[RHSA-2021:0763-01] Important: kpatch-patch security update

Tue Mar 9 09:37:22 UTC 2021

An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8.2 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.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2) - 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: bad kfree in auditfilter.c may lead to escalation of privilege
(CVE-2020-0444)

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

* kernel: locking issue in drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c can lead to an
use-after-free (CVE-2020-29661)

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
1906525 - CVE-2020-29661 kernel: locking issue in drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c can lead to an use-after-free
1920474 - CVE-2020-0444 kernel: bad kfree in auditfilter.c may lead to escalation of privilege

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2):

Source:
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193-1-10.el8.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_13_2-1-5.el8_2.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_14_3-1-5.el8_2.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_19_1-1-5.el8_2.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_1_2-1-8.el8_2.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_28_1-1-3.el8_2.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_29_1-1-3.el8_2.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_37_1-1-3.el8_2.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_40_1-1-3.el8_2.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_41_1-1-3.el8_2.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_6_3-1-7.el8_2.src.rpm

ppc64le:
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193-1-10.el8.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193-debuginfo-1-10.el8.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193-debugsource-1-10.el8.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_13_2-1-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_13_2-debuginfo-1-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_13_2-debugsource-1-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_14_3-1-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_14_3-debuginfo-1-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_14_3-debugsource-1-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_19_1-1-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_19_1-debuginfo-1-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_19_1-debugsource-1-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_1_2-1-8.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_1_2-debuginfo-1-8.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_1_2-debugsource-1-8.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_28_1-1-3.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_28_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_28_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_29_1-1-3.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_29_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_29_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_37_1-1-3.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_37_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_37_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_40_1-1-3.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_40_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_40_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_41_1-1-3.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_41_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_41_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_6_3-1-7.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_6_3-debuginfo-1-7.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_6_3-debugsource-1-7.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm

x86_64:
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193-1-10.el8.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193-debuginfo-1-10.el8.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193-debugsource-1-10.el8.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_13_2-1-5.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_13_2-debuginfo-1-5.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_13_2-debugsource-1-5.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_14_3-1-5.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_14_3-debuginfo-1-5.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_14_3-debugsource-1-5.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_19_1-1-5.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_19_1-debuginfo-1-5.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_19_1-debugsource-1-5.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_1_2-1-8.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_1_2-debuginfo-1-8.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_1_2-debugsource-1-8.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_28_1-1-3.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_28_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_28_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_29_1-1-3.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_29_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_29_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_37_1-1-3.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_37_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_37_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_40_1-1-3.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_40_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_40_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_41_1-1-3.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_41_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_41_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_6_3-1-7.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_6_3-debuginfo-1-7.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_6_3-debugsource-1-7.el8_2.x86_64.rpm

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7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-0444
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25211
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-29661
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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