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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1: Key Kernel Security Update RHSA-2021:3173-01

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Calendar Grey August 17, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important kernel security patch for CentOS 8.1 resolves several CVEs. System restart required after applying update.
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

Summary

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: Improper handling of VM_IO|VM_PFNMAP vmas in KVM can bypass RO checks (CVE-2021-22543)
* kernel: out-of-bounds write in xt_compat_target_from_user() in net/netfilter/x_tables.c (CVE-2021-22555)
* kernel: race condition for removal of the HCI controller (CVE-2021-32399)
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat DoS security fix important kernel out-of-bounds

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22543 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22555 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-32399 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1):
Source: kernel-4.18.0-147.52.1.el8_1.src.rpm
aarch64: bpftool-4.18.0-147.52.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.52.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-4.18.0-147.52.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-core-4.18.0-147.52.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-147.52.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-4.18.0-147.52.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-147.52.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.52.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-147.52.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-147.52.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.52.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.52.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.18.0-147.52.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-devel-4.18.0-147.52.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-headers-4.18.0-147.52.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-modules-4.18.0-147.52.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.52.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-4.18.0-147.52.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.52.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-147.52.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm perf-4.18.0-147.52.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.52.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm python3-perf-4.18.0-147.52.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:3173-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3173
Issue date: 2021-08-17

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1Extended Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat DoS security fix important kernel out-of-bounds

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 8.1) - aarch64, ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1965461 - CVE-2021-22543 kernel: Improper handling of VM_IO|VM_PFNMAP vmas in KVM can bypass RO checks

1970807 - CVE-2021-32399 kernel: race condition for removal of the HCI controller

1980101 - CVE-2021-22555 kernel: out-of-bounds write in xt_compat_target_from_user() in net/netfilter/x_tables.c

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