ELSA-2023-12256: Security update for 2 packages

ELSA-2023-12256, released April 17, 2023, fixes 5 CVEs across 2 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High

CVEs closed

None rated Critical

Exploited

None reported

Highest CVSS

8.8

Base score, 0 to 10

Highest EPSS

0.0035

29th percentile

Priority of the 5 CVEs

Patch now 0
                                Urgent 0
                                High 2
                                Routine 3

Fixed package versions

Product	Release	Fixed in
kernel-uek-container	ol 8	0:5.4.17-2136.318.7.1.el8
kernel-uek-container-debug	ol 8	0:5.4.17-2136.318.7.1.el8

CVEs this fix closes

Priority	CVE	Title	CVSS	EPSS	Exploitation
High	CVE-2022-2196	linux: A regression exists in the Linux Kernel within KVM: nVMX that allowed for speculative execution attacks. L2 can carry...	8.8	0.0035	None reported
High	CVE-2023-23559	linux: In rndis_query_oid in drivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.c in the Linux kernel through 6.1.5, there is an integer overfl...	7.8	0.0031	None reported
Routine	CVE-2022-27672	linux: When SMT is enabled, certain AMD processors may speculatively execute instructions using a target from the sibling th...	4.7	0.0028	None reported
Routine	CVE-2022-3108	kernel-zfcpdump-core: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: f...	5.5	0.0022	None reported
Routine	CVE-2022-4129	kernel-rt-kvm: The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high...	5.5	0.0018	None reported

Also fixes CVE-2022-2196

RHSA-2023:2458
bpftool, kernel, kernel-64k and 43 more on RHEL 9
RHSA-2023:2148
kernel-rt, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-debug and 11 more on RHEL 9
ELSA-2023-2458
bpftool, kernel, kernel-abi-stablelists and 24 more on ol 9
ALSA-2023:2148
kernel-rt, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-debug and 11 more on almalinux 9
ALSA-2023:2458
bpftool, kernel, kernel-64k and 44 more on almalinux 9
RHSA-2023:2951
bpftool, kernel, kernel-abi-stablelists and 20 more on RHEL 8
RHSA-2023:2736
kernel-rt, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-debug and 9 more on RHEL 8
ELSA-2023-2951
bpftool, kernel, kernel-abi-stablelists and 17 more on ol 8

Vendor advisory

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-12256.html

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