(RHSA-2023:5622) Important: kernel security and bug fix update

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

Security Fix(es):

• kernel: net/sched: cls_u32 component reference counter leak if tcf_change_indev() fails (CVE-2023-3609)

• kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in nf_tables when processing batch requests can lead to privilege escalation (CVE-2023-32233)

• kernel: nf_tables: stack-out-of-bounds-read in nft_byteorder_eval() (CVE-2023-35001)

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):

• Low memory deadlock with md devices and external (imsm) metadata handling (BZ#1703180)

• cifs: memory leak in smb2_query_symlink (BZ#2166706)

• bnxt_en: panic in bnxt_tx_int Redux (BZ#2175062)

• NFS client loop in BIND_CONN_TO_SESSION (BZ#2219604)