Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is...

kernel: vsock: Keep the binding until socket destruction

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's virtual socket protocol network driver, where an improperly timed socket unbinding could result in a use-after-free issue. This flaw allows an attacker who can create and destroy arbitrary connections on virtual connections to read or modify system memory,...

kernel: race conditions caused by wrong locking in net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. Wrong locking in the AFVSOCK socket can cause a local privilege escalation, bypassing SMEP and SMAP. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability...