RHSA-2020:3219: Moderate: kernel-rt security and bug fix update

First published: Wed Jul 29 2020(Updated: )

The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.<br>Security Fix(es):<br><li> kernel: lockdown: bypass through ACPI write via efivar_ssdt (CVE-2019-20908)</li> <li> kernel: lockdown: bypass through ACPI write via acpi_configfs (CVE-2020-15780)</li> 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.<br>Bug Fix(es):<br><li> kernel-rt: provide infrastructure to support dual-signing of the kernel (foundation to help address CVE-2020-10713) (BZ#1837441)</li> <li> kernel-rt: update RT source tree to the RHEL-8.2.z3 source tree (BZ#1856816)</li>

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