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High ALSA-2022:5344 2 CVEs

Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update

Published Jun 28, 2022 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

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: buffer overflow in IPsec ESP transformation code (CVE-2022-27666)
* kernel: out-of-bounds read in fbcon_get_font function (CVE-2020-28915)
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 AlmaLinux-8.6.z0 Batch (BZ#2081704)

Fixed packages 12

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt 4.18.0-372.13.1.rt7.170.el8_6
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-372.13.1.rt7.170.el8_6
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug 4.18.0-372.13.1.rt7.170.el8_6
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-372.13.1.rt7.170.el8_6
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-devel 4.18.0-372.13.1.rt7.170.el8_6
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-372.13.1.rt7.170.el8_6
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-372.13.1.rt7.170.el8_6
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra 4.18.0-372.13.1.rt7.170.el8_6
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-devel 4.18.0-372.13.1.rt7.170.el8_6
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-372.13.1.rt7.170.el8_6
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-372.13.1.rt7.170.el8_6
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-372.13.1.rt7.170.el8_6

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28915
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-27666
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1899177
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2061633
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-5344.html