A flaw was found in the way RTAS handled memory accesses in userspace to kernel communication. On a locked down (usually due to Secure Boot) guest system running on top of PowerVM or KVM hypervisors (pseries platform) a root like local user could use this flaw to further increase their privileges to that of a running kernel.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade kernel-tools-libs-devel | May 4, 2022 | Dec 15, 2020 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-livepatch-4.14.209-160.335Upgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-debuginfo | Dec 10, 2020 | Dec 10, 2020 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade kernel | Dec 19, 2020 | Dec 8, 2020 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade kernel | Sep 1, 2021 | Dec 15, 2020 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Dec 7, 2020 | Dec 7, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade kernel-debug-develUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-debugUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel | Feb 22, 2021 | Dec 15, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 | Apr 30, 2021 | Dec 15, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-headers | Mar 24, 2021 | Dec 15, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-sourceUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade python-perf | Dec 15, 2020 | Dec 14, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel | Jan 5, 2021 | Dec 15, 2020 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade kernel | Sep 1, 2021 | Oct 8, 2020 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution existsUpgrade kernel | Sep 1, 2021 | Dec 15, 2020 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade kernel-default-extraUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kernel-obs-build | Dec 11, 2020 | Dec 8, 2020 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-5.8.0-1019-kvmUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-201-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1026-raspiUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1062-oracleUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-44-genericUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-44-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-59-genericUpgrade linux-image-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-5.8.0-1024-awsUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-201-genericUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-18.04Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1077-gkeUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1091-gcpUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-raspi-nolpaeUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-201-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1082-kvmUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-oem-osp1Upgrade linux-image-gke-4.15Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1094-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1077-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-5.8.0-1016-raspiUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1034-awsUpgrade linux-image-oemUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1033-gcpUpgrade linux-image-gke-5.4Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1034-oracleUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-44-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-59-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-201-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-129-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1035-azureUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-59-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-201-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-129-genericUpgrade linux-image-aws-hweUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-1023-azureUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-1021-oracleUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-18.04Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1091-awsUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-129-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-201-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-44-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-aws-lts-18.04Upgrade linux-image-raspi-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1033-gkeUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1103-azureUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-lts-18.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1031-kvmUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-201-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-generic-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-virtual-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-1016-raspi-nolpaeUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-1023-gcp | Jan 6, 2021 | Dec 8, 2020 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Dec 15, 2020 |
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