The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
- kernel: Small table perturb size in the TCP source port generation algorithm can lead to information leak (CVE-2022-1012)
- kernel: race condition in perf_event_open leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2022-1729)
- kernel: a use-after-free write in the netfilter subsystem can lead to privilege escalation to root (CVE-2022-1966)
- kernel: buffer overflow in IPsec ESP transformation code (CVE-2022-27666)
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.
Bug Fix(es):
- make SHA512_arch algos and CRYPTO_USER built-ins (BZ#2072643)
- SR-IOV performance > 50% degradation (BZ#2074830)
- fix data corruption caused by dm-integrity (BZ#2082187)
- SCTP client-side peeloff issues [almalinux-9] (BZ#2084044)
- TCP connection fails in a asymmetric routing situation (BZ#2085480)
- Fails to boot Multiple RT VMs each with multiple vCPUs (BZ#2086963)
- spec: Fix separate tools build (BZ#2090852)
- call traces related to eeh_pseries observed and vmcore is not captured, when kdump is triggered (BZ#2092255)
- Mark ThunderX NIC driver as unmaintained (BZ#2092638)