RHSA-2021:1531: Important: kernel security and bug fix update

First published: Tue May 11 2021(Updated: )

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.<br>Security Fix(es):<br><li> kernel: Local buffer overflow in ctnetlink_parse_tuple_filter in net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c (CVE-2020-25211)</li> <li> kernel: SCSI target (LIO) write to any block on ILO backstore (CVE-2020-28374)</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: malicious USB devices can lead to multiple out-of-bounds write (CVE-2019-19532)</li> <li> kernel: ICMP rate limiting can be used for DNS poisoning attack (CVE-2020-25705)</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> memcg: mem_cgroup_idr can be updated in an uncoordinated manner which can lead to corruption (BZ#1931899)</li> <li> [infiniband] Backport Request to fix Multicast Sendonly joins (BZ#1937819)</li> <li> [Azure][RHEL-7]Mellanox Patches To Prevent Kernel Hang In MLX4 (BZ#1939791)</li>

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