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A kpatch-patch security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2.



RHSA-2022:0925-01: Important: kpatch-patch security update



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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: kpatch-patch security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:0925-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0925
Issue date: 2022-03-15
CVE Names: CVE-2021-4083 CVE-2022-0330 CVE-2022-0492
CVE-2022-22942
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1. Summary:

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

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2) - ppc64le, x86_64

3. 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: fget: check that the fd still exists after getting a ref to it
(CVE-2021-4083)

* kernel: possible privileges escalation due to missing TLB flush
(CVE-2022-0330)

* kernel: cgroups v1 release_agent feature may allow privilege escalation
(CVE-2022-0492)

* kernel: failing usercopy allows for use-after-free exploitation
(CVE-2022-22942)

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.

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

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

2029923 - CVE-2021-4083 kernel: fget: check that the fd still exists after getting a ref to it
2042404 - CVE-2022-0330 kernel: possible privileges escalation due to missing TLB flush
2044809 - CVE-2022-22942 kernel: failing usercopy allows for use-after-free exploitation
2051505 - CVE-2022-0492 kernel: cgroups v1 release_agent feature may allow privilege escalation

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2):

Source:
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_47_1-1-10.el8_2.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_51_1-1-7.el8_2.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_56_1-1-6.el8_2.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_60_2-1-5.el8_2.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_64_1-1-4.el8_2.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_65_2-1-3.el8_2.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_68_1-1-3.el8_2.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_70_1-1-2.el8_2.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_71_1-1-2.el8_2.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_75_1-1-1.el8_2.src.rpm

ppc64le:
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_47_1-1-10.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_47_1-debuginfo-1-10.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_47_1-debugsource-1-10.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_51_1-1-7.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_51_1-debuginfo-1-7.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_51_1-debugsource-1-7.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_56_1-1-6.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_56_1-debuginfo-1-6.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_56_1-debugsource-1-6.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_60_2-1-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_60_2-debuginfo-1-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_60_2-debugsource-1-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_64_1-1-4.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_64_1-debuginfo-1-4.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_64_1-debugsource-1-4.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_65_2-1-3.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_65_2-debuginfo-1-3.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_65_2-debugsource-1-3.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_68_1-1-3.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_68_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_68_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_70_1-1-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_70_1-debuginfo-1-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_70_1-debugsource-1-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_71_1-1-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_71_1-debuginfo-1-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_71_1-debugsource-1-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_75_1-1-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_75_1-debuginfo-1-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_75_1-debugsource-1-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm

x86_64:
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_47_1-1-10.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_47_1-debuginfo-1-10.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_47_1-debugsource-1-10.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_51_1-1-7.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_51_1-debuginfo-1-7.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_51_1-debugsource-1-7.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_56_1-1-6.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_56_1-debuginfo-1-6.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_56_1-debugsource-1-6.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_60_2-1-5.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_60_2-debuginfo-1-5.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_60_2-debugsource-1-5.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_64_1-1-4.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_64_1-debuginfo-1-4.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_64_1-debugsource-1-4.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_65_2-1-3.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_65_2-debuginfo-1-3.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_65_2-debugsource-1-3.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_68_1-1-3.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_68_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_68_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_70_1-1-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_70_1-debuginfo-1-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_70_1-debugsource-1-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_71_1-1-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_71_1-debuginfo-1-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_71_1-debugsource-1-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_75_1-1-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_75_1-debuginfo-1-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_75_1-debugsource-1-1.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-2021-4083
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0330
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0492
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-22942
  https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

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

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