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High ALSA-2023:2736 39 CVEs

Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update

Published May 16, 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):

* use-after-free caused by l2cap_reassemble_sdu() in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-3564)
* net/ulp: use-after-free in listening ULP sockets (CVE-2023-0461)
* hw: cpu: AMD CPUs may transiently execute beyond unconditional direct branch (CVE-2021-26341)
* malicious data for FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO ioctl may cause OOB write memory (CVE-2021-33655)
* when setting font with malicious data by ioctl PIO_FONT, kernel will write memory out of bounds (CVE-2021-33656)
* possible race condition in drivers/tty/tty_buffers.c (CVE-2022-1462)
* use-after-free in ath9k_htc_probe_device() could cause an escalation of privileges (CVE-2022-1679)
* KVM: NULL pointer dereference in kvm_mmu_invpcid_gva (CVE-2022-1789)
* KVM: nVMX: missing IBPB when exiting from nested guest can lead to Spectre v2 attacks (CVE-2022-2196)
* netfilter: nf_conntrack_irc message handling issue (CVE-2022-2663)
* race condition in xfrm_probe_algs can lead to OOB read/write (CVE-2022-3028)
* media: em28xx: initialize refcount before kref_get (CVE-2022-3239)
* race condition in hugetlb_no_page() in mm/hugetlb.c (CVE-2022-3522)
* memory leak in ipv6_renew_options() (CVE-2022-3524)
* data races around icsk->icsk_af_ops in do_ipv6_setsockopt (CVE-2022-3566)
* data races around sk->sk_prot (CVE-2022-3567)
* memory leak in l2cap_recv_acldata of the file net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-3619)
* denial of service in follow_page_pte in mm/gup.c due to poisoned pte entry (CVE-2022-3623)
* use-after-free after failed devlink reload in devlink_param_get (CVE-2022-3625)
* USB-accessible buffer overflow in brcmfmac (CVE-2022-3628)
* Double-free in split_2MB_gtt_entry when function intel_gvt_dma_map_guest_page failed (CVE-2022-3707)
* l2tp: missing lock when clearing sk_user_data can lead to NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2022-4129)
* igmp: use-after-free in ip_check_mc_rcu when opening and closing inet sockets (CVE-2022-20141)
* Executable Space Protection Bypass (CVE-2022-25265)
* Unprivileged users may use PTRACE_SEIZE to set PTRACE_O_SUSPEND_SECCOMP option (CVE-2022-30594)
* unmap_mapping_range() race with munmap() on VM_PFNMAP mappings leads to stale TLB entry (CVE-2022-39188)
* TLB flush operations are mishandled in certain KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED leading to guest malfunctioning (CVE-2022-39189)
* Report vmalloc UAF in dvb-core/dmxdev (CVE-2022-41218)
* u8 overflow problem in cfg80211_update_notlisted_nontrans() (CVE-2022-41674)
* use-after-free related to leaf anon_vma double reuse (CVE-2022-42703)
* use-after-free in bss_ref_get in net/wireless/scan.c (CVE-2022-42720)
* BSS list corruption in cfg80211_add_nontrans_list in net/wireless/scan.c (CVE-2022-42721)
* Denial of service in beacon protection for P2P-device (CVE-2022-42722)
* memory corruption in usbmon driver (CVE-2022-43750)
* NULL pointer dereference in traffic control subsystem (CVE-2022-47929)
* NULL pointer dereference in rawv6_push_pending_frames (CVE-2023-0394)
* use-after-free caused by invalid pointer hostname in fs/cifs/connect.c (CVE-2023-1195)
* Soft lockup occurred during __page_mapcount (CVE-2023-1582)
* slab-out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities in cbq_classify (CVE-2023-23454)

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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 12

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-devel 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-devel 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8

Vulnerabilities 39

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-26341
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33655
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33656
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1462
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1679
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1789
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-20141
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2196
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-25265
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2663
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3028
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-30594
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3239
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3522
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3524
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3564
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3566
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3567
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3619
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3623
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3625
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3628
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3707
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-39188
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-39189
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-41218
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4129
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-41674
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-42703
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-42720
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-42721
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-42722
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-43750
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-47929
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0394
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0461
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1195
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1582
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23454