RedHat: RHSA-2021-4646:05 Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update
Summary
The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables
fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: Insufficient validation of user-supplied sizes for the MSG_CRYPTO
message type (CVE-2021-43267)
* kernel: timer tree corruption leads to missing wakeup and system freeze
(CVE-2021-20317)
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):
* kernel-rt: update RT source tree to the RHEL-8.5.z source tree
(BZ#2020036)
Summary
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.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20317 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-43267 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 8):
Source:
kernel-rt-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.src.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-rt-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-core-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-devel-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-kvm-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-devel-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-kvm-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-extra-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time (v. 8):
Source:
kernel-rt-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.src.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-rt-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-core-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-devel-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-devel-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-extra-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
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Topic
An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.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.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 8) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time (v. 8) - x86_64
Bugs Fixed
2005258 - CVE-2021-20317 kernel: timer tree corruption leads to missing wakeup and system freeze
2020362 - CVE-2021-43267 kernel: Insufficient validation of user-supplied sizes for the MSG_CRYPTO message type