(RHSA-2023:3397) Important: qatzip security and bug fix update

QATzip is a user space library which builds on top of the Intel QuickAssist Technology user space library, to provide extended accelerated compression and decompression services by offloading the actual compression and decompression request(s) to the Intel Chipset Series. QATzip produces data using the standard gzip* format (RFC1952) with extended headers. The data can be decompressed with a compliant gzip* implementation. QATzip is designed to take full advantage of the performance provided by Intel QuickAssist Technology.

Security Fix(es):

• qatzip: local privilege escalation (CVE-2022-36369)

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):

• Intel QAT Update - QATzip (User Space Changes) (BZ#2178769)