First published: Tue Apr 06 2021(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: use after free in eventpoll.c may lead to escalation of privilege (CVE-2020-0466)</li> <li> kernel: SCSI target (LIO) write to any block on ILO backstore (CVE-2020-28374)</li> <li> kernel: Use after free via PI futex state (CVE-2021-3347)</li> <li> kernel: race conditions caused by wrong locking in net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c (CVE-2021-26708)</li> <li> kernel: out-of-bounds read in libiscsi module (CVE-2021-27364)</li> <li> kernel: heap buffer overflow in the iSCSI subsystem (CVE-2021-27365)</li> <li> Kernel: KVM: host stack overflow due to lazy update IOAPIC (CVE-2020-27152)</li> <li> kernel: iscsi: unrestricted access to sessions and handles (CVE-2021-27363)</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 possible livelock: WARNING: CPU: 28 PID: 3109 at kernel/ptrace.c:242 ptrace_check_attach+0xdd/0x1a0 (BZ#1925308)</li> <li> kernel-rt: update RT source tree to the RHEL-8.3.z3 source tree (BZ#1926369)</li>
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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redhat/kernel-rt | <4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 | 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 |
redhat/kernel-rt | <4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 | 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 |
redhat/kernel-rt-core | <4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 | 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 |
redhat/kernel-rt-debug | <4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 | 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 |
redhat/kernel-rt-debug-core | <4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 | 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 |
redhat/kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo | <4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 | 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 |
redhat/kernel-rt-debug-devel | <4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 | 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 |
redhat/kernel-rt-debug-modules | <4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 | 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 |
redhat/kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra | <4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 | 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 |
redhat/kernel-rt-debuginfo | <4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 | 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 |
redhat/kernel-rt-devel | <4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 | 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 |
redhat/kernel-rt-modules | <4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 | 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 |
redhat/kernel-rt-modules-extra | <4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 | 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 |
redhat/kernel-rt-debug-kvm | <4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 | 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 |
redhat/kernel-rt-kvm | <4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 | 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3 |
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The severity of RHSA-2021:1081 is classified as important due to the potential for escalation of privilege.
To fix RHSA-2021:1081, update the affected kernel-rt packages to version 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3.
RHSA-2021:1081 addresses a use-after-free vulnerability in eventpoll.c, identified as CVE-2020-0466.
The affected packages in RHSA-2021:1081 include kernel-rt, kernel-rt-core, and several related debug packages.
The use-after-free vulnerability in RHSA-2021:1081 requires local access to exploit, thus it is not remotely exploitable.