The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: race condition in perfeventopen leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2022-1729) 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): * conntrack entries linger around after test (BZ#2066356) * Any process performing I/O doesn't fail on degraded LVM RAID and IO process hangs (BZ#2075075) * fix data corruption caused by dm-integrity (BZ#2082184) * Backport request of "genirq: use rcu in kstatirqsusr()" (BZ#2083308) * SUT will flash once color screen during boot to OS. (BZ#2083384) * Kernel Support Fixes for UV5 platform (BZ#2084645) * i/o on initiator stuck when network is disrupted (4.18.0-372.9.1.el8.x8664) (BZ#2091078) * glock deadlock (using the dct tool) (BZ#2092073) * Recursive locking in gfs2fault (read/write + mmap) (BZ#2092074) * 8.6.z backport of "vmxnet3: add support for 32 Tx/Rx queues" from BZ 2083561 (BZ#2094473) * System freezes with callstack in dmesg: retfromfork (BZ#2096305) * Need some changes in AlmaLinux8.x kernels. (BZ#2096931) * Bad length in dpctl/dump-flows (BZ#2097796) Enhancement(s): * Elkhart Graphics - remove force_probe flag (BZ#2075567)