RedHat: RHSA-2023-5419:01 Important: kernel security update
Summary
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in nf_tables when processing batch
requests can lead to privilege escalation (CVE-2023-32233)
* hw: amd: Cross-Process Information Leak (CVE-2023-20593)
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.
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
The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20593 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32233 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7):
Source:
kernel-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
bpftool-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.7):
x86_64:
bpftool-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.79.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
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Topic
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7Advanced Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.7) - x86_64
Bugs Fixed
2196105 - CVE-2023-32233 kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in nf_tables when processing batch requests can lead to privilege escalation
2217845 - CVE-2023-20593 hw: amd: Cross-Process Information Leak