Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20212165
Revision Date:2021-06-01Version:635
Title:RHSA-2021:2165: kpatch-patch security update (Important)
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: userspace applications can misuse the KVM API to cause a write of 16 bytes at an offset up to 32 GB from vcpu->run (CVE-2021-3501)

    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.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2021-3501
    RHSA-2021:2165
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is installed
  • OR Red Hat CoreOS 4 is installed
  • AND
  • kernel version 0:4.18.0-305.el8 is currently running
  • OR kernel version 0:4.18.0-305.el8 is set to boot up on next boot
  • AND
  • kernel version equals 0:4.18.0-305.el8
  • AND kernel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kpatch-patch not installed for 0:4.18.0-305.el8
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305 is earlier than 0:1-1.el8
  • AND kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305 is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
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