The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix: * kernel: tls: race condition in do_tls_getsockopt may lead to use-after-free or NULL pointer dereference For more details about the security issue, including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page listed in the References section. Bug Fix: * RPL-P IOTG/RPL-S IOTG: cpu frequency issues * iscsi target deadlocks when the same host acts as an initiator to itself * HPEMC RHEL 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 [rhel-8] * block layer: cherry pick recent upstream fixes for 8.9 * xfs: deadlock in xfs_btree_split_worker * RHEL 8.9 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: * Intel 8.9 FEAT SPR power: Intel SST SNC4 support