A kernel-rt security and bug fix update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
RHSA-2022:6437-01: Moderate: kernel-rt security and bug fix update
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: kernel-rt security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:6437-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6437
Issue date: 2022-09-13
CVE Names: CVE-2022-21123 CVE-2022-21125 CVE-2022-21166
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1. Summary:
An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. 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 Real Time (v. 8) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 8) - x86_64
3. Description:
The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables
fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.
Security Fix(es):
* Incomplete cleanup of multi-core shared buffers (aka SBDR)
(CVE-2022-21123)
* Incomplete cleanup of microarchitectural fill buffers (aka SBDS)
(CVE-2022-21125)
* Incomplete cleanup in specific special register write operations (aka
DRPW) (CVE-2022-21166)
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):
* The latest RHEL 8.6.z3 kernel changes need to be merged into the RT
source tree to keep source parity between the two kernels. (BZ#2111112)
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/):
2090237 - CVE-2022-21123 hw: cpu: Incomplete cleanup of multi-core shared buffers (aka SBDR)
2090240 - CVE-2022-21125 hw: cpu: Incomplete cleanup of microarchitectural fill buffers (aka SBDS)
2090241 - CVE-2022-21166 hw: cpu: Incomplete cleanup in specific special register write operations (aka DRPW)
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 8):
Source:
kernel-rt-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.src.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-rt-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-core-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-devel-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-kvm-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-devel-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-kvm-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 8):
Source:
kernel-rt-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.src.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-rt-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-core-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-devel-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-devel-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-extra-4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6.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-2022-21123
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21125
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21166
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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