RHSA-2020:5656: Moderate: kernel security update

First published: Tue Dec 22 2020(Updated: )

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.<br>Security Fix(es):<br><li> kernel: out of bounds write in function i2c_smbus_xfer_emulated in drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c (CVE-2017-18551)</li> <li> kernel: race condition in smp_task_timedout() and smp_task_done() in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c leads to use-after-free (CVE-2018-20836)</li> <li> kernel: out of bounds write in i2c driver leads to local escalation of privilege (CVE-2019-9454)</li> <li> kernel: Denial Of Service in the __ipmi_bmc_register() function in drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c (CVE-2019-19046)</li> <li> kernel: mounting a crafted ext4 filesystem image, performing some operations, and unmounting can lead to a use-after-free in ext4_put_super in fs/ext4/super.c (CVE-2019-19447)</li> <li> kernel: out-of-bounds write via crafted keycode table (CVE-2019-20636)</li> <li> kernel: sg_write function lacks an sg_remove_request call in a certain failure case (CVE-2020-12770)</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.

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