SB2021072834 - Fedora 33 update for kernel, kernel-tools



SB2021072834 - Fedora 33 update for kernel, kernel-tools

Published: July 28, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021072834
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-37576)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_rtas.c in the Linux kernel through 5.13.5 on the powerpc platform. An attacker on KVM guest OS can cause host OS memory corruption via rtas_args.nargs and execute arbitrary code on the host OS.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.