Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20221198
Revision Date:2022-04-05Version:637
Title:RHSA-2022:1198: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Important)
Description:The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

  • kernel: use-after-free in RDMA listen() (CVE-2021-4028)

  • kernel: fget: check that the fd still exists after getting a ref to it (CVE-2021-4083)

    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):

  • Adding new kernel entry in grub configuration file only after generation of new initramfs (BZ#1893756)

  • Cannot mount DFS shares on RHEL7 (BZ#1937304)

  • RHEL7.9 - zcrypt DD: Toleration for new IBM Z Crypto Hardware (BZ#1997156)

  • kernel panic at skb_free_datagram_locked on 3.10.0-1160.45.1.el7 (BZ#2028740)

  • Lots of tasks are getting stuck in I/O wait waiting on the buffer_head locked by the task that is busy shrinking slab for freeing pages - 3 patches to fs/buffer.c (BZ#2030609)

  • [RHEL 7.9 Bug] x86/platform/uv: Add more to secondary CPU kdump info (BZ#2042462)

  • REGRESSION System panicking in __kmalloc+0x94 from a freelist issue introduced by a block patch. (BZ#2054743)

    Enhancement(s):

  • RHEL7.9 - kernel: Add support for CPU-MF counter second version 7 (BZ#2048920)
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2021-4028
    CVE-2021-4083
    RHSA-2022:1198
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is installed
  • AND
  • kernel earlier than 0:3.10.0-1160.62.1.el7 is currently running
  • OR kernel earlier than 0:3.10.0-1160.62.1.el7 is set to boot up on next boot
  • AND
  • bpftool is earlier than 0:3.10.0-1160.62.1.el7
  • AND bpftool is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel is earlier than 0:3.10.0-1160.62.1.el7
  • AND kernel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-abi-whitelists is earlier than 0:3.10.0-1160.62.1.el7
  • AND kernel-abi-whitelists is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-bootwrapper is earlier than 0:3.10.0-1160.62.1.el7
  • AND kernel-bootwrapper is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-debug is earlier than 0:3.10.0-1160.62.1.el7
  • AND kernel-debug is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-debug-devel is earlier than 0:3.10.0-1160.62.1.el7
  • AND kernel-debug-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-devel is earlier than 0:3.10.0-1160.62.1.el7
  • AND kernel-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-doc is earlier than 0:3.10.0-1160.62.1.el7
  • AND kernel-doc is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-kdump is earlier than 0:3.10.0-1160.62.1.el7
  • AND kernel-kdump is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-kdump-devel is earlier than 0:3.10.0-1160.62.1.el7
  • AND kernel-kdump-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-tools is earlier than 0:3.10.0-1160.62.1.el7
  • AND kernel-tools is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-tools-libs is earlier than 0:3.10.0-1160.62.1.el7
  • AND kernel-tools-libs is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-tools-libs-devel is earlier than 0:3.10.0-1160.62.1.el7
  • AND kernel-tools-libs-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • perf is earlier than 0:3.10.0-1160.62.1.el7
  • AND perf is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • python-perf is earlier than 0:3.10.0-1160.62.1.el7
  • AND python-perf is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • BACK