A kpatch-patch security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

RHSA-2023:1659-01: Important: kpatch-patch security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: kpatch-patch security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:1659-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1659
Issue date: 2023-04-05
CVE Names: CVE-2022-4378 CVE-2023-0266 CVE-2023-0386
CVE-2023-1476
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1. Summary:

An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

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 (v. 8) - 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: stack overflow in do_proc_dointvec and proc_skip_spaces
(CVE-2022-4378)

* ALSA: pcm: Move rwsem lock inside snd_ctl_elem_read to prevent UAF
(CVE-2023-0266)

* kernel: FUSE filesystem low-privileged user privileges escalation
(CVE-2023-0386)

* kpatch: mm/mremap.c: incomplete fix for CVE-2022-41222 (CVE-2023-1476)

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/):

2152548 - CVE-2022-4378 kernel: stack overflow in do_proc_dointvec and proc_skip_spaces
2159505 - CVE-2023-0386 kernel: FUSE filesystem low-privileged user privileges escalation
2163379 - CVE-2023-0266 ALSA: pcm: Move rwsem lock inside snd_ctl_elem_read to prevent UAF
2176035 - CVE-2023-1476 kpatch: mm/mremap.c: incomplete fix for CVE-2022-41222

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):

Source:
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-425_10_1-1-4.el8_7.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-425_13_1-1-2.el8_7.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-425_3_1-1-6.el8.src.rpm

ppc64le:
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-425_10_1-1-4.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-425_10_1-debuginfo-1-4.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-425_10_1-debugsource-1-4.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-425_13_1-1-2.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-425_13_1-debuginfo-1-2.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-425_13_1-debugsource-1-2.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-425_3_1-1-6.el8.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-425_3_1-debuginfo-1-6.el8.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-425_3_1-debugsource-1-6.el8.ppc64le.rpm

x86_64:
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-425_10_1-1-4.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-425_10_1-debuginfo-1-4.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-425_10_1-debugsource-1-4.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-425_13_1-1-2.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-425_13_1-debuginfo-1-2.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-425_13_1-debugsource-1-2.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-425_3_1-1-6.el8.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-425_3_1-debuginfo-1-6.el8.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-425_3_1-debugsource-1-6.el8.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-2022-4378
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0266
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0386
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1476
  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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