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HistoryDec 21, 2021 - 9:07 a.m.

Moderate: kernel security and bug fix update

2021-12-2109:07:34
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4.7 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

4.7 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.3%

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

  • kernel: In Overlayfs missing a check for a negative dentry before calling vfs_rename() (CVE-2021-20321)

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):

  • panic while breaking a lease/delegation after user mode helper invocation (BZ#2010333)

  • The ASR driver is causing a system crash in AlmaLinux8.4 compared to AlmaLinux8.3 due to kernel changes (BZ#2016384)

  • AlmaLinux8: DFS provided SMB shares are not accessible following unprivileged access (BZ#2017177)

  • Avoid hitting the rtnl_trylock/restart_syscall logic in net-sysfs when possible (BZ#2021165)

  • AlmaLinux8: x86/Kconfig: Do not enable AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT (BZ#2024678)

  • AlmaLinux8.4-[Regression][P10][DD2.0][Rainier/Denali] - system crashed while offlining and onlining cores (BZ#2026450)

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
almalinux8x86_64kernel-tools-libs-devel< 4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5.x86_64.rpm

4.7 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

4.7 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.3%