1-2.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_78_1-debugsource-1-2.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_80_1-1-1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_80_1-debuginfo-1-1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_80_1-debugsource-1-1.el8_1.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-2023-0266
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 2023 Red Hat, Inc.
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