Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) offers a full virtualization solution for Linux on numerous hardware platforms. The virt:Rocky Linux module contains packages which provide user-space components used to run virtual machines using KVM. The packages also provide APIs for managing and interacting with the virtualized systems.
Security Fix(es):
QEMU: net: e1000e: use-after-free while sending packets (CVE-2020-15859)
QEMU: slirp: invalid pointer initialization may lead to information disclosure (bootp) (CVE-2021-3592)
QEMU: slirp: invalid pointer initialization may lead to information disclosure (udp6) (CVE-2021-3593)
QEMU: slirp: invalid pointer initialization may lead to information disclosure (udp) (CVE-2021-3594)
QEMU: slirp: invalid pointer initialization may lead to information disclosure (tftp) (CVE-2021-3595)
libvirt: Insecure sVirt label generation (CVE-2021-3631)
libvirt: Improper locking on ACL failure in virStoragePoolLookupByTargetPath API (CVE-2021-3667)
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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1855250
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1859168
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bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1982134
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1986094
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1994041
errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:4191