A kernel-rt security and bug fix update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0.

RHSA-2023:1467-01: Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:1467-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1467
Issue date: 2023-03-27
CVE Names: CVE-2022-4744
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1. Summary:

An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0
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 Real Time EUS (v.9.0) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v.9.0) - 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):

* kernel: tun: avoid double free in tun_free_netdev (CVE-2022-4744)

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):

* kernel-rt: update RT source tree to the latest RHEL-9.0.z8 Batch
(BZ#2174392)

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/):

2156322 - CVE-2022-4744 kernel: tun: avoid double free in tun_free_netdev

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v.9.0):

Source:
kernel-rt-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.src.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-rt-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-core-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-devel-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-kvm-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-devel-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-kvm-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.0):

Source:
kernel-rt-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.src.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-rt-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-core-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-devel-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-devel-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.50.2.rt21.122.el9_0.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-2022-4744
  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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