QID 239455

Date Published: 2021-07-05

QID 239455: Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:1279)

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 via PI futex state (CVE-2021-3347) kernel: out-of-bounds read in libiscsi module (CVE-2021-27364) kernel: heap buffer overflow in the iSCSI subsystem (CVE-2021-27365) kernel: iscsi: unrestricted access to sessions and handles (CVE-2021-27363)

Affected Products:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time - Telecommunications Update Service 8.2 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV - Telecommunications Update Service 8.2 x86_64

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

On successful exploitation, it could allow an attacker to execute code.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.2 severity.
  • Solution
    Upgrade to the latest packages which contain a patch. Refer to Applying Package Updates to RHEL system for details.

    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2021:1279 to address this issue and obtain more information.

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 239455

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2021:1279 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1279?language=en