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CentOS Linux: CVE-2021-45486: Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2021-45486: Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
12/25/2021
Created
05/14/2022
Added
05/13/2022
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

In the IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 5.12.4, net/ipv4/route.c has an information leak because the hash table is very small.

Solution(s)

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

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