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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-37576: Important: kernel security and bug fix update (ALSA-2021-3447)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-37576: Important: kernel security and bug fix update (ALSA-2021-3447)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
07/26/2021
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
09/15/2022

Description

arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_rtas.c in the Linux kernel through 5.13.5 on the powerpc platform allows KVM guest OS users to cause host OS memory corruption via rtas_args.nargs, aka CID-f62f3c20647e.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs-devel

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