SB2022121412 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time 9.0 for kernel-rt
Published: December 14, 2022 Updated: June 8, 2023
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 12 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1158)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due the KVM implementation in Linux kernel does not properly perform guest page table updates in some situations. A remote user on the guest operating system can trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service attack against the host OS.
2) Integer underflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2639)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer underflow within the reserve_sfa_size() function in the openvswitch kernel module in Linux kernel. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and crash the system or escalate privileges.
3) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2959)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a missing lock in the pipe_resize_ring() function within the watch queue when performing operations on an object. A local user can exploit the race and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information and escalate privileges on the system.
4) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21123)
The vulnerability allows an attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists in Intel processors due to excessive data output when DirectPath I/O (PCI-Passthrough) is utilized. An attacker (both local and remote) with administrative access to a virtual machine that has an attached DirectPath I/O (PCI-Passthrough) device can obtain information stored in physical memory about the hypervisor or other virtual machines that reside on the same host.
5) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21125)
The vulnerability allows an attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists in Intel processors due to excessive data output when DirectPath I/O (PCI-Passthrough) is utilized. An attacker (both local and remote) with administrative access to a virtual machine that has an attached DirectPath I/O (PCI-Passthrough) device can obtain information stored in physical memory about the hypervisor or other virtual machines that reside on the same host.
6) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21166)
The vulnerability allows an attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists in Intel processors due to excessive data output when DirectPath I/O (PCI-Passthrough) is utilized. An attacker (both local and remote) with administrative access to a virtual machine that has an attached DirectPath I/O (PCI-Passthrough) device can obtain information stored in physical memory about the hypervisor or other virtual machines that reside on the same host.
7) Type Confusion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23816)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a branch type confusion. A local user can force the branch predictor to predict the wrong branch type and gain access to sensitive information.
8) Type Confusion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23825)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a branch type confusion. A local user can force the branch predictor to predict the wrong branch type and gain access to sensitive information.
9) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-26373)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to non-transparent sharing of return predictor targets between contexts in Intel CPU processors. A local user can bypass the expected architecture isolation between contexts and gain access to sensitive information on the system.
10) Processor optimization removal or modification of security-critical code (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-29900)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a mistrained branch predictions for return instructions. A local user can execute arbitrary speculative code under certain microarchitecture-dependent conditions. The vulnerability was dubbed RETbleed.
11) Processor optimization removal or modification of security-critical code (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-29901)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the way non-transparent sharing of branch predictor targets between contexts. A local user can exploit the vulnerability to gain access to sensitive information.
12) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-43945)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attacl.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the Linux kernel NFSD implementation. A remote attacker can send the RPC message over TCP with garbage data added at the end of the message, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.