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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2022:0065-05 Security Update for Kernel-RT

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Calendar Grey January 11, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The recent patch from Red Hat for kernel-rt targets various security vulnerabilities, providing in-depth solutions and recommendations for users.
An update for kernel-rt 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-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.
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):
* kernel-rt: update to the latest RHEL7.9.z11 source tree (BZ#2022891)

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Topics Covered

security advisory kernel update bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate severity security issues real-time kernel

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 for Real Time for NFV (v. 7):
Source: kernel-rt-3.10.0-1160.53.1.rt56.1193.el7.src.rpm
noarch: kernel-rt-doc-3.10.0-1160.53.1.rt56.1193.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: kernel-rt-3.10.0-1160.53.1.rt56.1193.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debug-3.10.0-1160.53.1.rt56.1193.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.53.1.rt56.1193.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debug-devel-3.10.0-1160.53.1.rt56.1193.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debug-kvm-3.10.0-1160.53.1.rt56.1193.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debug-kvm-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.53.1.rt56.1193.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.53.1.rt56.1193.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-1160.53.1.rt56.1193.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-devel-3.10.0-1160.53.1.rt56.1193.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-kvm-3.10.0-1160.53.1.rt56.1193.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-kvm-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.53.1.rt56.1193.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-trace-3.10.0-1160.53.1.rt56.1193.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-trace-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.53.1.rt56.1193.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-trace-devel-3.10.0-1160.53.1.rt56.1193.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-trace-kvm-3.10.0-1160.53.1.rt56.1193.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-trace-kvm-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.53.1.rt56.1193.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time (v. 7):
Source:

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:0065-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0065
Issue date: 2022-01-11

Topic

An update for kernel-rt 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory kernel update bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate severity security issues real-time kernel

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7) - noarch, 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

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