Topic

An update is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Extended 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

This is a kernel live patch module which is automatically loaded by the RPM post-install script to modify the code of a running kernel.

Security Fix(es):

• kernel: Use after free via PI futex state (CVE-2021-3347)
• kernel: out-of-bounds write in xt_compat_target_from_user() in net/netfilter/x_tables.c (CVE-2021-22555)
• kernel: race condition for removal of the HCI controller (CVE-2021-32399)

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.

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

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1922249 - CVE-2021-3347 kernel: Use after free via PI futex state
• BZ - 1970807 - CVE-2021-32399 kernel: race condition for removal of the HCI controller
• BZ - 1980101 - CVE-2021-22555 kernel: out-of-bounds write in xt_compat_target_from_user() in net/netfilter/x_tables.c

CVEs

• CVE-2021-3347
• CVE-2021-22555
• CVE-2021-32399

References

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