RedHat: RHSA-2021-4779:02 Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update
Summary
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: use-after-free in drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c ctx
use-after-free (CVE-2020-36385)
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):
* BUG: scheduling while atomic: bz722926/3905/0x00000002 regresion case
with zram (BZ#1833860)
* kernel-rt: update to the latest RHEL7.9.z10 source tree (BZ#2009077)
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36385 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7):
Source:
kernel-rt-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-rt-doc-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-rt-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-devel-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-kvm-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-kvm-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-devel-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-kvm-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-kvm-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-trace-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-trace-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-trace-devel-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-trace-kvm-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-trace-kvm-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time (v. 7):
Source:
kernel-rt-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-rt-doc-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-rt-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-devel-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-devel-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-trace-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-trace-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-trace-devel-3.10.0-1160.49.1.rt56.1189.el7.x86_64.rpm
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details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1833860 - BUG: scheduling while atomic: bz722926/3905/0x00000002 regresion case with zram
1974319 - CVE-2020-36385 kernel: use-after-free in drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c ctx use-after-free