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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2021.3243
kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
29 September 2021
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Linux kernel
Publisher: Red Hat
Operating System: Red Hat
Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account
Denial of Service -- Existing Account
Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2021-3656 CVE-2021-3653
Reference: ESB-2021.3225
ESB-2021.3222
ESB-2021.3114
Original Bulletin:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3676
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:3676-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3676
Issue date: 2021-09-28
CVE Names: CVE-2021-3653 CVE-2021-3656
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1. Summary:
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1
Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. 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.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 8.1) - aarch64, ppc64le, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: SVM nested virtualization issue in KVM (AVIC support)
(CVE-2021-3653)
* kernel: SVM nested virtualization issue in KVM (VMLOAD/VMSAVE)
(CVE-2021-3656)
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):
* RHEL8.1 Snapshot1 - [4.18.0-128.el8.ppc64le] [ Brazos 31TB/192 Core ]
While running upstream kernel selftest case system crashed (TM)
(BZ#1996056)
* Kernel panic at n_tty_set_termios+0x30 (BZ#1998001)
Enhancement(s):
* ixgbe: ea7813c6167a [netdrv] ixgbe: fix possible deadlock in
ixgbe_service_task() (BZ#1993834)
* [Marvell 8.2 FEAT] update qla2xxx to latest upstream (BZ#2000531)
4. 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.
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1983686 - CVE-2021-3653 kernel: SVM nested virtualization issue in KVM (AVIC support)
1983988 - CVE-2021-3656 kernel: SVM nested virtualization issue in KVM (VMLOAD/VMSAVE)
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1):
Source:
kernel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.src.rpm
aarch64:
bpftool-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
bpftool-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
perf-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
bpftool-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-core-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
perf-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
bpftool-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 8.1):
aarch64:
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
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7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3653
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3656
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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