RHSA-2023:4517HighCVSS 8.1

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Published
August 8, 2023
Last Modified
August 10, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (8)

CVE-2023-2235 →CVE-2022-42896 →CVE-2022-49853 →CVE-2022-50677 →CVE-2023-1281 →CVE-2023-1829 →CVE-2023-2124 →CVE-2023-2194 →

📋 Description

CVE-2022-42896 — kernel: use-after-free in l2cap_connect and l2cap_le_connect_req in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c CVE-2022-49853 — kernel: net: macvlan: fix memory leaks of macvlan_common_newlink CVE-2022-50677 — kernel: ipmi: fix use after free in _ipmi_destroy_user() CVE-2023-1281 — kernel: tcindex: use-after-free vulnerability in traffic control index filter allows privilege escalation CVE-2023-1829 — kernel: Use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel traffic control index filter CVE-2023-2124 — kernel: OOB access in the Linux kernel's XFS subsystem CVE-2023-2194 — kernel: i2c: out-of-bounds write in xgene_slimpro_i2c_xfer() CVE-2023-2235 — kernel: use-after-free vulnerability in the perf_group_detach function of the Linux Kernel Performance Events

🎯 Affected products122

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • bpftool-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • bpftool-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • bpftool-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • bpftool-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • kernel-abi-stablelists-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • kernel-core-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • kernel-core-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • kernel-core-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • kernel-core-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • kernel-debug-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • kernel-debug-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • kernel-debug-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • kernel-debug-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • kernel-debug-core-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • kernel-debug-core-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • kernel-debug-core-0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: This flaw can be mitigated by disabling Bluetooth on the operating system level. The kernel modules can be prevented from being loaded by using system-wide modprobe rules. For instructions on how to disable Bluetooth on RHEL please refer to https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2682931. Alternatively Bluetooth can be disabled within the hardware or at BIOS level which will also provide an effective mitigation as the kernel will not be able to detect that Bluetooth hardware is present on the system. Workaround: To mitigate this issue, prevent the ipmi_msghandler module from being loaded. See https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for instructions. Workaround: This flaw can be mitigated by preventing the affected traffic control index filter (cls_tcindex) kernel module from loading during the boot time, ensure the module is added into the blacklist file. ~~~ Refer: How do I blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically? https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 ~~~ Workaround: To mitigate this issue, prevent the module cls_tcindex from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 on how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically. Workaround: This flaw can be mitigated by preventing the i2c-xgene-slimpro module from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for information on how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from being loaded automatically.

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