ALSA-2022:6437

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    ALSA-2022:6437

    Published: 13 Sept 2022Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Moderate: kernel-rt security and bug fix update

    Details: The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements. Security Fix(es): * Incomplete cleanup of multi-core shared buffers (aka SBDR) (CVE-2022-21123) * Incomplete cleanup of microarchitectural fill buffers (aka SBDS) (CVE-2022-21125) * Incomplete cleanup in specific special register write operations (aka DRPW) (CVE-2022-21166) 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): * The latest AlmaLinux 8.6.z3 kernel changes need to be merged into the RT source tree to keep source parity between the two kernels. (BZ#2111112)

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6437, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21123, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21125, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21166, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2090237, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2090240, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2090241, https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-6437.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kernel-rt

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.18.0-372.26.1.rt7.183.el8_6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Integrity
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    Availability
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