A kernel-rt security and bug fix update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

RHSA-2021:3439-01: Moderate: kernel-rt security and bug fix update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Moderate: kernel-rt security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:3439-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3439
Issue date: 2021-09-07
CVE Names: CVE-2021-3715
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1. Summary:

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 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 Enterprise Linux for Real Time (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

3. Description:

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 route4_change() in net/sched/cls_route.c
(CVE-2021-3715)

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 to the latest RHEL7.9.z source tree (BZ#1995878)

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/):

1993988 - CVE-2021-3715 kernel: use-after-free in route4_change() in net/sched/cls_route.c

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7):

Source:
kernel-rt-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.src.rpm

noarch:
kernel-rt-doc-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-rt-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-devel-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-kvm-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-kvm-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-devel-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-kvm-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-kvm-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-trace-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-trace-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-trace-devel-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-trace-kvm-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-trace-kvm-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time (v. 7):

Source:
kernel-rt-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.src.rpm

noarch:
kernel-rt-doc-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-rt-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-devel-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-devel-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-trace-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-trace-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-trace-devel-3.10.0-1160.42.2.rt56.1182.el7.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
  https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3715
  https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at   https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

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