SB2022042014 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 update for kpatch-patch

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4083)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the Linux kernel's garbage collection for Unix domain socket file handlers. A local user can call close() and fget() simultaneously and can potentially trigger a race condition, which in turn leads to a use-after-free error and allows privilege escalation.

2) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-25636)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in net/netfilter/nf_dup_netdev.c in the Linux kernel, related to nf_tables_offload. A local user can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

3) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0492)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a logic error within the cgroup_release_agent_write() function in  kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c. A local user can use the cgroups v1 release_agent feature to escalate privileges and bypass the namespace isolation.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1418