RHSA-2023:7423HighCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Published
November 21, 2023
Last Modified
November 6, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (8)

CVE-2023-4206 →CVE-2023-4207 →CVE-2023-4208 →CVE-2023-31436 →CVE-2022-40982 →CVE-2023-3611 →CVE-2023-3776 →CVE-2023-4128 · pending

📋 Description

CVE-2022-40982 — hw: Intel: Gather Data Sampling (GDS) side channel vulnerability CVE-2023-3611 — kernel: net/sched: sch_qfq component can be exploited if in qfq_change_agg function happens qfq_enqueue overhead CVE-2023-3776 — kernel: net/sched: cls_fw component can be exploited as result of failure in tcf_change_indev function CVE-2023-4128 — kernel: net/sched: Use-after-free vulnerabilities in the net/sched classifiers: cls_fw, cls_u32 and cls_route CVE-2023-4206 — kernel: net/sched: Use-after-free vulnerabilities in the net/sched classifiers: cls_fw, cls_u32 and cls_route CVE-2023-4207 — kernel: net/sched: Use-after-free vulnerabilities in the net/sched classifiers: cls_fw, cls_u32 and cls_route CVE-2023-4208 — kernel: net/sched: Use-after-free vulnerabilities in the net/sched classifiers: cls_fw, cls_u32 and cls_route CVE-2023-31436 — kernel: out-of-bounds write in qfq_change_class function

🎯 Affected products162

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)
  • bpftool-0:3.10.0-1160.105.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • bpftool-0:3.10.0-1160.105.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • bpftool-0:3.10.0-1160.105.1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • bpftool-0:3.10.0-1160.105.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • bpftool-0:3.10.0-1160.105.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • bpftool-0:3.10.0-1160.105.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.105.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.105.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.105.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.105.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.105.1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.105.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.105.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.105.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.105.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.105.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.105.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.105.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-1160.105.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-1160.105.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-1160.105.1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-1160.105.1.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-1160.105.1.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. Workaround: The vulnerability can be mitigated by installing the CPU microcode package microcode_ctl version 20230808. Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is to skip loading the affected module sch_qfq onto the system until we have a fix available. This can be done by a blacklist mechanism and will ensure the driver is not loaded at the boot time. ~~~ 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 module cls_fw from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically. Workaround: To mitigate this issue, prevent the module cls_u32 from being loaded by blacklisting the module to prevent it from loading automatically. ~~~ https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 ~~~ Workaround: To mitigate this issue, prevent the module, sch_qfq from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for information on how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

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