RedHat: RHSA-2023-2948:01 Moderate: device-mapper-multipath security and
Summary
The device-mapper-multipath packages provide tools that use the
device-mapper multipath kernel module to manage multipath devices.
Security Fix(es):
* device-mapper-multipath: multipathd: insecure handling of files in
/dev/shm leading to symlink attack (CVE-2022-41973)
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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Summary
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
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-41973 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.8_release_notes/index
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source:
device-mapper-multipath-0.8.4-37.el8.src.rpm
aarch64:
device-mapper-multipath-0.8.4-37.el8.aarch64.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.aarch64.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-debugsource-0.8.4-37.el8.aarch64.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-libs-0.8.4-37.el8.aarch64.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-libs-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.aarch64.rpm
kpartx-0.8.4-37.el8.aarch64.rpm
kpartx-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.aarch64.rpm
libdmmp-0.8.4-37.el8.aarch64.rpm
libdmmp-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
device-mapper-multipath-0.8.4-37.el8.ppc64le.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.ppc64le.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-debugsource-0.8.4-37.el8.ppc64le.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-libs-0.8.4-37.el8.ppc64le.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-libs-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.ppc64le.rpm
kpartx-0.8.4-37.el8.ppc64le.rpm
kpartx-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.ppc64le.rpm
libdmmp-0.8.4-37.el8.ppc64le.rpm
libdmmp-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
device-mapper-multipath-0.8.4-37.el8.s390x.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.s390x.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-debugsource-0.8.4-37.el8.s390x.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-libs-0.8.4-37.el8.s390x.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-libs-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.s390x.rpm
kpartx-0.8.4-37.el8.s390x.rpm
kpartx-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.s390x.rpm
libdmmp-0.8.4-37.el8.s390x.rpm
libdmmp-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
device-mapper-multipath-0.8.4-37.el8.x86_64.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.i686.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.x86_64.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-debugsource-0.8.4-37.el8.i686.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-debugsource-0.8.4-37.el8.x86_64.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-libs-0.8.4-37.el8.i686.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-libs-0.8.4-37.el8.x86_64.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-libs-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.i686.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-libs-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.x86_64.rpm
kpartx-0.8.4-37.el8.x86_64.rpm
kpartx-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.i686.rpm
kpartx-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.x86_64.rpm
libdmmp-0.8.4-37.el8.i686.rpm
libdmmp-0.8.4-37.el8.x86_64.rpm
libdmmp-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.i686.rpm
libdmmp-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8):
aarch64:
device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.aarch64.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-debugsource-0.8.4-37.el8.aarch64.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-devel-0.8.4-37.el8.aarch64.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-libs-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.aarch64.rpm
kpartx-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.aarch64.rpm
libdmmp-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.ppc64le.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-debugsource-0.8.4-37.el8.ppc64le.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-devel-0.8.4-37.el8.ppc64le.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-libs-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.ppc64le.rpm
kpartx-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.ppc64le.rpm
libdmmp-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.s390x.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-debugsource-0.8.4-37.el8.s390x.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-devel-0.8.4-37.el8.s390x.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-libs-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.s390x.rpm
kpartx-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.s390x.rpm
libdmmp-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.i686.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.x86_64.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-debugsource-0.8.4-37.el8.i686.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-debugsource-0.8.4-37.el8.x86_64.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-devel-0.8.4-37.el8.i686.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-devel-0.8.4-37.el8.x86_64.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-libs-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.i686.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-libs-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.x86_64.rpm
kpartx-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.i686.rpm
kpartx-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.x86_64.rpm
libdmmp-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.i686.rpm
libdmmp-debuginfo-0.8.4-37.el8.x86_64.rpm
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Topic
An update for device-mapper-multipath is now available for Red HatEnterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
2110485 - when running iscsiadm login and quick logout the logout didn't run as expected
2123446 - [RHEL8.4] system hung at Started cancel waiting for multipath siblings of x [rhel-8.8.0]
2123894 - CVE-2022-41973 device-mapper-multipath: multipathd: insecure handling of files in /dev/shm leading to symlink attack
2126714 - Multipath segfault after running newest patched version
2128885 - Race condition causes kpartx to create a dm device which uses itself as part of the target, creating an infinite recursion
2141996 - There is no historical-service-time path selector in multipath.conf man page
2155560 - multipath doesn't verify the argument count in config option strings it passes to the kernel
2166468 - multipath devices that need both a table reload and a rename only get renamed on multipathd startup