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ZMCIRT Vulnerability Bulletin
ZMC-2021.08.11.100
kernel & kernel-rt: Multiple vulnerabilities
11th August 2021
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Product: kernel
kernel-rt
Publisher: Red Hat
Operating System: Red Hat
Impact/Access: Root Compromise -- Existing Account
Denial of Service -- Existing Account
Reduced Security -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2021-22555 CVE-2021-22543 CVE-2021-3609
Reference: ESB-2021.2621
ESB-2021.2511
ESB-2021.2452
Original Bulletin:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3057
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3088
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:3057-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3057
Issue date: 2021-08-10
CVE Names: CVE-2021-3609 CVE-2021-22543 CVE-2021-22555
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1. Summary:
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 impact
of Important. 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 (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - 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: race condition in net/can/bcm.c leads to local privilege
escalation (CVE-2021-3609)
* kernel: Improper handling of VM_IO|VM_PFNMAP vmas in KVM can bypass RO
checks (CVE-2021-22543)
* kernel: out-of-bounds write in xt_compat_target_from_user() in
net/netfilter/x_tables.c (CVE-2021-22555)
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):
* Urgent: Missing dptf_power.ko module in RHEL8 (BZ#1968381)
* [mlx5] kdump over NFS fails: mlx5 driver gives error "Stop room 95 is
bigger than the SQ size 64" (BZ#1969909)
* BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000000
in bluetooth hci_error_reset on intel-tigerlake-h01 (BZ#1972564)
* Update CIFS to kernel 5.10 (BZ#1973637)
* Backport "tick/nohz: Conditionally restart tick on idle exit" to RHEL 8.5
(BZ#1978710)
* Significant performance drop starting on kernel-4.18.0-277 visible on
mmap benchmark (BZ#1980314)
* Inaccessible NFS server overloads clients
(native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath connotation?) (BZ#1980613)
* [RHEL8.4 BUG],RialtoMLK, I915 graphic driver failed to boot with one new
120HZ panel (BZ#1981250)
* act_ct: subject to DNAT tuple collision (BZ#1982494)
Enhancement(s):
* [Lenovo 8.5 FEAT] drivers/nvme - Update to the latest upstream
(BZ#1965415)
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/):
1965461 - CVE-2021-22543 kernel: Improper handling of VM_IO|VM_PFNMAP vmas in KVM can bypass RO checks
1971651 - CVE-2021-3609 kernel: race condition in net/can/bcm.c leads to local privilege escalation
1980101 - CVE-2021-22555 kernel: out-of-bounds write in xt_compat_target_from_user() in net/netfilter/x_tables.c
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source:
kernel-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.src.rpm
aarch64:
bpftool-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
bpftool-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
perf-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
bpftool-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-core-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-devel-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
perf-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
bpftool-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8):
aarch64:
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
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https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3609
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22543
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22555
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
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