(RHSA-2023:1970) Important: kernel security and bug fix update

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

• kernel: FUSE filesystem low-privileged user privileges escalation (CVE-2023-0386)

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):

• RHEL9.0 64TB/240c Denali: “vmcore failed, _exitcode:139” error observed while capturing vmcore during fadump after memory remove. Incomplete vmcore is captured. (BZ#2151214)

• Support cpuset.sched_load_balance by changing default CPUset directory structure. (BZ#2161106)

• CSB.V bit never becomes valid for NX Gzip job during LPAR migration. (BZ#2166251)

• Update intel_idle for Eaglestream/Sapphire Rapids support. (BZ#2168359)

• An application stopped on robust futex used via pthread_mutex_lock(). (BZ#2168837)

• FVTR1020:Rainier:Non-HMC:MPIPL Dump is not getting offloaded to Linux partition. (BZ#2170853)

• update qla2xxx driver to latest upstream. (BZ#2171812)

• MSFT MANA NET Patch RHEL-9: Fix accessing freed irq affinity_hint. (BZ#2175254)

• In FIPS mode, kernel does not transition into error state when RCT or APT health tests fail. (BZ#2181729)