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[ALSA-2021:4056] kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity Important
Affected Packages 20
CVEs 3
Info Packages References Vulnerabilities

An update for kernel is now available for AlmaLinux AlmaLinux 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.

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

Security Fix(es):

  • kernel: use-after-free in drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c ctx use-after-free (CVE-2020-36385)

  • kernel: out-of-bounds write due to a heap buffer overflow in __hidinput_change_resolution_multipliers() of hid-input.c (CVE-2021-0512)

  • kernel: SVM nested virtualization issue in KVM (VMLOAD/VMSAVE) (CVE-2021-3656)

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):

  • [HPE 8.3 bug] No EDAC MC0 message with one-DIMM two-processor configuration under AlmaLinux8.3 (BZ#1982182)

  • mlx: devlink port function shows all zero hw_addr (BZ#1986837)

  • net/sched: act_mirred: allow saving the last chain processed on xmit path (BZ#1992230)

  • AlmaLinux8.3 - System hang and / or r/o fs during SVC/v5k/v7k maintenance with ibmvfc (BZ#1993892)

  • AlmaLinux8.1 Snapshot3 - PVT:940:virt:4TB:LPM operation failed by returning HSCLA2CF, HSCL365C SRC's - Linux partition suspend timeout (-> documentation/Linux Alert through LTC bug 182549) (BZ#1993952)

  • AlmaLinux8.4 - benchTableRepDMLAsyncBarrier regresses by 34% on AlmaLinux8.4 on POWER9 compared to AlmaLinux8.2 (performance) (BZ#1997431)

  • [panic] call trace: ice_probe+0x238/0x10f0 ice

  • [ice, PTP] ice: fix GPIO 1PPS signal (BZ#1997572)

  • Fix locality handling in the tpm_tis driver (BZ#1998219)

  • [ice, PTP]: fix Tx queue iteration for Tx timestamp enablement (BZ#2000128)

  • PCI passthrough with NVidia GPU "Invalid device 0003:01:00.0 iommu_group file /sys/bus/pci/devices/0003:01:00.0/iommu_group is not a symlink" (BZ#2000602)

  • [DELL 8.4 BUG] - System Hangs at Dell Logo When Boot to OS(e1000e with wrong GbE checksum) (BZ#2002335)

  • AlmaLinux8.4 - kernel: Fix hanging ioctl caused by wrong msg counter (BZ#2002635)

  • kernel: get_timespec64 does not ignore padding in compat syscalls (BZ#2003569)

  • [mlx5] eth0: hw csum failure (BZ#2005980)

  • xlog_grant_head_wait() does not return and system hangs (BZ#2007413)

  • panic while breaking a lease/delegation after user mode helper invocation (BZ#2010331)

  • Lockd invalid cast to nlm_lockowner (BZ#2010820)

  • [xfstests generic/388] XFS: Assertion failed: 0, file: fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c, line: 1218 (BZ#2011919)

Enhancement(s):

  • [Intel 8.5 FEAT] ice: Enable PTP Support (BZ#1998220)

  • [Intel 8.5 FEAT] ice: Enable GPIO/SDP Support (BZ#1998221)

Package Affected Version
pkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-perf?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4
pkg:rpm/almalinux/perf?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4
pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4
pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-tools?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4
pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-tools-libs?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4
pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-tools-libs-devel?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4
pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-modules?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4
pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-modules-extra?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4
pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-headers?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4
pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-doc?arch=noarch&distro=almalinux-8.4 < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4
pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-devel?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4
pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4
pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-modules?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4
pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-modules-extra?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4
pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-devel?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4
pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-core?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4
pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-cross-headers?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4
pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-core?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4
pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-abi-stablelists?arch=noarch&distro=almalinux-8.4 < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4
pkg:rpm/almalinux/bpftool?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4
ID
ALSA-2021:4056
Severity
important
URL
https://errata.almalinux.org/ALSA-2021:4056.html
Published
2021-11-02T07:47:41
(2 years ago)
Modified
2021-11-02T18:48:59
(2 years ago)
Rights
Copyright 2021 AlmaLinux OS
Other Advisories
Type Package URL Namespace Name / Product Version Distribution / Platform Arch Patch / Fix
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-perf?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 almalinux python3-perf < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4 almalinux-8.4 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/perf?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 almalinux perf < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4 almalinux-8.4 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 almalinux kernel < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4 almalinux-8.4 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-tools?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 almalinux kernel-tools < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4 almalinux-8.4 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-tools-libs?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 almalinux kernel-tools-libs < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4 almalinux-8.4 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-tools-libs-devel?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 almalinux kernel-tools-libs-devel < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4 almalinux-8.4 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-modules?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 almalinux kernel-modules < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4 almalinux-8.4 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-modules-extra?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 almalinux kernel-modules-extra < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4 almalinux-8.4 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-headers?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 almalinux kernel-headers < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4 almalinux-8.4 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-doc?arch=noarch&distro=almalinux-8.4 almalinux kernel-doc < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4 almalinux-8.4 noarch
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-devel?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 almalinux kernel-devel < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4 almalinux-8.4 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 almalinux kernel-debug < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4 almalinux-8.4 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-modules?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 almalinux kernel-debug-modules < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4 almalinux-8.4 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-modules-extra?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 almalinux kernel-debug-modules-extra < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4 almalinux-8.4 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-devel?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 almalinux kernel-debug-devel < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4 almalinux-8.4 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-core?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 almalinux kernel-debug-core < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4 almalinux-8.4 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-cross-headers?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 almalinux kernel-cross-headers < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4 almalinux-8.4 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-core?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 almalinux kernel-core < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4 almalinux-8.4 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-abi-stablelists?arch=noarch&distro=almalinux-8.4 almalinux kernel-abi-stablelists < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4 almalinux-8.4 noarch
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/bpftool?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.4 almalinux bpftool < 4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4 almalinux-8.4 x86_64
# CVE Description CVSS EPSS EPSS Trend (30 days) Affected Products Weaknesses Security Advisories Exploits PoC Pubblication Date Modification Date
# CVE Description CVSS EPSS EPSS Trend (30 days) Affected Products Weaknesses Security Advisories PoC Pubblication Date Modification Date