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https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_6998.json

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:           Important: kernel security update
Advisory ID:        RHSA-2024:6998-03
Product:            Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6998
Issue date:         2024-09-24
Revision:           03
CVE Names:          CVE-2022-48638
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Summary: 

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.




Description:

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: net: fix possible store tearing in neigh_periodic_work() (CVE-2023-52522)

* kernel: fs/proc: do_task_stat: use sig->stats_lock to gather the threads/children stats (CVE-2024-26686)

* kernel: cgroup: cgroup_get_from_id() must check the looked-up kn is a directory (CVE-2022-48638)

* kernel: nvme-tcp: fix UAF when detecting digest errors (CVE-2022-48686)

* kernel: mptcp: ensure snd_nxt is properly initialized on connect (CVE-2024-36889)

* kernel: wifi: mac80211: Avoid address calculations via out of bounds array indexing (CVE-2024-41071)

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.


Solution:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258



CVEs:

CVE-2022-48638

References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2267795
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2273109
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2277829
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2278931
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2284571
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2300448