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HistoryJun 01, 2021 - 9:03 a.m.

(RHSA-2021:2169) Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update

2021-06-0109:03:22
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The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.

Security Fix(es):

  • kernel: userspace applications can misuse the KVM API to cause a write of 16 bytes at an offset up to 32 GB from vcpu->run (CVE-2021-3501)

  • kernel: nitro_enclaves stale file descriptors on failed usercopy (CVE-2021-3543)

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.

Bug Fix(es):

  • kernel-rt: update RT source tree to the RHEL-8.4.z0 source tree (BZ#1957489)