RHSA-2021:2099 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · May 25, 2021
Updated · August 25, 2026
Topic
An update is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
This is a kernel live patch module which is automatically loaded by the RPM post-install script to modify the code of a running kernel.
Security Fix(es):
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kernel: use after free in eventpoll.c may lead to escalation of privilege (CVE-2020-0466)
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kernel: SCSI target (LIO) write to any block on ILO backstore (CVE-2020-28374)
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kernel: Use after free via PI futex state (CVE-2021-3347)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.