RHSA-2021:3380 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · August 31, 2021
Updated · November 2, 2026
Topic
An update is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 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: race condition in net/can/bcm.c leads to local privilege escalation (CVE-2021-3609)
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kernel: Improper handling of VM_IO|VM_PFNMAP vmas in KVM can bypass RO checks (CVE-2021-22543)
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kernel: out-of-bounds write in xt_compat_target_from_user() in net/netfilter/x_tables.c (CVE-2021-22555)
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kernel: race condition for removal of the HCI controller (CVE-2021-32399)
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.