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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2022:0063-01 Moderate: Kernel Fix

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Calendar Grey January 14, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The latest kernel enhancement for Red Hat Enterprise Linux addresses significant vulnerabilities and software glitches, categorized with a moderate priority level.
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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: perf_event_parse_addr_filter memory (CVE-2020-25704)
* kernel: fuse: fuse_do_getattr() calls make_bad_inode() in inappropriate situations (CVE-2020-36322)
* kernel: Heap buffer overflow in firedtv driver (CVE-2021-42739)
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):
* A gfs2 withdrawal occurs function = gfs2_setbit, file = fs/gfs2/rgrp.c, line = 109 (BZ#1364234)
* i40e SR-IOV TX driver issue detected on VF 7 - VF connectivity loose after VF down/up (BZ#1977246)
* duplicate ACK not sent when expected (BZ#1990665)
* [kernel-debug] BUG: bad unlock balance detected! when running LTP read_all (BZ#2006536)
* Rudimentary support for AMD Milan - Call init_amd_zn() om Family 19h processors (BZ#2019218)
* A VM with <=8 CPUs handles all the Mellanox NIC interrupts on CPU0 only, causing low performance (BZ#2019272)
* fix _PSD override quirk for AMD family 19h+ (BZ#2019588)
* generic_file_aio_read returns 0 when interrupted early with a fatal signal (BZ#2020857)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue kernel update bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate impact memory error

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25704 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36322 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-42739 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: kernel-3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.src.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: bpftool-3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.x86_64.rpm bpftool-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: bpftool-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:0063-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0063
Issue date: 2022-01-11

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue kernel update bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate impact memory error

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1895961 - CVE-2020-25704 kernel: perf_event_parse_addr_filter memory

1949560 - CVE-2020-36322 kernel: fuse: fuse_do_getattr() calls make_bad_inode() in inappropriate situations

1951739 - CVE-2021-42739 kernel: Heap buffer overflow in firedtv driver

2020857 - generic_file_aio_read returns 0 when interrupted early with a fatal signal [rhel-7.9.z]

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