A kernel security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4.

RHSA-2022:1104-01: Important: kernel security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: kernel security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:1104-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1104
Issue date: 2022-03-29
CVE Names: CVE-2020-0466 CVE-2021-0920 CVE-2021-4083
CVE-2022-0330
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1. Summary:

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4
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.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.4) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.4) - x86_64

3. Description:

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: use after free in eventpoll.c may lead to escalation of privilege
(CVE-2020-0466)

* kernel: Use After Free in unix_gc() which could result in a local
privilege escalation (CVE-2021-0920)

* 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)

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

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

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

1920480 - CVE-2020-0466 kernel: use after free in eventpoll.c may lead to escalation of privilege
2029923 - CVE-2021-4083 kernel: fget: check that the fd still exists after getting a ref to it
2031930 - CVE-2021-0920 kernel: Use After Free in unix_gc() which could result in a local privilege escalation
2042404 - CVE-2022-0330 kernel: possible privileges escalation due to missing TLB flush

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.4):

Source:
kernel-3.10.0-693.99.1.el7.src.rpm

noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-693.99.1.el7.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-3.10.0-693.99.1.el7.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-3.10.0-693.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-693.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-693.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-693.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-693.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-693.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-693.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-693.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-3.10.0-693.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-693.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.4):

x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-693.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-693.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.99.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.99.1.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/

7. References:

  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-0466
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-0920
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4083
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0330
  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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