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High ALSA-2023:0951 5 CVEs

Important: kernel security and bug fix update

Published Feb 28, 2023 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: use-after-free caused by l2cap_reassemble_sdu() in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-3564)
* kernel: stack overflow in do_proc_dointvec and proc_skip_spaces (CVE-2022-4378)
* kernel: use-after-free in __nfs42_ssc_open() in fs/nfs/nfs4file.c leading to remote Denial of Service attack (CVE-2022-4379)
* kernel: Netfilter integer overflow vulnerability in nft_payload_copy_vlan (CVE-2023-0179)
* kernel: an out-of-bounds vulnerability in i2c-ismt driver (CVE-2022-2873)

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):

* AlmaLinux 9.0: LTP Test failure and crash at fork14 on Sapphire Rapids Platinum 8280+ (BZ#2133083)
* AlmaLinux 9.1 Extending NMI watchdog's timer during LPM (BZ#2140085)
* AMDSERVER 9.1: amdpstate driver incorrectly designed to load as default for Genoa (BZ#2151274)
* qla2xxx NVMe-FC: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 124072 at drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c:70 qla2xxx_rel_done_warning+0x25/0x30 [qla2xxx] (BZ#2152178)
* Regression: Kernel panic on Lenovo T480 with AH40 USB-C docking station (BZ#2153277)
* Scheduler Update (almalinux9.2) (BZ#2153792)
* AlmaLinux9.1, Nx_Gzip: nr_total_credits is not decremented when processing units are reduced by dlpar in shared mode. (FW1030 / DLPAR) (BZ#2154305)
* MSFT, MANA, NET Patch AlmaLinux-9: Fix race on per-CQ variable napi_iperf panic fix (BZ#2155145)
* Azure vPCI AlmaLinux-9 add the support of multi-MSI (BZ#2155459)
* Azure AlmaLinux-9: VM Deployment Failures Patch Request (BZ#2155930)
* The 'date' command shows wrong time in nested KVM s390x guest (BZ#2158815)
* AlmaLinux-9.2: Update NVMe driver to sync with upstream v6.0 (BZ#2161344)
* CEE cephfs: AlmaLinux9 cephfs client crashing with RIP: 0010:netfs_rreq_unlock+0xef/0x380 [netfs] (BZ#2161418)
* block layer: update with upstream v6.0 (BZ#2162535)

Fixed packages 27

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 bpftool 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-abi-stablelists 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-core 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-cross-headers 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-core 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-devel 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-modules 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-modules-extra 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-devel 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-doc 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-modules 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-modules-extra 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-tools 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-tools-libs 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-tools-libs-devel 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-core 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-devel 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-modules 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 perf 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 python3-perf 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1

Vulnerabilities 5

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2873
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3564
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4378
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4379
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0179
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2119048
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2150999
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2152548
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2152807
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2161713
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-0951.html