The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: kernel (4.18.0). (BZ#2036888) Security Fix(es): * kernel: improper initialization of the "flags" member of the new pipe_buffer (CVE-2022-0847) * kernel: Use After Free in unix_gc() which could result in a local privilege escalation (CVE-2021-0920) * kernel: local privilege escalation by exploiting the fsconfig syscall parameter leads to container breakout (CVE-2021-4154) * kernel: possible privileges escalation due to missing TLB flush (CVE-2022-0330) * kernel: remote stack overflow via kernel panic on systems using TIPC may lead to DoS (CVE-2022-0435) * kernel: cgroups v1 release_agent feature may allow privilege escalation (CVE-2022-0492) * kernel: missing check in ioctl allows kernel memory read/write (CVE-2022-0516) * kernel: failing usercopy allows for use-after-free exploitation (CVE-2022-22942) 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): * Intel QAT Kernel power up fix (BZ#2016437) * AlmaLinux8.4 seeing scsi_dma_map failed with mpt3sas driver and affecting performance (BZ#2018928) * [Lenovo 8.4 bug] audio_HDMI certification failed on AlmaLinux 8.4GA (No hdmi out) (BZ#2027335) * [AlmaLinux-8.5][4.18.0-323.el8.ppc64le][POWER8/9/10] security_flavor mode is not set back to zero post online migration (BZ#2027448) * iommu/amd: Fix unable to handle page fault due to AVIC (BZ#2030854) * [Lenovo 8.4 bug]The VGA display shows no signal (black screen) when install AlmaLinux8.4(beta or rc1) in the legacy BIOS mode. (BZ#2034949) * Double free of kmalloc-64 cache struct ib_port->pkey_group from module ib_core . (BZ#2038724) * Bus error with huge pages enabled (BZ#2039015) * AlmaLinux8 - kvm: floating interrupts may get stuck (BZ#2040769) * Data corruption on small files served by httpd, which is backed by cifs-mount (BZ#2041529) * Add a net/mlx5 patch for Hardware Offload Fix (BZ#2042663) * Windows guest random Bsod when 'hv-tlbflush' enlightenment is enabled (BZ#2043237) * DNS lookup failures when run two times in a row (BZ#2043548) * net/sched: Fix ct zone matching for invalid conntrack state (BZ#2043550) * Kernel 4.18.0-348.2.1 secpath_cache memory leak involving strongswan tunnel (BZ#2047427) * OCP node XFS metadata corruption after numerous reboots (BZ#2049292) * Broadcom bnxt_re: RDMA stats are not incrementing (BZ#2049684) * ice: bug fix series for 8.6 (BZ#2051951) * panic while looking up a symlink due to NULL i_op->get_link (BZ#2052558) * ceph omnibus backport for AlmaLinux-8.6.0 (BZ#2053725) * SCTP peel-off with SELinux and containers in OCP (BZ#2054112) * Selinux is not allowing SCTP connection setup between inter pod communication in enforcing mode (BZ#2054117) * dnf fails with fsync() over local repository present on CIFS mount point (BZ#2055824)