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RHSA-2023:1705: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Advanced 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.This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.
Related CVEs:
- CVE-2022-4378: A stack overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s SYSCTL subsystem in how a user changes certain kernel parameters and variables. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
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Issued:
2023-04-11
Updated:
2023-04-11
RHSA-2023:1705 - Security Advisory
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Synopsis
Important: kernel security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
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Topic
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Advanced 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.
Description
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
- kernel: stack overflow in do_proc_dointvec and proc_skip_spaces (CVE-2022-4378)
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.
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.
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 2152548 - CVE-2022-4378 kernel: stack overflow in do_proc_dointvec and proc_skip_spaces
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6
SRPM
kernel-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.src.rpm
SHA-256: 8322bd92ce0f7b238a726944228cb40ba37ba017f0907d3b652995d8a4c90e03
x86_64
bpftool-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: a09e3244ab74949d62bf7219fcf675e06b4cd917983f674600b451f8145cd27e
kernel-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 7bd6cd81d6340c6fd75ddbd769bdccccc643c719d1e95638a3bb1f66b5c60b58
kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.noarch.rpm
SHA-256: b7f62f568e99f318f522e28996cd4d039aaffb1db6d5dd8de09acb02bdaffa9b
kernel-debug-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: c3d83ff891c2466413f7ce474b98a9dd0d4ee392539c06a02ed974092f85342f
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 2e6bdc5dd2a11256b86cb1331b72f055500c1badee27d8d88903bb12d524cb2e
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 2e6bdc5dd2a11256b86cb1331b72f055500c1badee27d8d88903bb12d524cb2e
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 29a87e88a327cc04664b68f54543c3cb466b51d12dbf3f588de8daafe63e5a8d
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 67c2ec6835783d93dfd0018d2169cd494c2bf5181628a495e63dc260dfbb0560
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 67c2ec6835783d93dfd0018d2169cd494c2bf5181628a495e63dc260dfbb0560
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 1371955fccca78280f7fbb160651f4255153f5300ff0b8e7ec603f6e747db5b1
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 1371955fccca78280f7fbb160651f4255153f5300ff0b8e7ec603f6e747db5b1
kernel-devel-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 7ae2dcebbf2bace81f83722524add3a34f82f0dc7b704e9ef526191c0158a645
kernel-doc-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.noarch.rpm
SHA-256: 1379c96f7d06e0164364f508ad565f7382ec4d8c91ab70a42ed5a7226613a7bc
kernel-headers-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: c33e295827ff278928db9a0af6fc56a54cca383c9f25257c72c1e3ecc8682ff8
kernel-tools-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 9b467179c61166a1e65aa56c643723becc7f7a37913e04cfbd449576b25fe392
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: b67f632130f012a4af18268d6da340f1aad5823baff1cb65cc30f5f8262141b3
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: b67f632130f012a4af18268d6da340f1aad5823baff1cb65cc30f5f8262141b3
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: b256c57fc5bbc66ca31281487d298a6132507bfa1cdbb68f72cf5ffba1bde243
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: d82d2d9e45bc7099075b82ac9ad5e39df824ae36b741d666823c64d8cbbdef84
perf-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 20e71ad9da5104ebacfb67dd741a2530c0d8f5c43963e0359e7c76a75928df73
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 9581cc54a04339ba2c4bf3dba4ce87c4bd7dbc99b397e669c8bf0cdd8878a55f
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 9581cc54a04339ba2c4bf3dba4ce87c4bd7dbc99b397e669c8bf0cdd8878a55f
python-perf-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 6b7803f7140f1b45a647603d43a8e1824e3acb5f2f99a8828bd8887b5fdd5df7
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: b2547fa36830eec2066c90aa9476df30d2fd93b926fa937a83a7016924828891
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.100.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: b2547fa36830eec2066c90aa9476df30d2fd93b926fa937a83a7016924828891
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