Important: kpatch-patch security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-0466   CVE-2021-4155  

Synopsis

Important: kpatch-patch security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

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Topic

An update is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

This is a kernel live patch module which is automatically loaded by the RPM post-install script to modify the code of a running kernel.

Security Fix(es):

  • kernel: use after free in eventpoll.c may lead to escalation of privilege (CVE-2020-0466)
  • kernel: xfs: raw block device data leak in XFS_IOC_ALLOCSP IOCTL (CVE-2021-4155)

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.

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

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1920480 - CVE-2020-0466 kernel: use after free in eventpoll.c may lead to escalation of privilege
  • BZ - 2034813 - CVE-2021-4155 kernel: xfs: raw block device data leak in XFS_IOC_ALLOCSP IOCTL