RLSA-2021:4646

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    RLSA-2021:4646

    Published: 15 Nov 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update

    Details: The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements. Security Fix(es): * kernel: Insufficient validation of user-supplied sizes for the MSG_CRYPTO message type (CVE-2021-43267) * kernel: timer tree corruption leads to missing wakeup and system freeze (CVE-2021-20317) 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. Bug Fix(es): * kernel-rt: update RT source tree to the Rocky Linux-8.5.z source tree (BZ#2020036)

    References: https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:4646, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2005258, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2020362

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kernel-rt

    Purl: pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/kernel-rt?distro=rocky-linux-8-5-legacy&epoch=0

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0:4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Low
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    Availability
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