The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
kernel: net/ulp: use-after-free in listening ULP sockets (CVE-2023-0461)
kernel: udmabuf: improper validation of array index leading to local privilege escalation (CVE-2023-2008)
kernel: use-after-free in Netfilter nf_tables when processing batch requests can lead to privilege escalation (CVE-2023-32233)
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 - (kernel changes) (BZ#2176848)
Significant performance drop for getrandom system call when FIPS is enabled (compared to RHEL 8) (BZ#2183477)
Azure RHEL9 Backport upstream commit 93827a0a36396f2fd6368a54a020f420c8916e9b [KVM: VMX: Fix crash due to uninitialized current_vmcs] (BZ#2186824)
kernel[-rt]: task deadline_test:1778 blocked for more than 622 seconds (BZ#2188657)