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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2020-27835) ELSA-2021-1578: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2020-27835) ELSA-2021-1578: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
01/07/2021
Created
05/29/2021
Added
05/26/2021
Modified
05/26/2021

Description

A use after free in the Linux kernel infiniband hfi1 driver in versions prior to 5.10-rc6 was found in the way user calls Ioctl after open dev file and fork. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

  • ELSA-2021-1578
  • CVE-2020-27835
  • USN-4751-1

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