SB2022022242 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 update for kpatch-patch
Published: February 22, 2022 Updated: March 30, 2024
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 5 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-0466)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to unspecified error, related to I/O subsystem in kernel. A local user can elevated privileges on the system.
2) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-0920)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the unix_scm_to_skb() function of af_unix.c in Linux kernel. A local user can run a specially crafted program to trigger a race condition and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
3) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4155)
The vulnerability allows a local user to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to the OS kernel does not impose correctly security restrictions. A local user can gain access to sensitive information on the system.
4) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0330)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a random memory access flaw caused by a missing TLB flush in Linux kernel GPU i915 kernel driver functionality. A local user can execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges.
5) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22942)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in the vmwgfx driver in Linux kernel. A local unprivileged user can gain access to files opened by other processes on the system through a dangling 'file' pointer.
Exploiting this vulnerability requires an attacker to have access to either /dev/dri/card0 or /dev/dri/rendererD128 and be able to issue an ioctl() on the resulting file descriptor.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.