RHSA-2021:3802: Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update

First published: Tue Oct 12 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: Improper handling of VM_IO|VM_PFNMAP vmas in KVM can bypass RO checks (CVE-2021-22543)</li> <li> kernel: SVM nested virtualization issue in KVM (AVIC support) (CVE-2021-3653)</li> <li> kernel: SVM nested virtualization issue in KVM (VMLOAD/VMSAVE) (CVE-2021-3656)</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> Indefinite waiting for RCU callback while removing cgroup (BZ#1967844)</li> <li> kernel-rt: update to the latest RHEL7.9.z9 source tree (BZ#2002994)</li>

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