kernel-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: tls: race condition in do_tls_getsockopt may lead to use-after-free or NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2023-28466)

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):

* RPL-P IOTG/RPL-S IOTG: cpu frequency issues
* iscsi target deadlocks when the same host acts as an initiator to itself (i.e. connects via 127.0.0.1)
* HPEMC ML 8 REGRESSION: acpi-cpufreq: Skip initialization if a cpufreq driver exists
* kernel[-rt]: task deadline_test:2526 blocked for more than 600 seconds.
* Dying percpu kworkers cause issues on isolated CPUs [ml-8]
* block layer: cherry pick recent upstream fixes (up to v6.3-rc1) for 8.8 Update
* xfs: deadlock in xfs_btree_split_worker
* ML 8.8 Update hwpoison: data loss when memory error occurs on hugetlb pagecache
* Intel E810 card unable to create a MACVLAN on interface already configured as SRIOV
* mlxsw: kselftest case -usr-libexec-kselftests-drivers-net-mlxsw-devlink-trap-policer-sh trigger call trace
* Invalid character detected by rpminspect in Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/magic-number.rst

Enhancement(s):

* Intel 8.8 Update FEAT SPR power: Intel SST SNC4 support

CVE-2023-28466
do_tls_getsockopt in net/tls/tls_main.c in the Linux kernel through 6.2.6 lacks a lock_sock call, leading to a race condition (with a resultant use-after-free or NULL pointer dereference).