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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RHSA-2021-4356 Moderate: Kernel Security Update

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Calendar Grey November 9, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
New patch released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 kernel classified as moderate, resolving various security vulnerabilities and bugs.
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Solution

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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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: out-of-bounds reads in pinctrl subsystem (CVE-2020-0427) * kernel: Improper input validation in some Intel(R) Ethernet E810 Adapter drivers (CVE-2020-24502) * kernel: Insufficient access control in some Intel(R) Ethernet E810 Adapter drivers (CVE-2020-24503) * kernel: Uncontrolled resource consumption in some Intel(R) Ethernet E810 Adapter drivers (CVE-2020-24504) * kernel: Fragmentation cache not cleared on reconnection (CVE-2020-24586) * kernel: Reassembling fragments encrypted under different keys (CVE-2020-24587) * kernel: wifi frame payload being parsed incorrectly as an L2 frame (CVE-2020-24588) * kernel: Forwarding EAPOL from unauthenticated wifi client (CVE-2020-26139) * kernel: accepting plaintext data frames in protected networks (CVE-2020-26140) * kernel: not verifying TKIP MIC of fragmented frames (CVE-2020-26141) * kernel: accepting fragmented plaintext frames in protected networks (CVE-2020-26143) * kernel: accepting unencrypted A-MSDU frames that start with RFC1042 header (CVE-2020-26144) * kernel: accepting plaintext broadcast fragments as full frames (CVE-2020-26145) * kernel: powerpc: RTAS calls can be used to compromise kernel integrity (CVE-2020-27777) * kernel: locking inconsistency in tty_io.c and tty_jobctrl.c can lead to a read-after-free (CVE-2020-29660) * kernel: buffer overflow in mwifiex_cmd_802_11_ad_hoc_start function via a long SSID value (CVE-2020-36158) * kernel: slab out-of-bounds read in hci_extended_inquiry_result_evt() (CVE-2020-36386) * kernel: Improper access control in BlueZ may allow information disclosure vulnerability. (CVE-2021-0129) * kernel: Use-after-free in ndb_queue_rq() in drivers/block/nbd.c (CVE-2021-3348) * kernel: Linux kernel eBPF RINGBUF map oversized allocation (CVE-2021-3489) * kernel: double free in bluetooth subsystem when the HCI device initialization fails (CVE-2021-3564) * kernel: use-after-free in function hci_sock_bound_ioctl() (CVE-2021-3573) * kernel: eBPF 32-bit source register truncation on div/mod (CVE-2021-3600) * kernel: DoS in rb_per_cpu_empty() (CVE-2021-3679) * kernel: Mounting overlayfs inside an unprivileged user namespace can reveal files (CVE-2021-3732) * kernel: heap overflow in __cgroup_bpf_run_filter_getsockopt() (CVE-2021-20194) * kernel: Race condition in sctp_destroy_sock list_del (CVE-2021-23133) * kernel: fuse: stall on CPU can occur because a retry loop continually finds the same bad inode (CVE-2021-28950) * kernel: System crash in intel_pmu_drain_pebs_nhm in arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c (CVE-2021-28971) * kernel: protection can be bypassed to leak content of kernel memory (CVE-2021-29155) * kernel: improper input validation in tipc_nl_retrieve_key function in net/tipc/node.c (CVE-2021-29646) * kernel: lack a full memory barrier may lead to DoS (CVE-2021-29650) * kernel: local escalation of privileges in handling of eBPF programs (CVE-2021-31440) * kernel: protection of stack pointer against speculative pointer arithmetic can be bypassed to leak content of kernel memory (CVE-2021-31829) * kernel: out-of-bounds reads and writes due to enforcing incorrect limits for pointer arithmetic operations by BPF verifier (CVE-2021-33200) * kernel: reassembling encrypted fragments with non-consecutive packet numbers (CVE-2020-26146) * kernel: reassembling mixed encrypted/plaintext fragments (CVE-2020-26147) * kernel: the copy-on-write implementation can grant unintended write access because of a race condition in a THP mapcount check (CVE-2020-29368) * kernel: flowtable list del corruption with kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:50 (CVE-2021-3635) * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in llsec_key_alloc() in net/mac802154/llsec.c (CVE-2021-3659) * kernel: setsockopt System Call Untrusted Pointer Dereference Information Disclosure (CVE-2021-20239) * kernel: out of bounds array access in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c (CVE-2021-31916)

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-0427 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24502 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24503 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24504 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24586 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24587 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24588 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26139 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26140 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26141 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26143 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26144 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26145 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26146 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26147 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27777 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-29368 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-29660 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36158 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36386 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-0129 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3348 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3489 Read the Full Advisory

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source: kernel-4.18.0-348.el8.src.rpm
aarch64: bpftool-4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64.rpm bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64.rpm kernel-4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64.rpm kernel-core-4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64.rpm kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64.rpm kernel-devel-4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64.rpm kernel-headers-4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64.rpm kernel-modules-4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64.rpm kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64.rpm perf-4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64.rpm perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64.rpm python3-perf-4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64.rpm python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-348.el8.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-4.18.0-348.el8.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: bpftool-4.18.0-348.el8.ppc64le.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:4356-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2021-11-09

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1509204 - dlm: Add ability to set SO_MARK on DLM sockets

1793880 - Unreliable RTC synchronization (11-minute mode)

1816493 - [RHEL 8.3] Discard request from mkfs.xfs takes too much time on raid10

1900844 - CVE-2020-27777 kernel: powerpc: RTAS calls can be used to compromise kernel integrity

1903244 - CVE-2020-29368 kernel: the copy-on-write implementation can grant unintended write access because of a race condition in a THP mapcount check

1906522 - CVE-2020-29660 kernel: locking inconsistency in drivers/tty/tty_io.c and drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c can lead to a read-after-free

1912683 - CVE-2021-20194 kernel: heap overflow in __cgroup_bpf_run_filter_getsockopt()

1913348 - CVE-2020-36158 kernel: buffer overflow in mwifiex_cmd_802_11_ad_hoc_start function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/join.c via a long SSID value

1915825 - Allow falling back to genfscon labeling when the FS doesn't support xattrs and there is a fs_use_xattr rule for it

1919893 - CVE-2020-0427 kernel: out-of-bounds reads in pinctrl subsystem.

1921958 - CVE-2021-3348 kernel: Use-after-free in ndb_queue_rq() in drivers/block/nbd.c

1923636 - CVE-2021-20239 kernel: setsockopt System Call Untrusted Pointer Dereference Information Disclosure

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1979680 - Backport openvswitch tracepoints

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