MGASA-2021-0084

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    MGASA-2021-0084

    Published: 15 Feb 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-26708

    Summary: Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: This kernel update is based on upstream 5.10.14 and fixes at least the following security issues: A local privilege escalation was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.10.13. Multiple race conditions in the AF_VSOCK implementation are caused by wrong locking in net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c (CVE-2021-26708). It also adds the following fixes: - make CONNECTOR builtin to enable PROC_EVENTS (mga#28312) - drm/amd/display: Revert "Fix EDID parsing after resume from suspend" - drm/amdgpu: fix the issue that retry constantly once the buffer is oversize - drm/amdgpu: set default value of noretry to 1 for vega10 - drm/amdgpu: default noretry=0 for navi1x and newer - drm/amdkfd: fix null pointer panic while free buffer in kfd - mm: thp: fix MADV_REMOVE deadlock on shmem THP For other upstream fixes, see the referenced changelogs.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0084.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28340, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28312, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.13, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.14

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kernel

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/kernel?arch=source&distro=mageia-7

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.10.14-1.mga7

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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