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High ALSA-2023:0979 5 CVEs

Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update

Published Feb 28, 2023 · 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: 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):

* kernel-rt: update RT source tree to the latest AlmaLinux-9.1.z2 Batch (BZ#2160463)

Fixed packages 12

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt 5.14.0-162.18.1.rt21.181.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-162.18.1.rt21.181.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug 5.14.0-162.18.1.rt21.181.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-162.18.1.rt21.181.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-devel 5.14.0-162.18.1.rt21.181.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-162.18.1.rt21.181.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-162.18.1.rt21.181.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra 5.14.0-162.18.1.rt21.181.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-devel 5.14.0-162.18.1.rt21.181.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-162.18.1.rt21.181.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-162.18.1.rt21.181.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-modules-extra 5.14.0-162.18.1.rt21.181.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-2023-0979.html