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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1: RHSA-2021-3676-01 Moderate KVM Security

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An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2021:3676-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3676
Issue date:        2021-09-28
CVE Names:         CVE-2021-3653 CVE-2021-3656 
====================================================================
1. Summary:

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1
Extended Update Support.

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

* kernel: SVM nested virtualization issue in KVM (VMLOAD/VMSAVE)
(CVE-2021-3656)

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):

* RHEL8.1 Snapshot1 - [4.18.0-128.el8.ppc64le] [ Brazos 31TB/192 Core ]
While running upstream kernel selftest case system crashed (TM)
(BZ#1996056)

* Kernel panic at n_tty_set_termios+0x30 (BZ#1998001)

Enhancement(s):

* ixgbe: ea7813c6167a [netdrv] ixgbe: fix possible deadlock in
ixgbe_service_task() (BZ#1993834)

* [Marvell 8.2 FEAT] update qla2xxx to latest upstream (BZ#2000531)

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)
1983988 - CVE-2021-3656 kernel: SVM nested virtualization issue in KVM (VMLOAD/VMSAVE)

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1):

Source:
kernel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.src.rpm

aarch64:
bpftool-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm

noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.noarch.rpm

ppc64le:
bpftool-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
perf-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
bpftool-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-core-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
perf-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
bpftool-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 8.1):

aarch64:
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm

ppc64le:
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm

x86_64:
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and
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/cve/CVE-2021-3656
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

Copyright 2021 Red Hat, Inc.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1: RHSA-2021-3676-01 Moderate KVM Security

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Calendar Grey September 28, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Updated kernel security notice for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, featuring bug corrections and improvements outlined. Discover more!
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: SVM nested virtualization issue in KVM (AVIC support) (CVE-2021-3653)
* kernel: SVM nested virtualization issue in KVM (VMLOAD/VMSAVE) (CVE-2021-3656)
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):
* RHEL8.1 Snapshot1 - [4.18.0-128.el8.ppc64le] [ Brazos 31TB/192 Core ] While running upstream kernel selftest case system crashed (TM) (BZ#1996056)
* Kernel panic at n_tty_set_termios+0x30 (BZ#1998001)
Enhancement(s):
* ixgbe: ea7813c6167a [netdrv] ixgbe: fix possible deadlock in ixgbe_service_task() (BZ#1993834)
* [Marvell 8.2 FEAT] update qla2xxx to latest upstream (BZ#2000531)

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3653 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3656 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1):
Source: kernel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.src.rpm
aarch64: bpftool-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-core-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-headers-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-modules-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm perf-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm python3-perf-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:3676-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2021-09-28

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 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 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

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

1983988 - CVE-2021-3656 kernel: SVM nested virtualization issue in KVM (VMLOAD/VMSAVE)

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