RHSA-2021:0689: Important: kpatch-patch security update

First published: Tue Mar 02 2021(Updated: )

This is a kernel live patch module which is automatically loaded by the RPM post-install script to modify the code of a running kernel.<br>Security Fix(es):<br><li> kernel: bad kfree in auditfilter.c may lead to escalation of privilege (CVE-2020-0444)</li> <li> kernel: locking issue in drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c can lead to an use-after-free (CVE-2020-29661)</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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