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High RLSA-2022:5565 1 CVE

Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update

Published Jul 13, 2022 · Updated Feb 5, 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: race condition in perf_event_open leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2022-1729)

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):

* The latest Rocky Linux 8.6.z1 kernel changes need to be merged into the RT source tree to keep source parity between the two kernels. (BZ#2098244)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 kernel-rt 0:4.18.0-372.16.1.rt7.173.el8_6

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2086753