RHSA-2021:1289 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Advanced Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. 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.

Description

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

Security Fix(es):

• 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)

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):

• Enable CI and changelog for GitLab workflow (BZ#1930934)

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.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.2 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1930078 - CVE-2021-27365 kernel: heap buffer overflow in the iSCSI subsystem
• BZ - 1930079 - CVE-2021-27363 kernel: iscsi: unrestricted access to sessions and handles
• BZ - 1930080 - CVE-2021-27364 kernel: out-of-bounds read in libiscsi module

CVEs

• CVE-2021-27363
• CVE-2021-27364
• CVE-2021-27365

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important