[RHSA-2021:0189-01] Important: kpatch-patch security update

Tue Jan 19 12:28:22 UTC 2021

An update is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

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.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1) - ppc64le, x86_64

3. 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: Local buffer overflow in ctnetlink_parse_tuple_filter in
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c (CVE-2020-25211)

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.

4. 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

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1877571 - CVE-2020-25211 kernel: Local buffer overflow in ctnetlink_parse_tuple_filter in net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1):

Source:
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_13_2-1-6.el8_1.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_20_1-1-5.el8_1.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_24_2-1-3.el8_1.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_27_1-1-3.el8_1.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_32_1-1-1.el8_1.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_34_1-1-1.el8_1.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_5_1-1-10.el8_1.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_8_1-1-8.el8_1.src.rpm

ppc64le:
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_13_2-1-6.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_13_2-debuginfo-1-6.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_13_2-debugsource-1-6.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_20_1-1-5.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_20_1-debuginfo-1-5.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_20_1-debugsource-1-5.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_24_2-1-3.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_24_2-debuginfo-1-3.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_24_2-debugsource-1-3.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_27_1-1-3.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_27_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_27_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_32_1-1-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_32_1-debuginfo-1-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_32_1-debugsource-1-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_34_1-1-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_34_1-debuginfo-1-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_34_1-debugsource-1-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_5_1-1-10.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_8_1-1-8.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm

x86_64:
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_13_2-1-6.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_13_2-debuginfo-1-6.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_13_2-debugsource-1-6.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_20_1-1-5.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_20_1-debuginfo-1-5.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_20_1-debugsource-1-5.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_24_2-1-3.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_24_2-debuginfo-1-3.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_24_2-debugsource-1-3.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_27_1-1-3.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_27_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_27_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_32_1-1-1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_32_1-debuginfo-1-1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_32_1-debugsource-1-1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_34_1-1-1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_34_1-debuginfo-1-1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_34_1-debugsource-1-1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_5_1-1-10.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_8_1-1-8.el8_1.x86_64.rpm

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details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25211
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <secalert at redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

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