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CentOS Linux: CVE-2021-3600: Moderate: kernel-rt security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2021-3600: Moderate: kernel-rt security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/09/2021
Created
11/11/2021
Added
11/10/2021
Modified
01/15/2024

Description

It was discovered that the eBPF implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly track bounds information for 32 bit registers when performing div and mod operations. A local attacker could use this to possibly execute arbitrary code.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-rt

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