A kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update has been released for AlmaLinux 8.

ALSA-2022:5564 ALSA-2022:5564: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Important)

Type:
security

Severity:
important

Release date:
2022-07-21

Description
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: race condition in perf_event_open leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2022-1729)
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):
* conntrack entries linger around after test (BZ#2066356)
* Any process performing I/O doesn't fail on degraded LVM RAID and IO process hangs (BZ#2075075)
* fix data corruption caused by dm-integrity (BZ#2082184)
* Backport request of "genirq: use rcu in kstat_irqs_usr()" (BZ#2083308)
* SUT will flash once color screen during boot to OS. (BZ#2083384)
* Kernel Support Fixes for UV5 platform (BZ#2084645)
* i/o on initiator stuck when network is disrupted (4.18.0-372.9.1.el8.x86_64) (BZ#2091078)
* glock deadlock (using the dct tool) (BZ#2092073)
* Recursive locking in gfs2_fault (read/write + mmap) (BZ#2092074)
* 8.6.z backport of "vmxnet3: add support for 32 Tx/Rx queues" from BZ 2083561 (BZ#2094473)
* System freezes with callstack in dmesg: ret_from_fork (BZ#2096305)
* Need some changes in AlmaLinux8.x kernels. (BZ#2096931)
* Bad length in dpctl/dump-flows (BZ#2097796)
Enhancement(s):
* Elkhart Graphics - remove force_probe flag (BZ#2075567)

References:
ALSA-2022:5564

Updates packages:
kernel-doc-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.noarch.rpm
kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.noarch.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
bpftool-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
bpftool-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
perf-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
bpftool-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm

Notes:
This page is generated automatically from Red Hat security data and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.

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