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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RHSA-2021-3548-01 Moderate Kernel Security Fix

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An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2021:3548-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3548
Issue date:        2021-09-15
CVE Names:         CVE-2021-3653 
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1. Summary:

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

3. Description:

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: SVM nested virtualization issue in KVM (AVIC support)
(CVE-2021-3653)

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):

* RHEL8.4 Nightly[0308] - HST:STC950:Fleetwood: LPAR crashed during LPM:
BUG at lib/locks.c:34!  (using ibmvfc) (BZ#1969792)

* RHEL8.2 - s390/vtime: fix increased steal time accounting (BZ#1988386)

* [FJ8.4 Bug]: Installation of RHEL8.4 hang up on a Tatlow platform while
loading intel_lpss_pci module. (BZ#1989560)

* kernel panic in drm_fb_helper_dirty_work() caused by a race condition qxl
driver (BZ#1992839)

* [RHEL8.4] TIOCGSERIAL ioctl fails on serial device (BZ#1993872)

* RHEL8.4 Nightly[0208] - kernel panic when executing test case for
persistent device configuration (using DASD) (BZ#1995206)

* Killing ceph daemon leaving an unhealthy ocs/ocp cluster (worker node/s
NotReady) (BZ#1995862)

* ceph: potential data corruption in cephfs write_begin codepath
(BZ#1996680)

* libceph: allow addrvecs with a single NONE/blank address (BZ#1996682)

* [iavf] traffic stops after host sets vf trust on (BZ#1997536)

* [ice][iavf] hit some call trace and system panic when create-remove-vfs
in loop (BZ#1997538)

* Missing backport of IMA boot aggregate calculation in rhel 8.4 kernel
(BZ#1997766)

* XArray tests broken for single processor (BZ#1997997)

* [RHEL-8.4] mlock() end up returning -EINVAL instead of -ENOMEM in
rewriting the upper address bits. (BZ#1997998)

* Kernel panic at n_tty_set_termios+0x30 (BZ#1997999)

* [ice]BUG: scheduling while atomic: ifenslave/270215/0x00000200
(BZ#2000129)

* [ice]port lost connectivity after removing from bonding (BZ#2000130)

Enhancement(s):

* [Mellanox 8.5 FEAT] mlx5: drivers update upto Linux v5.12 (BZ#1983681)

4. 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.

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1983686 - CVE-2021-3653 kernel: SVM nested virtualization issue in KVM (AVIC support)

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):

Source:
kernel-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.src.rpm

aarch64:
bpftool-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm

noarch:
kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.noarch.rpm

ppc64le:
bpftool-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
perf-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
bpftool-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-core-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-devel-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
perf-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
bpftool-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8):

aarch64:
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm

ppc64le:
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm

x86_64:
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm

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details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3653
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RHSA-2021-3548-01 Moderate Kernel Security Fix

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Calendar Grey September 15, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
This release incorporates several important security updates and improvements for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel, tackling significant vulnerabilities.
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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: SVM nested virtualization issue in KVM (AVIC support) (CVE-2021-3653)
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):
* RHEL8.4 Nightly[0308] - HST:STC950:Fleetwood: LPAR crashed during LPM: BUG at lib/locks.c:34! (using ibmvfc) (BZ#1969792)
* RHEL8.2 - s390/vtime: fix increased steal time accounting (BZ#1988386)
* [FJ8.4 Bug]: Installation of RHEL8.4 hang up on a Tatlow platform while loading intel_lpss_pci module. (BZ#1989560)
* kernel panic in drm_fb_helper_dirty_work() caused by a race condition qxl driver (BZ#1992839)
* [RHEL8.4] TIOCGSERIAL ioctl fails on serial device (BZ#1993872)
* RHEL8.4 Nightly[0208] - kernel panic when executing test case for persistent device configuration (using DASD) (BZ#1995206)
* Killing ceph daemon leaving an unhealthy ocs/ocp cluster (worker node/s NotReady) (BZ#1995862)
* ceph: potential data corruption in cephfs write_begin codepath (BZ#1996680)
* libceph: allow addrvecs with a single NONE/blank address (BZ#1996682)
* [iavf] traffic stops after host sets vf trust on (BZ#1997536)
* [ice][iavf] hit some call trace and system panic when create-remove-vfs in loop (BZ#1997538)
* Missing backport of IMA boot aggregate calculation in rhel 8.4 kernel (BZ#1997766)
* XArray tests broken for single processor (BZ#1997997)
* [RHEL-8.4] mlock() end up returning -EINVAL instead of -ENOMEM in rewriting the upper address bits. (BZ#1997998)
* Kernel panic at n_tty_set_termios+0x30 (BZ#1997999)
* [ice]BUG: scheduling while atomic: ifenslave/270215/0x00000200 (BZ#2000129)
* [ice]port lost connectivity after removing from bonding (BZ#2000130)
Enhancement(s):
* [Mellanox 8.5 FEAT] mlx5: drivers update upto Linux v5.12 (BZ#1983681)

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3653 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source: kernel-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.src.rpm
aarch64: bpftool-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-core-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-devel-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-headers-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-modules-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm perf-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm python3-perf-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:3548-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2021-09-15

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1983686 - CVE-2021-3653 kernel: SVM nested virtualization issue in KVM (AVIC support)

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