RHSA-2021:2714: Important: kernel security and bug fix update

First published: Tue Jul 20 2021(Updated: )

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.<br>Security Fix(es):<br><li> kernel: size_t-to-int conversion vulnerability in the filesystem layer (CVE-2021-33909)</li> <li> kernel: race condition for removal of the HCI controller (CVE-2021-32399)</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> pinctrl_emmitsburg: improper configuration (BZ#1963984)</li> <li> [Ampere] locking/qrwlock: Fix ordering in queued_write_lock_slowpath (BZ#1964419)</li> <li> RHEL8.4 - [P10] [NPIV Multi queue Test kernel- 4.18.0-283.el8.ibmvfc_11022021.ppc64le] DLPAR operation fails for ibmvfc on Denali (ibmvfc/dlpar/RHEL8.4) (BZ#1964697)</li> <li> Every server is displaying the same power levels for all of our i40e 25G interfaces. 10G interfaces seem to be correct. Ethtool version is 5.0 (BZ#1967099)</li> <li> backport fixes for Connection Tracking offload (BZ#1968679)</li> <li> fm10k: removal of MODULE_VERSION deemed improper for y-stream release (BZ#1969910)</li> <li> ixgbevf: removal of MODULE_VERSION deemed improper for y-stream release (BZ#1969911)</li> <li> ena: removal of MODULE_VERSION deemed improper for y-stream release (BZ#1969913)</li> <li> b44, bnx2, bnx2x, bnxt, tg3: removal of MODULE_VERSION deemed improper for y-stream release (BZ#1969914)</li> <li> e1000, e1000e: removal of MODULE_VERSION deemed improper for y-stream release (BZ#1969915)</li> <li> ice: removal of MODULE_VERSION deemed improper for y-stream release (BZ#1969917)</li> <li> igb: removal of MODULE_VERSION deemed improper for y-stream release (BZ#1969919)</li> <li> igbvf: removal of MODULE_VERSION deemed improper for y-stream release (BZ#1969920)</li> <li> igc: removal of MODULE_VERSION deemed improper for y-stream release (BZ#1969921)</li> <li> ixgbe: removal of MODULE_VERSION deemed improper for y-stream release (BZ#1969922)</li> <li> i40e: removal of MODULE_VERSION deemed improper for y-stream release (BZ#1969923)</li> <li> iavf: removal of MODULE_VERSION deemed improper for y-stream release (BZ#1969925)</li> <li> Backport netlink extack tracepoint (BZ#1972938)</li> <li> [RHEL8.4] kernel panic when create NPIV port on qedf driver (BZ#1974968)</li>

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