QID 239456

Date Published: 2021-07-05

QID 239456: Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:0774)

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: bad kfree in auditfilter.c may lead to escalation of privilege (CVE-2020-0444) kernel: Local buffer overflow in ctnetlink_parse_tuple_filter in net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c (CVE-2020-25211) kernel: locking issue in drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c can lead to an use-after-free (CVE-2020-29661) kernel: performance counters race condition use-after-free (CVE-2020-14351) kernel: ICMP rate limiting can be used for DNS poisoning attack (CVE-2020-25705)

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

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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-2021:0774 to address this issue and obtain more information.

    Vendor References
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2021:0774 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0774?language=en