CVE-2022-28893

medium
Published 2022-11-15 ยท Modified 2022-11-18
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.5

Description

Moderate: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Red Hat Errata โ€” Red Hat Inc. ยท View original โ†— ยท Open-Errata-API

Description kernel: use after free in SUNRPC subsystem Red Hat statement This flaw can be mitigated by preventing the affected SUNRPC driver (sunrpc) kernel module from loading during the boot time, ensuring the module is added to the blacklist file. ~~~ Refer: How do I blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically? https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 ~~~ CVSS v3: 6.6โ€ฆ

Description

kernel: use after free in SUNRPC subsystem

Red Hat statement

This flaw can be mitigated by preventing the affected SUNRPC driver (sunrpc) kernel module from loading during the boot time, ensuring the module is added to the blacklist file. ~~~ Refer: How do I blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically? https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 ~~~

CVSS v3: 6.6 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H)

Errata / fixed releases

ProductPackageAdvisoryReleased
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-425.3.1.rt7.213.el8RHSA-2022:74442022-11-08T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8kernel-0:4.18.0-425.3.1.el8RHSA-2022:76832022-11-08T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Supportkernel-0:4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6RHSA-2024:07242024-02-07T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9kernel-0:5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1RHSA-2022:82672022-11-15T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-162.6.1.rt21.168.el9_1RHSA-2022:79332022-11-15T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9kernel-0:5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1RHSA-2022:82672022-11-15T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8kernel-0:4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6RHSA-2024:07242024-02-07T00:00:00Z

Package state

ProductPackageState
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6kernelOut of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7kernelOut of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7kernel-rtOut of support scope

Apply commands

bash fix
Apply RHSA-2022:7444 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
yum update -y kernel-rt
# or:
dnf upgrade -y kernel-rt

OS impact

suse SUSE Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
โ€” Affected โ€”
almalinux AlmaLinux Fixed 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
9 Fixed kernel-rt-debug-core-5.14.0-162.6.1.rt21.168.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
8 Fixed kernel-doc-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.noarch.rpm
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 5.17.3-1
sid Fixed 5.17.3-1
forky Fixed 5.17.3-1
bullseye Fixed 5.10.120-1
bookworm Fixed 5.17.3-1
redhat Red Hat Fixed 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
9 Fixed โ€”
8 Fixed โ€”
rockylinux Rocky Linux Fixed 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
8 Fixed โ€”

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.