(RHSA-2023:4541) Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update

The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.

Security Fix(es):

• kernel: use-after-free in l2cap_connect and l2cap_le_connect_req in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-42896)

• kernel: tcindex: use-after-free vulnerability in traffic control index filter allows privilege escalation (CVE-2023-1281)

• kernel: Use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel traffic control index filter (CVE-2023-1829)

• kernel: use-after-free vulnerability in the perf_group_detach function of the Linux Kernel Performance Events (CVE-2023-2235)

• kernel: OOB access in the Linux kernel’s XFS subsystem (CVE-2023-2124)

• kernel: i2c: out-of-bounds write in xgene_slimpro_i2c_xfer() (CVE-2023-2194)

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):

• Addding the building of i915 driver to 8.8 (BZ#2208276)

• kernel-rt: update RT source tree to the RHEL-8.8.z2 source tree (BZ#2215026)