A kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update has been released for AlmaLinux.

ALSA-2021:3057 Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Type:
security

Severity:
important

Release date:
2021-08-10

Description
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: race condition in net/can/bcm.c leads to local privilege escalation (CVE-2021-3609)
* kernel: Improper handling of VM_IO|VM_PFNMAP vmas in KVM can bypass RO checks (CVE-2021-22543)
* kernel: out-of-bounds write in xt_compat_target_from_user() in net/netfilter/x_tables.c (CVE-2021-22555)
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):
* Urgent: Missing dptf_power.ko module in RHEL8 (BZ#1968381)
* mlx5 kdump over NFS fails: mlx5 driver gives error "Stop room 95 is bigger than the SQ size 64" (BZ#1969909)
* BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000000 in bluetooth hci_error_reset on intel-tigerlake-h01 (BZ#1972564)
* Update CIFS to kernel 5.10 (BZ#1973637)
* Backport "tick/nohz: Conditionally restart tick on idle exit" to RHEL 8.5 (BZ#1978710)
* Significant performance drop starting on kernel-4.18.0-277 visible on mmap benchmark (BZ#1980314)
* Inaccessible NFS server overloads clients (native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath connotation?) (BZ#1980613)
* RHEL8.4 BUG,RialtoMLK, I915 graphic driver failed to boot with one new 120HZ panel (BZ#1981250)
* act_ct: subject to DNAT tuple collision (BZ#1982494)
Enhancement(s):
* Lenovo 8.5 FEAT drivers/nvme - Update to the latest upstream (BZ#1965415)

References:
CVE-2021-3609
CVE-2021-22543
CVE-2021-22555

Updates packages:
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm

Notes:
This page is generated automatically and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.

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