[RHSA-2021:3814-01] Important: kpatch-patch security update

Tue Oct 12 15:07:22 UTC 2021

An update is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Update Services
for SAP Solutions.

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 Server E4S (v. 7.6) - 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: Improper handling of VM_IO|VM_PFNMAP vmas in KVM can bypass RO
checks (CVE-2021-22543)

* kernel: out-of-bounds write in xt_compat_target_from_user() in
net/netfilter/x_tables.c (CVE-2021-22555)

* kernel: powerpc: KVM guest OS users can cause host OS memory corruption
(CVE-2021-37576)

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/):

1965461 - CVE-2021-22543 kernel: Improper handling of VM_IO|VM_PFNMAP vmas in KVM can bypass RO checks
1980101 - CVE-2021-22555 kernel: out-of-bounds write in xt_compat_target_from_user() in net/netfilter/x_tables.c
1986506 - CVE-2021-37576 kernel: powerpc: KVM guest OS users can cause host OS memory corruption

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.6):

Source:
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_61_1-1-6.el7.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_61_2-1-6.el7.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_62_1-1-6.el7.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_65_1-1-6.el7.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_66_1-1-6.el7.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_70_1-1-5.el7.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_72_1-1-3.el7.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_76_1-1-3.el7.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_78_2-1-2.el7.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_80_1-1-1.el7.src.rpm

ppc64le:
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_61_1-1-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_61_1-debuginfo-1-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_61_2-1-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_61_2-debuginfo-1-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_62_1-1-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_62_1-debuginfo-1-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_65_1-1-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_65_1-debuginfo-1-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_66_1-1-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_66_1-debuginfo-1-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_70_1-1-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_70_1-debuginfo-1-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_72_1-1-3.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_72_1-debuginfo-1-3.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_76_1-1-3.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_76_1-debuginfo-1-3.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_78_2-1-2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_78_2-debuginfo-1-2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_80_1-1-1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_80_1-debuginfo-1-1.el7.ppc64le.rpm

x86_64:
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_61_1-1-6.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_61_1-debuginfo-1-6.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_61_2-1-6.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_61_2-debuginfo-1-6.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_62_1-1-6.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_62_1-debuginfo-1-6.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_65_1-1-6.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_65_1-debuginfo-1-6.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_66_1-1-6.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_66_1-debuginfo-1-6.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_70_1-1-5.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_70_1-debuginfo-1-5.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_72_1-1-3.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_72_1-debuginfo-1-3.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_76_1-1-3.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_76_1-debuginfo-1-3.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_78_2-1-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_78_2-debuginfo-1-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_80_1-1-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_80_1-debuginfo-1-1.el7.x86_64.rpm

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7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22543
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22555
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-37576
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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